Essays Tagged: "Rhyme scheme"

Romeo and Juliet - Study Notes

n the form of a sonnet. A sonnet is a 14 line lyric poem with an iambic pentameter rhythm and a set rhyme scheme.RhymeThe rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet divides the poem into 3 quatrains and a ...

(6 pages) 86 0 2.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Essay is a critical analysis of John Keat's poem "To Sleep," using college-level literary terms.

he sonnet, the poem is the obligatory fourteen lines of iambic pentameter coupled with an elaborate rhyme scheme. Although most closely resembling the English sonnet, the deliberate wanderings of the ... referring to his words as "thine hymn," and offering himself to "sleep" when it should choose. The rhyme scheme of these two quatrains follows the Shakespearian sonnet form, and does not deviate from ...

(4 pages) 145 0 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"My papa's waltz" by Theodor Roethke

will be worse.The poem is built of four stanzas( quatrain ), each consisting of four lines. The rhyme scheme is, in the first stanza - abab, in the second - cdcd, in the third - efef, and in the f ...

(4 pages) 189 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Ralph Waldo Emerson. This essay deals with Emerson's distinctive writing style, and what sets it apart from that of other authors and poets.

own way rather than the conceptual way.It has also been noted that Emerson seldom followed a fixed rhyme scheme. Emerson did this because he believed so much in originality. He believed that none of ... thermore, Emerson believed that poetry should be able to run free, that is why he seldom followed a rhyme scheme. He did not want his poetry to be restrained to any boundaries, rather he wanted it to ...

(2 pages) 131 0 3.9 Aug/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Analyzing of "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, and opinions.

ria's Lover" by Robert Browning, is a dramatic monologue that consists of only one stanza and has a rhyme scheme of ABABB. The diction throughout the whole poem is formal English. The poem starts off ...

(9 pages) 86 1 3.4 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Poetry commentary on 'success is counted sweetest' by Emily Dickinson

available. Dickinson both clearly states this message and implies it throughout the poem, and uses rhyme, imagery, and irony to incorporate the theme that the one who holds success dearest to them is ... to them is the one who never succeeds.The rhythmic pattern makes the poem flow together, using the rhyme scheme ABCB in the short, choppy stanzas, like a song. This typical rhyming scheme gives a lig ...

(1 pages) 77 1 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

My poetry explication of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Provides summary, form, elements, and meaning for each stanza.

led; an inner knowing that the right decision was made.Form:Three stanza, five lines eachRhyme Scheme: Two end rhymes in each stanza (ABAAB)Speaker:Not specified if male or female, b ...

(3 pages) 534 3 4.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Lorna Dee Cervantes: "Beneath the shadow of the freeway". An interpretation of the poem

d into sub-stanzas. The meter is irregular as well as the length of the verses and there is also no rhyme scheme. Cervantes plays very freely with the structure of poems. She does not use an establish ... s very freely with the structure of poems. She does not use an established type of poem and ignores rhyme and meter, but she presents her words graphically in the form of stanzas, in separate but rela ...

(5 pages) 62 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

A Comparison of 'Afternoons' by Philip Larkin and 'Churning Day' by Seamus Heaney

and innocence to marriage and the hassles and mundane nature of everyday life.Although there is no rhyme scheme in either poem, Philip Larkin uses many words such as 'bordering', 'lying' and 'pushing ... uses many words such as 'bordering', 'lying' and 'pushing' with the same endings. This is used as a rhyme scheme, not only to keep the poem flowing but also to add a sense of monotony that now prevail ...

(3 pages) 58 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Five Walt Whitman poems. Metaphors, diction, syntax, form, rhyme scheme, and other literary techniques.

eriences. All humans are somehow connected through the common experiences they encounter. It has no rhyme scheme or form and it is end-stopped.1Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!Clouds of th ... has no problem with being alone and a man (Whitman) that could never manage being alone. It has no rhyme scheme or form and it is end-stopped.Lines 1-5I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,All alone ...

