The last two words of the lines rhyme, "rare and compare." Shakespeare uses the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet adjusting its form to ABABCDCDEFEFGG. ... Shakespeare uses end rime throughout the entire sonnet making his rhyming words come at the end of each line. He uses the ABAB rhyme scheme, which creates the end rime. ... The words "white", "why" and "wires" are all words that begin with W. ...
The rhyme scheme is: ABBA ABBA CDCDCD. ... In the sestet the C and D rhymes pattern repeats. The D rhymes are: again, strain, and rain, there appears to be a distinct relationship between the rhymes. ... The poet choice to use the words "build" and "breed" is hinting of another topos; the creation topos. ... The speaker's words suggest that his time is limited and he is metaphorically castrated by time. ...
He uses the conceit of God being a blacksmith and beating him back into shape, hence the first three words of the poem "Batter my heart". ... Batter My Heart is written in Italian sonnet form, it has iambic pentameter with fourteen lines of alternating rhyme in the form ABBA ABBA CDCD, and an ending couplet; EE. ... The rhythmical pattern changes to sound abrasive to the ears, and underlines the extra harshness the words imply to effectively show the violence that the narrator wishes from God. In the first Quatrain the use of plosive words such as break, blow, burn also help to show the harshn...
