Though there is no specific rhyme scheme visible, the poem is written in such a manner that it has a rhythmic flow. ... From there on the whole afternoon is absorbed in the appreciation of music and hours later when the poet is in his bed he hears his cat move about in the darkness and strike one note which lingers in his mind in the form of a dream, here also we observe a beautiful use of words to describe the lingering the note "A single lucid drop of water stars my dream." ... It is a well presented poem and even though it doesn't have a specific rhyme scheme it still maintains a ...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Henley crafts a distinctive image to the responder by projecting his emotions visually through words. ... Henley's completes his discourse of fate, fortune, suffering, consequence and Death by utilising the anaphora to distinctively conclude his poem with the rhyming couplet "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul....

• Word Count: 857
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

In "Migrant Hostel", the opening words "No one" holistically conveys a sense of alienation, further evidenced by binary pairs in the transitory "comings and goings" of the camp. ... He establishes a sense of dislocation with the Australian people through the short, serrated visual imagery of "a crew cut, grey haired, department store clerk," however contrasts this with the serene imagery and soft rhyme of "watched stars and street lights come on" suggesting a happy peacefulness inside Feliks. ...

• Word Count: 1019
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate