Rhyme Scheme Of Epilogue Jarman

In his poem, “Epilogue,” Jarman breaks from traditional Shakespearian sonnet from in an ironic way. The first quatrain completely follows sonnet elements in a unique way; there is repetition at the beginning of each line “[t]oday is” (1-4) and in the middle of each of the four lines, “and yesterday is” (1-4). This reputation resembles the repetition of the Beatitudes in the Gospel of Matthew. Jarman then breaks the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean passage in the second quatrain in two lines, “full” and “animal.” These two words may be considered half rhymes, but they provide an inharmonious feeling. This sudden shift in rhyme style makes sense because it resembles the unpleasing event of the Tower of Babel. The phrase “[s]omeone is God who had