1. Explication of Poe's Poems
The repetitive six line stanzas written in iambic octameter keep a strict rhyming scheme: abcbbb, where b is the end-rhyme for Lenore which is consistent throughout the 108 lines of the poem. ... Poe uses many internal rhymes: he rhymes "dreary- and "weary- in the first line: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."" In the ninth and tenth lines, "Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had tried to borrow/ From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore-, - "morrow- and "borrow- are internal rhymes; "borrow- and "sorrow- rhyme as well, but are not i...
- Word Count: 2508
- Approx Pages: 10
- Grade Level: High School