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written in quatrain stanza form which means four stanzas, and has a rhyme scheme of a, b, a, b, at the end of each stanza. The speaker’s use of hyperboles, repetition , and regal comparisons when describing Richard Cory help elevate him above the townspeople, and his nonchalant mentioning of Cory’s suicide leaves the reader in a state of shock. The first stanza of the poem, introduces Richard Cory as a well-respected man of the town. Robinson illustrates…

In the second stanza, she writes “down his narrow cage / can seldom see through / his bars of rage” to assist the reader in feeling the frustration and rage of the caged bird, earning the reader’s sympathy and melancholy over the bird’s circumstances (Angelou). In contrast, by asserting in the fourth stanza “and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn,” she paints a picture of the pleasures of freedom as…

for a couple, but in the end it never came to be. In the first stanza, it implicates the first moment the two soulmates met each other, and how they felt for one another. Following along to the second stanza, the man explains how he worshiped the woman and admire all her perfection. Yet listening to the third stanza, he confronts to her that she could never love him; however, wants to keep a place in her heart. Looking at the fourth stanza, the woman faces the man about breaking her heart with…

lines, divided into five three line stanzas. The lines consist of iambic pentameter that gives a “da-dum” rhythm to the poem, emphasizing every second word like “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight”. This helps the audience remember the poem and the short three line stanzas give a different perspective of people who faced and their feeling towards their life and the inevitable death. The second stanza, for example, refers to “wise men” and the fourth stanza refers to “wild men”.…

Hughes, a person is asking himself about the question and then thinking about the possible answers which he is also wondering if the answers were right. In the first stanza, a curious person asks himself a question and then thinks a lot of probable answers he can come up and then one of the answers might be the right answer in the last stanza. The speaker is curious about the possible answers to his question. In the poem, the curious man, or the speaker, asks himself, “What happens to a dream…

rhyme or rhythm. The second and fourth stanzas characterize a change in the location. While the first, third, and fifth stanzas focus more on the loved ones of dead soldiers, the second and third and stanzas depict scenes of the battlefield in intense detail. The phrase “Do not weep and War is kind.” Appears in every other stanza this repetition of two lines helps to connect the emotional…

Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” is a poem about being ungrateful for things done everyday. Composed of three main sections, not by stanzas but by line breaks. In the first section, the speaker describes how his father rose early during his childhood, even on Sundays, to do chores. In the second section, the speaker describes how he got up later after his father was already done with all the work. In the final two lines, the speaker explains his regret for failing to understand his…

that is one of the subjects of intense scrutiny of Wallace Stevens’s poem, “Sunday Morning.” “Sunday Morning” brushes on a number of interesting topics (such as male-female relationships, sex, and use of imagery). Unfortunately, throwing out three stanzas of the poem was vital to its initial publication. Stevens chose to ultimately re-arrange the poem to focus on a broader picture…

there is poverty in the speaker’s life, she still remains positive. Repetition, or a refrain, is seen at the end of each stanza. This repetition or refrain refers back to the title of the poem and reveals the central message of the poem that one must not take the simple things in life for granted. In each stanza the poet discusses the poverty she is living in but ends the stanza on a positive when she states “and they is good times/good times/good times” (Clifton 5-7). This repeated phrase…

at God sounded like a personal narrative where the author tells the reader about his faith. Looking over the format, I could see three stanzas, all numbered. Each stanza appeared to be an independent statement, each being one example of God. This made me treat…