Poetic form

Introduction Suprasegmental, also called Prosodic Feature, in phonetics, a speech feature such as stress, tone, or word juncture that accompanies or is added over consonants and vowels; these features are not limited to single sounds but often extend over syllables, words, or phrases. They are features over above the segmental values such as place or manner of articulation, thus the supra- in segmental.The term prosodic comes from poetry, where it refers to the metrical structure of verse. One…

Benjamin Shih Mrs. Kaufman English I Acc (5) 24 January 2015 A Death to Remember Young death is often associated with negative notions, such as drug abuse and poor care for self. A.E Housman shows that these stereotypical ideas are not always the case in his poem "To An Athlete Dying Young" by attributing eternal fame with the young death of an athlete. Housman conveys his tone through the use of metaphors and symbolism. Housman's use of metaphors create a subtle irony, making dying young…

Repetition: A Thing Repeated “Trying to walk the same way to the same store takes high-wire balance: each step not exactly as before risks chasms of flatness. One stumble alone and nothing happens. Few are the willing and fewer the champions.” In just thirty-seven words, Kay Ryan is able to capture a universal truth: beauty will always remain for those who choose a life of depth, for those who choose to live life on the wire, repetitiously retracing their steps on the footpath of life. Like…

The poem “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike chronicles the life and daily routine of the former high school basketball standout, Flick Webb. The speaker leads the reader on a journey through Flick’s life, starting with the main road in the town, progressing to Flick’s low end jobs, and then finishing with his habits. Flick was once the best basketball player in the area. However, he has since fallen from stardom and now he just “sells gas, checks oil, and changes flats.” (l. 19-20)…

purpose to Shakespeare’s comparison of his mistress to a goddess. Though Shakespeare is mocking the convention, Marlowe embraces it by placing Leader on a grand, immortal scale. Marlowe even states that his writing is not enough to capture Leander’s true form: “but my rude pen / Can hardly blazon forth the loves of men. / Much less of powerful gods” (69-71). This statement not only highlights Leander’s godly nature, but it also highlights the homoeroticism evident throughout this blason. Marlowe…

In the poem “Ending” by Gavin Ewart, the speaker describes a relationship that was thought to last forever. Unfortunately, not every story has a happy ending and this poem consistently proved how the relationship that was once full of love, is now devoid of any affection and feeling whatsoever. Although the poem has playful elements, Gavin Ewart utilizes powerful metaphors to intensify the loss of love in a relationship. In contrast to the depressing message of the poem, alliteration and rhyme…

She Walks In Beauty Laced with endless compliments and adoration, Lord Byron’s poem “She Walks in Beauty” tells the story of a man admiring a woman’s beauty. While the speaker does not claim that he is in love with the nameless woman, it is evident that he is attracted to her – based on the detail in which he describes her physical beauty. The “cloudless…starry skies” and “tender light” accompanied by the undulating iambic tetrameter sets the perfect, romantic mood for the speaker to…

Former President Lincoln once said,“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Sophie Cabot Black also shared this idea, in her poem, constantly emphasizing the idea that the future is discovered by working into it. In Private Equity, Black uses tone and rhythm to establish a theme that even though the future is out of anyone's hands, people still have the power to make choices in present time, which can affect possibilities for the future. Throughout the poem, the speaker sets…

“Orlando, to look at, was cut out precisely for some such career. The red of the cheeks was covered with peach down; the down on the lips was only a little thicker than the down on the cheeks. The lips themselves were short and slightly drawn back over teeth of an exquisite and almond whiteness. Nothing disturbed the arrowy nose in its short, tense flight; the hair was dark, the ears small, and fitted closely to the head.” This passage is one of the first descriptions we get of the title…

Poetry and Rap When one envisions poetry they most likely visualize soft spoken rhymes and rhythms that tell an emotional story. On the other hand, when the music genre of Rap is thought of, it's described as harsh language with negative, and sometimes inappropriate diction. However, while some differences between Rap and poetry are noticeable, they also share evident similarities. Today Rap music has gained an immense amount of popularity, but with that popularity Rap has also garnered…