(22 pages) 395 1 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Henry Purcell" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

caesura coming in line seven between 'feature' and 'finds'. It does not have a readily recognisable rhyme scheme, but makes use of sprung rhythm in a number of instances.There are a great number of po ...

(5 pages) 41 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

John Donne's Holy Sonnet "Batter my heart".

alian or Petrarchan structure of a sonnet, with two quatrains and a sestet with an ABBA-ABBA-CDCDDD rhyme scheme. The basic rhythm is iambic pentameter, although certain lines, such as the second one, ...

(3 pages) 107 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Analysis of Three Sonnets by William Wordsworth.

ve and sestet. The octave is the first eight lines, and the sestet contains the last six lines. The rhyme scheme can be varied, a technique Wordsworth employed throughout his sonnets. The general rhym ... rth employed throughout his sonnets. The general rhyme scheme for the octet is ABBAABBA. The sestet rhyme scheme has several acceptable possibilities like BCBCBC, CDECDE, CDCDCD, and CDCDEE.In the son ...

(4 pages) 154 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Meter and rhythm described in my papa's waltz.

and will be worse.The poem is built of four stanzas( quatrain ), each consisting offour lines. The rhyme scheme is, in the first stanza - abab, in the second- cdcd, in the third - efef, and in the fo ...

(4 pages) 62 1 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Sonnet 107 by William Shakespeare-literary analysis.

of 14 lines, each with 10 stressed and unstressed syllables known as iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme of: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. The rhymes may be ear-rhymes or eye-rhymes: an ear-rhy ... : a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. The rhymes may be ear-rhymes or eye-rhymes: an ear-rhyme is one that rhymes in sound, e.g. "soul" and "control"; an eye-rhyme is one that rhymes by sight, e.g. "presage" ...

(5 pages) 51 1 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Time in Shakespeare's Sonnets.

t. An Elizabethan sonnet contains for sections: three quatrains and a couplet. The quatrains have a rhyme scheme of ABAB, and the couple rhymes CC. Each quatrain develops a certain metaphor which illu ...

(8 pages) 78 1 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

"Ozymandias" This paper outlines the different types of sonnets and points out which type "Ozymandias" is. It also analyzes and gives an overview of the sonnet.

A traditional sonnet contains fourteen lines and follows one or several set rhyme schemes. However, not every sonnet follows these guidelines. There are two basic types of sonn ... onal use of an octave, to relate an anecdote, and a sestet, to reinforce the point of the poem. His rhyme scheme however, is not the normal Italian style. The traditional rhyme scheme of an Italian so ...

(2 pages) 113 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Walt Whitman's Song of Myself broken down into the elements of character, imagery, language, theme, tone, and form.

e of free verse. He was one of the first poets to usethis type of poetry which does not use regular rhyme schemeand meter. Whitman was not appreciated or admired at firstfor using this type of writing ... ot appreciated or admired at firstfor using this type of writing. Even though he abandonedmeter and rhyme schemes, he still used many poetic elements,such as character, imagery, language, theme, tone, ...

(3 pages) 256 0 3.2 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Not Your Typical Love Sonnet

speare superficially it appears to be no different than any of his other works. It follows the same rhyme scheme and patterns that are characteristic of any classic Shakespearian sonnet. It is a lyric ... ith a heroic couplet at the end. The lines are all ten syllables, end-stopped, in an ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme. It is when you read this poem, and see how he chooses to express his feelings for the ...

(3 pages) 62 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Sonnets of Shakespeare in the Tradition of Petrarch.

eaturing three quatrains and a closing couplet, with a different, but still specifically controlled rhyme scheme. This form is what is now mainly known as the Shakespearean Sonnet, named after its gre ... ed before, or provides a resolution of sorts. The Petrarchan format places the octave first, with a rhyme scheme of: ABBA, ABBA, and the sestet second, with a rhyme scheme of: CDE, CDE. Shakespeare wa ...

(11 pages) 82 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare