Rhyme scheme

This poem is a revelation. When beginning to read this poem, you are hit early on with many questions just after reading the title, We wear the mask. You begin to ask, who is we? What is significant about this mask? Why are they wearing a mask? I’ve read this poem numerous amounts of times and I believe I have finally developed my meaning of it. Dunbar’s poem has many themes and symbols, such as hypocrisy, pain and suffering, society, race, and lies. This is a rondeau poem written in iambic…

In the poem “Harlem”, author Langston Hughes, utilizes literary devices, such as, the overall structure of the poem, and similes, that contain imagery, and particular word choices to represent the main message. The principle message of poem is that the delaying of dreams can lead to disastrous results. To begin, The free verse, and meter make up the structure of the poem. The poem consists of six questions, and very timid, declarative statement. The poem is able to grow based on the first line,…

Often referred to a "found" poem, William Carlos Williams's piece, “This Is Just To Say,” is said to be an apologetic note left for a loved one. Williams tries to disguise the incident within the poem as something minuscule and nonchalant but deeper analysis reveals this poem is an apology for a graver adulterous crime rather than just eating some plums. It’s title and overall structure sets the initial aura of nonchalance and casualness. Although simple, the diction allows the reader to…

In T. S. Eliot’s poem, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, the author uses many literary devices to create many feelings of regret. Using metaphors, tone, and imagery, T. S. Eliot creates a feeling that the man in the poem regretted not doing a lot of the things he should have done. In the poem T. S. Eliot uses metaphors to create a feeling that the man in the poem did meaningless things, such as, “measured out my life with coffee spoons” (Line 51). I don’t think he actually measured out his…

threaten to bring destruction upon nature and country. The concrete poem structures the stanzas in a way that, along with the black font, resemble pylons. There is no regular meter but the first and last line of each stanza sometimes end with full rhyme and sometimes pararhyme. The poet uses enjambment and caesuras liberally. The unconventional structure causes the poem to be chaotic and unpredictable, similar to the way the poet characterises technology. The first stanza is an ekphrasis of the…

I wish that I own a vocal phonation to sing Narayan Gopal’s songs. I know I can’t sing. I have a deep note of voice sinking into the throat. When I want to throw out my voice to sing, I have my voice stuck in the larger soundboard of the adam’s apple. My voice is a low voice and it sounds a little coarse. When the vocal cords in the larynx vibrate, the vibration turns into a bass range, among the lowest range of voice of a male vocal tract. I have a strong desire sing, sometimes once in a…

28 September 2014 English Studies 178 Second-Semester Poetry Course JA Scheepers 18403255 Poetry Essay- The Sonnet SEMESTER ESSAY English Tutor group 71 @Katherine Morris Image reference: (Lemes) ENGLISH SEMESTER ESSAY A: The Sonnet “Every mood of mind can be indulged in a sonnet; every kind of reader appealed to. You can make love in a sonnet, you can laugh in a sonnet, you can lament in it, can narrate or describe, can rebuke, can admire, can pray.” - Leigh Hunt, “An essay On…

In Marjorie Pickthall’s “Adam and Eve” and Ani DiFranco’s “Adam and Eve” there are distinct differences and similarities. In contrast, Marjorie’s poem focuses on biblical imagery and beauty being found in trivial situations. In a different manner, Ani’s poem focuses on a personal account of day to day life, and depicts beauty as an illusion. Similarly, Marjorie’s and Ani’s poems mention a preference and desire for beauty. Firstly, Marjorie’s poem focuses on biblical imagery and beauty being…

In her villanelle, Lonely Hearts, Wendy Cope uses attributes and styles from villanelles to portray the speakers search for companionship. Each stanza uses repetition to convey a tone of desperation, the speaker uses descriptions to show his urgency and self-consciousness, and the last quatrain closes the poem and concludes how all the people come together in search of love. The author uses repetition to convey the meaning of the villanelle. In each stanza the lines “Can someone make my simple…

poems by three main points: alliteration, rhyme, and repetition. The poem “Jabberwocky” has quite a few alliterative occurrences, such as: “Callooh callay”. Or even “snicker snack”. Due to “Two Limericks” being so short, it only has a few alliterative occurrences. A line that stands out is “grandmother’s gown”. Two more are “which was woolen” and “weather was”. Here is where the tables turn for these two poems. “Jabberwocky” has somewhat small amounts of rhyme. One example…