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 internal rhymes. Poems that rhyme are generally more popular and more appealing to audiences. Words that rhyme are easier to remember; thus creating a more profound effect upon the reader. ... Co...

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As the agreement indicates, Mephistopheles returns and Faustus keeps his promise and signs away his soul; he signs the oath with his own blood and writes on his arm the words ˜Homo fuge' meaning ˜Fly, man'. ...

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The major difference between these two types is the rhyme scheme. The octave of a Petrarchan sonnet generally follows this form: ABBAABBA, where each letter represents one particular end rhyme for that line. ... The English sonnet, in contrast, has a rhyme scheme of ABABCDCD EFEFGG (the final two, rhyming lines are known as a heroic couplet, bee-tee-dubs). ... The octave is like an English sonnet, and its rhyme scheme is ABABCDCD. The sestet, however, takes the form of a Petrarchan sonnet and has a rhyme scheme of EFGEFG. ...

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This list makes their desires sound simple and unimportant due to enjambment which increases the pace allowing the reader to skim quickly over the words. ... Although the lines are of similar length, these is no traditional rhyme scheme in the poem. However, because the rhyme is unusual is can be used occasionally to emphasises certain images, eg, 'high above the gutter' and 'golden butter' The poem begins by described how the 'adverts face all ways and block'. ... The rhyme used in 'high above the gutter' and 'golden butter' highlighted the c...

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The fourth, very short section returns to a sort of melody (some of the lines rhyme) to describe the fictional point of fixity around which time is organized. ... Despite the apparent vitality of words and music, these must die. ... Eliot is much less experimental with rhyme and meter here than he is in his earlier works. ... Through the repetition of words and the use of structures, he creates a rhythm not dependent on previous poetic forms. ... He must exploit the physical properties of the words themselves. ...

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The spiritual correspondence between man and nature can be illustrated as being a "spiritual communication" between the two, which is the affect of how they interact with each other. The use of nature in a way that is both beneficial to man and nature can be described as a harmonious spiritual corre...

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Thus, to full understand the significance of nature in all lives told through " Lines Composed A few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" one must understand the setting and mood, as well as comprehend the rhyme scheme, and use of many diverse poetic devices that interact within the poem the poem. ... Hartman states that Wordsworth feels " the drawn-out words express a mind that remains "in somewhat of a sad perplexity," a mind that tries to locate in time what is lost" (Geoffrey H. ... Wordsworth used a type on rhyme scheme that is not present in many poems of his time but the lack a popularity of the...

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Soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word 'soul' meant to speakers of Classical Greek, and what it would have been natural to think about and assoc...

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Then, when humans were first able to string sounds together to form words and to compose complex words with multiple syllables they were in fact composing the first poems. ... Early poems such as those by Homer emphasized the sounds of words(Homer, Illiad). ... That is because its syntax and rhyme scheme facilitates memorization in the human mind. ... These Poets were characterized by their strongly defined rhyme scheme, the use of Iambic pentameter, and the use of a fourteen line structure. ... Ghazals are composed in two-line stanzas "bound by a recurrent sound pattern that is part rhyme an...

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One of the most outstanding English poets of this epoch was William Blake (1757 - 1827), who painted his visions both in words and in pictures Blake, inspired by songs for children, is mostly known for his two early collections, The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience. ... The whole atmosphere is evoked by nursery rhyme and melodious songs in consequence of which the poems may seem a little bit simple but in fact they carry a heavy meaning and idea of the poet's concept of religion and innocence. ... Based on Jesus" words, "whatever you did for one of the least of these ...

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Her unique free style is due mainly to her peculiar placement of punctuation, such as dashes that break the lines keeping them open, unusual grammar and capitalization of seemingly banal words. ... In fact, through the synesthesia, syllables and sentences are described by words generally used in describing petals, which compose the flower's cup like syllables and sentences compose a poem. ... The negative account of other, pedestrian speech forms, like the admission of naturally superior discourse , is not only a way of recognizing (and sharing one's recognition) of a reality that l...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

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Of course, according to him, we aren't normally in commune with our soul, but all we need to gain this connection is demonstrated in the following: Loafe with me [his soul] on the grass . . . . loose the stop from your throat, Not words, not music or rhyme I want . . . . not custom or lecture, not even the best, Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice. ...

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A proem is a short introduction, in verse, to the matter and meaning of the rest of the poem. Some published editions of the poem do not make a division between The Proem and The Dream. The Proem is lines 1 through 290, and The Dream is lines 291 through 1334, the end of the poem. In  The Book of the Duchess, the poet is introduced in the first person. He has difficulty getting to sleep and has not slept, he says, for eight years. ...

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