Ballade Of Wordly Wealth
The poem Ballade of Wordly Wealth by Andrew Lang describes the truth about money. People will do anything for money and can easily corrupt our society. The main speaker is the author, Andrew Lang speaking to many different people in the poem. Merchants, soldiers, captains, priests and so on. That is who is in his time frame between 1844 and 1912.
This poem is a form of Haiku, a Japanese poetry that contains 5 syllables in the first line, and 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the third line. It’s more Haiku than sonnet or sestina. Three stanzas each are containing eight lines that rhyme. That makes it much easier to understand the poem. Especially if you read it out loud. There are also many Rhetoric patterns as well. For
This poem is a form of Haiku, a Japanese poetry that contains 5 syllables in the first line, and 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the third line. It’s more Haiku than sonnet or sestina. Three stanzas each are containing eight lines that rhyme. That makes it much easier to understand the poem. Especially if you read it out loud. There are also many Rhetoric patterns as well. For