He effectively contrasts the rhymes of "wise" which suggests a tender, intelligent soul, with "eyes" – the windows of the soul- which are maggot-ridden in their decay. ... His relationship with humanity and his dark obsessive relationship with the body of a human woman, are portrayed through the dramatic monologue of the entire poem, written in free verse, with an inconsistent rhyme scheme. ... However, the "river God" appears to show weakness and his insecurities are emphasized by the progressive use of enjambment as the structure of the poem becomes more d...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sonnet 130 also contains a couplet. The last two lines 13 and 14 are rhymed iambic couplets. ... Shakespeare uses the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet adjusting its form to ABABCDCDEFEFGG. Shakespeare uses this rhyme scheme in many of his sonnets making his lyrical poetry symmetrical. ... He uses the ABAB rhyme scheme, which creates the end rime. ...

• Word Count: 1776
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"The Tuft of Flowers- does have a strict rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. The poem is organized in couplets, each of which contains a single thought. ... "The Tuft of Flowers "can accommodate a marked flexibility of speech within its rather unpromising form, the two-line rhyming couplet stanzas. ... While reading the poem the audience hears something like a song, especially because of the rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. ... The poem also has two indications of internal rhyme in it, which occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry, which is underlined in lines 39...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Imposing the thematic sequence of a Petrarchan sonnet in a more formal pattern, Shakespeare uses the first and second quatrain to build on an argument and then concludes this by the final couplet. ... Finally in the conclusive couplet he shows animosity towards the woman he loves, and turns his focus away from his physical being and towards her infidelity. ... In the Petrarchan style, rather than the volta appearing in the ending couplet, it usually appears in the center of the poem after a developing thought within the first six lines and then another in the six lines after it. ... It appears...

• Word Count: 1540
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It has a unique meter and rhyme scheme, unlike the common iambic pentameter used in England at the time this poem was written. It is written in iambic tetrameter and it thoroughly makes use of end rhymes in couplets ("twos"). ... ") Internal rhyme is used in line 36 (At every pore..) and 37 (now let us sport.). ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although both poems have two stanzas, the rhyme schemes are different. In "Infant Joy", Blake uses a rhyme scheme of ABCDAC for the first stanza and ABCDDC for the second. On the other hand, Blake uses a regular AABB rhyme throughout the whole poem in "Infant Sorrow". ... The first lines of the first stanza and the first couplet of the second stanza are identical in each poem; however, the way the poems develop is in sharp contrast due to the different use in diction and imagery in each poem. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The former option is obviously the one which would suggest she is scheming and completely evil, but the latter would mean that she is genuine and quite susceptible to human emotions like shock and horror, which she would not be able to feel if she were evil. ... Shakespeare usually only uses rhyming couplets to indicate the end of a scene, but here he uses one to underline one of the main themes of the play. ... - but now, her guilty conscience is a burden she has to bear, and the rhyming couplet could be said to be the beginning of her descent into madness. ...

• Word Count: 2244
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

What are the chief aspects of their relationship and how are these aspects emphasised by Romeo and Juliet's use of language? Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. Shakespeare has focused on...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Each line has ten syllables written with an iambic stress scheme making the work an iambic pentameter. Furthermore, the poem is written in thirty-one rhyming couplets, which only occasionally have the necessity of alternative pronunciations. ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8