This poem has a uniform structure of three stanzas with four lines. Just like its stanzas the rhyming scheme has been crafted with neat precision. The poem is structured with a uniform alternating rhyming pattern. In other words each verse has two parings of lines that alternate between each other; hence the rhyming scheme follows a A, B, A, B, C,D,C,D E,F,E,F pattern. In terms of meter the poem has a trochaic tetrameter. To clarify, there are four feet in each line with a pattern of stressed/non-stressed beats. For example, here is the second line of the first stanza with its metre marked: X _ X _ X _ X _
Go out│ upon │ the bree│zy moor
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Many of the rhyming words have long vowel sounds. Thus creating a slower pace so that the reader has time to allow the meaning of the words to sink in. Additionally, the slow pace adds to the gloominess of the poem. However the long vowel sounds are disrupted with the many sibilant and plosive consonants that are peppered throughout the words. For example, the word “dripping” starts with “d” and has “pp” in the middle, both are plosive consonants which are short and sharp sounds. It finishes with a long “i” vowel. Plus the sibilant constant of “sh” in “shall” is placed in front of another long “I” vowel in “tidings”. By incorporating shorter sounding plosive consonants and stronger sibilant consonants into the words the pace of the poem has been kept quick enough to flow steadily, but still slow enough that long vowels maintain their effect.
The setting of night and barren locations such as a “moor” and “heath” add a gloomy tone to the poem. The first line “the starry night shall tidings bring” has a more peaceful manner that lulls the reader into an ill perceived state of tranquillity before being thrusted into a more dark and desperate manner of the poem that becomes very eerie. For example the line “And beak and talons dripping gore” shatters the readers expectation of a light poem and brings a horror element to the
Go out│ upon │ the bree│zy moor
The words …show more content…
Many of the rhyming words have long vowel sounds. Thus creating a slower pace so that the reader has time to allow the meaning of the words to sink in. Additionally, the slow pace adds to the gloominess of the poem. However the long vowel sounds are disrupted with the many sibilant and plosive consonants that are peppered throughout the words. For example, the word “dripping” starts with “d” and has “pp” in the middle, both are plosive consonants which are short and sharp sounds. It finishes with a long “i” vowel. Plus the sibilant constant of “sh” in “shall” is placed in front of another long “I” vowel in “tidings”. By incorporating shorter sounding plosive consonants and stronger sibilant consonants into the words the pace of the poem has been kept quick enough to flow steadily, but still slow enough that long vowels maintain their effect.
The setting of night and barren locations such as a “moor” and “heath” add a gloomy tone to the poem. The first line “the starry night shall tidings bring” has a more peaceful manner that lulls the reader into an ill perceived state of tranquillity before being thrusted into a more dark and desperate manner of the poem that becomes very eerie. For example the line “And beak and talons dripping gore” shatters the readers expectation of a light poem and brings a horror element to the