Auden's rhyme scheme in this piece help set up the feeling of disarray in the poem. ... The rhyme scheme in this piece plays a big part in giving the feeling people get when they discuss law. When the gardeners say law is what "all gardeners obey" the rhyme scheme is simple AABB pattern. ... In the second portion of the poem the lines are formal into rhyming couplets. ... In the last stanza we see that law can be fairly simple to look at, just as the rhyming couplets are simpler than the confusing patterns in the first section. ...

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The rhyme scheme and rhythm of the poem is also of the first stanza is in couplet form, AABB and so on. ... The effect of the different rhyme schemes is intended to show how she is orderly and strict with the brief lines in the first stanza, but the free style that is written after that reveals how the speaker is letting herself relax in nature in times of stressfulness. ...

• Word Count: 833
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One literary device is rhyme. The poet uses rhyme scheme of AABBCCDDEEFF. The first two lines are rhyming couplets which help make a soothing tone in order to eaze the explanation the parents give to calm down the child's fear. ...

• Word Count: 693
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School