Iambic tetrameter

Love, in most people’s eyes, would be classified as a noun. In actuality, love is an action word, otherwise known as a verb; you express love to prove love. Though people commonly use materialistic things like roses, cards, and chocolates to express their love towards one another, expressing love can be done verbally. In particular, the two poems, “There is a Garden in her Face” by Thomas Campion and “ Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare, project their love verbally. Though, both poets give…

The variance is seen in iambic trimeter and iambic dimeter lines. The stanzas couple in iambic trimeter and iambic dimeter three times: “As sunlight on a stream; / Come back in tears,” “Where thirsting longing eyes / Watch the slow door,” and “Pulse for pulse, breath for breath: / Speak low, lean low” (4-5, 10-11, 16-17)…

Shakespeare and Browning Beg The Question In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43 and William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, both authors describe the immense love they have for another person. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of her most popular authors during the Victorian Era of English literature. William Shakespeare was the most popular author during the Elizabethan Era. The first line of the Elizabeth’s poem asks the question, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!” (595). After that…

While reading Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”, I find myself curious to understand the greater meaning behind the poem. What does this wall represent? Why does the narrator act as he does? Thorough analysis of rhetoric, form, purpose, diction, and syntax reveals possible implied themes such as requiring boundaries for prosperous relationships and linking futile and persistent acts of barrier-building to the segregation that was contemporaneous to Frost’s composition of this poem. Furthermore,…

When thinking of sonnets,the main themes that are considered are expressing love and unrequited love. Most sonnets compare the person of affection with nature, specifically flora and the sky. Shakespeare, however, chooses to honor his subjects with more abstract comparisons and goes as far as to mock the typical sonnet. Sonnets 18 and 130 are prime examples of Shakespeare’s perception of sonnets commonly written in his time. The mockery is expressed through the form of these sonnets using common…

who, to the narrator, is the epitome of perfection. The poems have similar form: both are Petrarchan sonnets and both possess iambic pentameter. However, differences in rhyme scheme, meter, and punctuation set the poems apart. Literary devices such as metaphors and imagery of seasons…

Shakespeare’s Caliban as an Analytical Tool in Post-Colonial Poetry Since his creation Shakespeare’s Caliban has famously informed a number of reinterpreted and expanded characters in major literary works spanning multiple centuries. Some works, such as Robert Browning’s “Caliban Upon Setebos,” explore the character in an outright and explicit manner that expands Caliban’s experience in new or different settings, whereas others, such as Derek Walcott’s “A Far Cry from Africa,” indirectly explore…

Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem “The Lady of Shalott” is an exemplar of the poetic ability of famous writers to reflect the physical and emotional elements of a story within the music and aesthetics of poetry. In this essay I will examine the technical and aesthetic elements that create this famous ballad. While paraphrasing this poem, I will analyze how those elements create the extreme success of the poem. Through close analysis of Tennyson’s poem, I will reveal these elements that have made “The…

The German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, once said: “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Li-Young Lee’s poem entitled “A Story” poignantly depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son through the boy’s entreaties for a story. He employs emotional appeals as well as strategic literary devices to emphasize the differing perspectives that exist between father and son. Through shifting points of view, purposeful structure, and meaningful diction, Lee adds depth and…

About the author Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) was an English poet, diplomat and politician. His family was well- to-do and he received a good education. Wotton was appointed ambassador to the court of Venice and later the provost of Eton College. He served as Member of Parliament in 1614 and 1625. He was knighted by James VI. His love for classical architecture developed during his stay in Venice. His book ‘The Elements of Architecture’ sought to familiarize the English man with…