What Does It Mean To Say That She Is Prithee Why So Pale?
Alliteration: A technique where a sound repeats in the beginning of the word or phrase, it’s usually a consonant. Alliteration is used in the poem “Song” by Sir John Suckling. The w is alliterative throughout the whole poem. “Why so pale and wan fond lover?
Prithee why so pale?
Will, when looking well can 't move her,
Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale?” (Ferguson 1588)
Allusion: A reference to something, it can be implied or direct. An example of allusion is seen in one of John Donne’s “Batter my heart three-personed God; for You.” Allusion is used throughout the whole sonnet.
“Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you
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Reflective Structure: Used to show and convey the deep thoughts of a character in all sorts of poetry. An example of a reflective structure poem is Gertrude Stein’s “Stanza Meditation: Part LXIII”
“I wish that I had spoken only of it all.” (Ferguson 1250)
Satire: When the narrator of the poem uses humor, comedy, irony, hyperbole in order to criticize peoples stupidity. Satire is mainly used in contemporary politics. Alexander Pope shows a wonderful example of satire in his poem “The Rape of the Lock.”
“Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law
Or some frail china jar receive a flaw Or stain her honor, or her new brocade.” (Ferguson 620)
Scansion: The process of finding the stresses in a poem, it also shows the meter from the distribution of stresses.
Sestet: Mostly seen in the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet. An example of a sestet is seen in Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “Annabel
Prithee why so pale?
Will, when looking well can 't move her,
Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale?” (Ferguson 1588)
Allusion: A reference to something, it can be implied or direct. An example of allusion is seen in one of John Donne’s “Batter my heart three-personed God; for You.” Allusion is used throughout the whole sonnet.
“Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you
As yet …show more content…
Reflective Structure: Used to show and convey the deep thoughts of a character in all sorts of poetry. An example of a reflective structure poem is Gertrude Stein’s “Stanza Meditation: Part LXIII”
“I wish that I had spoken only of it all.” (Ferguson 1250)
Satire: When the narrator of the poem uses humor, comedy, irony, hyperbole in order to criticize peoples stupidity. Satire is mainly used in contemporary politics. Alexander Pope shows a wonderful example of satire in his poem “The Rape of the Lock.”
“Whether the nymph shall break Diana’s law
Or some frail china jar receive a flaw Or stain her honor, or her new brocade.” (Ferguson 620)
Scansion: The process of finding the stresses in a poem, it also shows the meter from the distribution of stresses.
Sestet: Mostly seen in the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet. An example of a sestet is seen in Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “Annabel