poetry which demonstrates a particular syllabic and rhyme pattern and which is known for its humor. Read this sample limerick: There was a large lady from Perth Who wanted to travel the earth But her wish was in vain For the door of the plane Was not wide enough for her girth. Note that the first, second and fifth lines each have eight syllables, and rhyme with each other, while the middle lines have only six syllables and a separate rhyme. The first line usually ends with a character
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of the couplets do not rhyme but the end of each couplet does, partly through the repetition of the word "me". Language Ghazal makes extensive use of metaphors to explore the relationship between the speaker and the one they love. Many of the metaphors present pairs of items or objects that complement each other, reflecting the way in which the speaker sees the relationship. In the second stanza the speaker describes the two sides of a relationship being like the "rhyme" and "refrain" (a repeated
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narrator is talking about past and present simultaneously – a paradox, like the title of the poem. The poem’s narrator exhibits feelings of futility in this view of the past and the dead. The metre/rhyme scheme coupled with the detailed description of setting contributes to its haunting quality. Its ABAB rhyme scheme is like a child’s hand leading the reader through the poem. Its opening stanza has a bare and ominous setting – the reader is brought to the floor, then to the feet, up to the chair, then
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Poetic Forms Writing about Form Focusing on effects and purpose of structure / progression, rhyme and rhythm ! CONTEXT OF ‘BRIGHT STAR’ Addressed to a star, the sonnet asks its constancy and timelessness (‘stedfast’, ‘sleepless’). It is not isolation that the speaker yearns for, where the star passively watches the ‘moving waters’ or gaze upon the ‘snow upon the mountains and the moors’ like a priest or hermit. Instead, the speaker longs for an eternity with his lover, to ‘feel’ her ‘ripening
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would be considered a Shakespearean sonnet because it is made up of 14 lines which contain quatrains and a couplet. The quatrains illustrate the problem and and the couplet is the last two lines which solve the problem. The poem also follows an “ABAB” rhyme scheme which helps determine it to be a Shakespearean sonnet. The central theme of this poem is love and heartbreak. It is
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The two poems, “ To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age” and “ When I Was One-and-Twenty” both explore the blissfulness of turning twenty one as well as the dangers that come with making your own mistakes. The two poems compare in that they both head warning signs about being an adult and about how being twenty one allows a person to be foolish. The two poems contrast in the sense that they both have different points of view and differ in tone towards coming of age and of being twenty one. The two
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Shakespeare – Sonnet 130 Shakespeare was his own, not many could write like he did, because he used a unique structure, language, compound words, as well as rhyme and rhythm and a lot of metaphors and simile, every bit of this just to developing the meaning of the poem. When reading the sonnet loud, you can read it in many different ways, such as Alan and Daniel Radcliffe does. They both have their own style reading this sonnet. Alan reads the sonnet with a much more emotional voice, and he takes
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Structure The Shakespearean sonnet has 14 lines divided into three stanzas of four lines each and a final couplet. The rhyme scheme can be described as a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g. This predictability and use of a regular pattern is frequently found in older poetry as writers tended to stick to the restrictions of a set format. This poem follows the conventional structure and includes the usual 'turn' at the end - a pair of lines (or couplet) that either shifts the mood or meaning of the poem
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Discuss what the poem is about b. Thesis statement II. Describe the literal scene and situation III. Discuss the theme of the poem a. Discuss the theme/mood of the poem. b. Discuss the words used to communicate the theme IV. Discuss how rhyme is utilized in the poem and changes the theme/mood V. Conclusion a. Summary b. Restate thesis English 102 25 March 2012 Analysis of “The Chimney Sweeper” by William
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the father has going on or has to deal with, and “Waltz” is a metaphor for the rampage his father goes through every time he comes home drunk. This poem has four stanzas with four lines in each stanza. It is written in tri-meter time and has a rhyme scheme of a-b-a-b. This is one of the simplest writing styles in poetry. It was written in such a simple format in order for the audience/reader to interpret easily. He wanted everyone to understand that his father was abusive and for you to get it
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