written in quatrains with an abcb rhyming scheme pattern‚ employs rapid dialogues‚ displays a lack of characterization and deals with tragic love. The most noticeable feature of this ballad is the four line stanzas rhyming in abcb. When the second and the fourth stanza are not actual rhyme‚ the poet uses an approximate rhyme. We can count three actual rhymes and six approximate rhymes. The opening quatrain’s first and second stanza consists of an approximate rhyme: It was in and about the Martinmas time
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structure of a Petrarchan sonnet‚ and is therefore written in iambic pentameter. It consists of 14 lines‚ and is divided into an octave and a sestet. The octave has a rhyme scheme of ABBA ABBA. It presents the primary problem facing the author‚ in this case being the question of her declaration of love. The sestet has a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD. It resolves the problem presented by clarifying the ways in which the author loves her beloved‚ and claiming that her love would be strengthened in the afterlife
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Simile : A comparison between two distinctly different things‚ objects or events. It consists in placing two different things side by side and comparing them with regard to some quality common to them. First the two objects must be different in kind. Secondly‚ the point of resemblance between the two different object or event must be clearly brought out. Such words are used for comparison : ‘like’ or ‘as’. A simple example of Robert Burns‚ “O my love’s like a red rose.” Errors like strews upon
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Lines composed Upon Westminster Bridge 1. The poem is in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet. A Sonnet is a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of 14 iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. It is of two kinds: a) Italian or Petrarchan - falls in two parts - Octave rhyming abba abba followed by a sestet rhyming cdecde or cdccdc. It was first imitated by England both in stanza form and subject – by Milton‚ Wordsworth‚ Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. b) English or Shakespearean
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structure as Shakespeare’s other sonnets‚ containing fourteen lines and written in iambic pentameter‚ and composed of three rhyming quatrains with a rhyming couplet at the end. However‚ it does not follow the traditional English rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Rather‚ the scheme is ABAB CDCD EBEB FF. As noted by Bernhard Frank‚ Sonnet 29 includes two distinct sections with the Speaker explaining his current depressed state of mind in the first octave and then conjuring what appears to be a happier image
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first eight-line part is called the octave‚ with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba; the second six-line part is called the sestet‚ with a rhyme scheme of cdecde. Gradually the Italian sonnet pattern was changed. Since Shakespeare attained fame for the greatest poems of this modified type‚ his name has often been given to the English form of the sonnet. The English sonnet is made up of three quatrains and a concluding couplet‚ with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. In the Shakespearean sonnet each
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“Hymn to God My God‚ in My Sickness” by John Donne‚ is a poem with a theme of seeing death as a friend. The poem contains biblical allusions; and Donne uses many poetic literary qualities such as symbolism‚ metaphor‚ and rhyme scheme. With these qualities‚ the author is able to develop the theme of the poem with his attitude implied in it. Primarily‚ the poem is filled with symbolism. Donne’s repetition of the East and West can be called a symbol; the sun rises east‚ and sets west. The rising of
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이예지 백정국 Literary Criticism 2014. 10. 28 Lisel Mueller’s Poem “Things” with New Criticism New Criticism is a methodology which argues that literature is independent and criticizes only the text itself without any background‚ such as its relevance to any information about author or the situations of the time period when it was written. In this paper‚ I try to analyze and find the poetic beauty of Lisel Mueller’s poem “Things” by using the perspective of New Criticism. First of all‚ what can be found
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Literature and Comp The Convergence of the Twain The Convergence of the Twain‚ describes the event of the Titanic through the words of Thomas Hardy. He discusses the ship‚ and its history in detail. He uses strong diction‚ imagery‚ and his rhyme scheme in order to express the idea that fate is fixed‚ and the Titanic’s fate was sinking. He begins by using his title to start the idea off. The word Twain‚ stands for two; The Convergence of the Two. Right from the start‚ a reader gets that idea that
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that no matter how much time hates love‚ love will keep on making gold constantly hence the repetition of the word ‘gold’ and that love is not a fool of time respectively. Another structural feature is the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme in ‘Sonnet 116’ is ABABABABABABAA. Likewise the rhyme scheme for ‘Hour’ is ABABABABABABAA. The effect of this is to show how each of the poems has a consistent relationship running throughout the poems. Also there is enjambment in the poem from lines 5-14 of ‘Hour’
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