Anne Bradstreet's Themes Lie Within The Rhyme That Does Not Rhyme Mark Twain once said, "The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and lightning bug." ... Lines one and two rhyme, and lines three and four rhyme, and five with six, seven with eight, and nine with ten. ... (Bradstreet 100) Bradstreet could have thought of a million words that rhymes with persevere, but she chose the word "ever." ... Bradstreet used such rhetoric's as persuasive words through metaphors, tremendous rapport, emotional words, pacing and absolu...

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In the firs stanza, the last syllables of the words night, skies, bright, eyes, light and denies have a perfect matching rhyme on its ght and ies endings. In the second stanza the words less, grace, tress, face, express and place also have a perfect rhyme on its last three syllables ess and ace. In the third and last stanza the words brow, eloquent, glow, spent, below and innocent show an almost perfect rhyme. The first two stanzas of the poem clearly show exact or perfect rhymes: " that is the rhyming words share corresponding sounds and stresses and a similar number of syllables" (Di Yanni, ...

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On My First Son has a very structural rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is used as follows: AABBCCDDEEFF. ... The rhyme scheme in Unending love is different because the words do not rhyme at the end of every line. It is set in the rhyme scheme as demonstrated: ABCBD. ... Another literary device in On My First Son is words. ...

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He noted more than once how the sentence sound says more than the words; how tones of voice' can mean more than words. ... "The Tuft of Flowers- does have a strict rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. ... While reading the poem the audience hears something like a song, especially because of the rhyme scheme of AA, BB, and CC. ... The type of consonance that is in "The Tuft of Flowers- is the lines 29 and 30: The butterfly and I had lit upon, Nevertheless, a message from the dawn The underlined words are the consonance in the poem; they do not rhyme however they do sound like they w...

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Her poem maintains a peaceful tone by using words like "slowly" and "passed". ... He uses everyday words that we would use in conversation. ... She uses inexact rhymes, dash to create pause and capital letters to emphasis on some of the words in her poem. ... Moreover, this poem is one such rhyming success as we can listen to its sound. The rhyme scheme of the poem is aaba/bbcd/ccdc/dddd. ...

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Sound techniques, including alliteration and onomatopoeia can be used to highlight certain areas where the poet wishes the reader to pay special attention to or to emphasize certain words. ... This view is assisted by the rhyming pattern, or lack of one, evident in the poem. ... In South of My Days, Wright chooses to use no rhyming pattern, instead opting for free verse to construct her meaning. ... Alternatively, Woman to Man, the second of the poems, shows a regular rhyming pattern and rhythm. The lines of the stanzas run on an iambic quadrameter, with four regular beats per line, and the...

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Cummings' use of structure and syntax contribute greatly to how the poem is interpreted.The most obvious thing one can see by just looking at the poem is that all words are in lower case with the exception of "You- and "God.""The capitalization of these two principal words occurs because the speaker is actively thanking and praising God throughout the poem.Since he feels that God is a much higher being, he capitalizes the name God and the pronoun used in reference to him.Although Cummings can show the speaker's feelings of extreme reverence through metaphors and symbols within the po...

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Studying the rhyme scheme of the poem, it is clear that not all of the rhymes are complete – a lot of the end rhymes sound similar, but are in fact slightly imperfect. An example of this can be the words "ephemeral" and "beautiful" in the first stanza. The imperfect rhyme of the poem links with human imperfection and the idea that even the person you love has flaws and weaknesses. ... It is functional to note that the rhythmic lines changes later in the poem, just like the rhyme scheme. ... The appearance of the poem; its metrical basis and rhymes, conforms to the i...

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It does not have any rhyme or rhythm. ... The rhyme scheme, ABBA, is simple yet unusual. There are many words that rhyme like quauter and daughter, said and head, and pie and lie (Angelou 65). ... The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABABCDED. ... Maya Angelou's works are enjoyable and interesting because they have a nice rhyme to it and they read like a story or a song. ...

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In other words, This could be seen as a great feminist act considering the author of the poem is a female experiencing the restrictions put upon her in the context of the 17th Century male domineered world. ... The end rhymes which rhyme in the form of iambic pentameter (a,a,b,b) dominate this flowing rhythm. This makes the reader rather focus on the sound of the words than their denotation. ... Considering its technical aspects the poem exhibits, the use of metaphor, personification, and end rhyme. ...

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The expression "little slag" used in "The Seduction" is also very common for its era, whereas the curse words in the era of "Cousin Kate" would be less abusive and harsh. A peculiar rhyme scheme is used in "Cousin Kate". Every other line in each stanza rhymes, whereas the rhyme scheme in "The Seduction" is not bound to a rule. In some stanzas, the second and forth lines rhyme, but in others, the first, third and fourth lines rhyme. ...

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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.). ... ") The use of alliteration can be seen throughout the lines of the poem, where the writer repeats a certain consonant in the initial words of the lines. ... I consider the diction to be romantic and mild; however, its archaic words and punctuations make its sen...

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"The Road Not Taken" is a poem that has four five-line stanzas with only two end rhymes in each stanza (abaab). ... Frost uses end rhyme with words such as wood, stood and could. Those words are also an example of perfect rhyme. ...

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In the second line the "b" alliteration in "bloodsucking bat", "t" alliteration in the "bat or the rat or the stoat" and the "bat" and "rat" internal rhyme create a sort of spitting sound which fits the imagery of these animals perfectly. ... The line "tall walls wall me" has internal rhyme and an "l" alliteration and signifies what was happening in the world at the time the poem was written. ... The play on words with "rack" and the "r" alliteration enhances the imagery of the creaking, turning handles of the "rack". ... For instance, "my words when they speak me" relates to the things you sa...

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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 ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate