Rhyme-
In this poem the last word in each line at least rhymes with a different line. This happens in every stanza but the first and last stanza. In those stanzas two lines rhyme with each other using the words, “gold” and “cold.” Some words words are used more than once to rhyme with another word like “McGee,” “blow,” and remains.” Then throughout the whole lines of the poem it rhymes. Rhyming in this poem I think helps it flow together better.
Repetition-
Repetition is when you say something more than one time. Usually it just one word but, in this poem it repeats the first stanza at the end of the poem. It does this to emphasize what happened to Sam McGee. The poem also repeats that Sam McGee came from Tennessee and that it was really cold outside where they were at. So Sam McGee was complaining a lot of the bad weather. It repeats this idea in different ways but says it a lot.
Narrative Poem- I think this poem is a narrative because it is a lot like a short story. It is a lot like a short story because it has characters and a plot. The two main characters are Sam McGee and the guy who cremated him. The plot of the story is how and why Sam McGee was in Alaska and then he is mushing with a guy when it is really cold out. Then how he guy cremates him after he had died. The poem is told in a first …show more content…
Then the guy cremated him to help cover up this murder. The I finally read it a third time and now I think I understand it more clearly. What I finally understood was these two guys, one was Sam McGee were mushing on the Dawson Trail in Alaska. Now Sam McGee wasn’t used to the really cold weather and it was extra cold out when they were mushing and Sam was slowly freezing to death. Sam knew he was going to die so he was talking with the other guy telling him what he wanted to happen to his body. Then when he finally died the guy found a way to cremate him and did
In this poem the last word in each line at least rhymes with a different line. This happens in every stanza but the first and last stanza. In those stanzas two lines rhyme with each other using the words, “gold” and “cold.” Some words words are used more than once to rhyme with another word like “McGee,” “blow,” and remains.” Then throughout the whole lines of the poem it rhymes. Rhyming in this poem I think helps it flow together better.
Repetition-
Repetition is when you say something more than one time. Usually it just one word but, in this poem it repeats the first stanza at the end of the poem. It does this to emphasize what happened to Sam McGee. The poem also repeats that Sam McGee came from Tennessee and that it was really cold outside where they were at. So Sam McGee was complaining a lot of the bad weather. It repeats this idea in different ways but says it a lot.
Narrative Poem- I think this poem is a narrative because it is a lot like a short story. It is a lot like a short story because it has characters and a plot. The two main characters are Sam McGee and the guy who cremated him. The plot of the story is how and why Sam McGee was in Alaska and then he is mushing with a guy when it is really cold out. Then how he guy cremates him after he had died. The poem is told in a first …show more content…
Then the guy cremated him to help cover up this murder. The I finally read it a third time and now I think I understand it more clearly. What I finally understood was these two guys, one was Sam McGee were mushing on the Dawson Trail in Alaska. Now Sam McGee wasn’t used to the really cold weather and it was extra cold out when they were mushing and Sam was slowly freezing to death. Sam knew he was going to die so he was talking with the other guy telling him what he wanted to happen to his body. Then when he finally died the guy found a way to cremate him and did