The poet uses a rhyme for every other line: “The mother smiled to know her child / Was in the sacred place, / But that smile was the last smile / To come upon her face” (21-24). The rhyme pattern gives a sweet flow to the poem that pulls the reader along because although what is happening is devastating, the rhyme keeps innocence. Because the poem is supposed to be read aloud to anyone young or old, the fact that the poem is rhythmic keeps listeners or readers interested to continue. The easiness of the rhyming flow in the poem makes the difficult information easier to swallow for the readers than if it was more serious because when something is written playfully they do not always catch the deeper meaning at first. The childishness of a nursery rhyme can easily be seen as irony considering that the topic of the poem is quite serious as a relevant event in history. The rhyming does an exceptional job at making it where anyone can understand about the horrific history of the
The poet uses a rhyme for every other line: “The mother smiled to know her child / Was in the sacred place, / But that smile was the last smile / To come upon her face” (21-24). The rhyme pattern gives a sweet flow to the poem that pulls the reader along because although what is happening is devastating, the rhyme keeps innocence. Because the poem is supposed to be read aloud to anyone young or old, the fact that the poem is rhythmic keeps listeners or readers interested to continue. The easiness of the rhyming flow in the poem makes the difficult information easier to swallow for the readers than if it was more serious because when something is written playfully they do not always catch the deeper meaning at first. The childishness of a nursery rhyme can easily be seen as irony considering that the topic of the poem is quite serious as a relevant event in history. The rhyming does an exceptional job at making it where anyone can understand about the horrific history of the