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    an AAa, BBb, CCc…rhyme scheme and demonstrating iambic pentameter. Hughes’ took this form and adapted it to his writing. For example, in “The Weary Blues,” six adapted blues tercets are noticeable. These tercets contain an AAb rhyme scheme and only a couple of the lines show iambic pentameter, but most lines range anywhere from 9-12 syllables. However, like other modernist poets, Hughes’ nominally wrote in blank verse. Many of his poems in the book utilized little rhyme schemes or recognizable meter

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    Rhyme Schemes of Robert Frost’s Poetry Jake Jelsone English 120-08 A rhyme is defined as a verse or poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. One of the best examples of a poet that mastered rhyming beautifully was Robert Frost. Robert Frost was one of the best poets of the twentieth century. He is highly admired for his work about rural life and command for the English language. While many poets like to free verse their poetry, Robert Frost normally does not. One

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    not interrupt the rhyme of the lay. The pattern of rhyming couplets continues throughout the lay maintaining the sing-song feel and allowing the reader to follow the lines easily. Furthermore, the lyrical rhyme provides a counterpoint to the horrific imagery presented in the excerpt. The author shows this in the rhyming couplet, “Sum stode withouten hade, / And sum non armes nade” (“Sir Orfeo” 391-392). While describing people with missing heads and other appendages, the rhyme keeps within the boundaries

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    emotion, likened to poison. The apple fruit, borne from the watered poison tree, depicts revenge. Once the poison tree was all grown it bore the apple fruit which was an evil plan of vengeance. The writer also uses a regular rhyme scheme in the poem to create rhythm. The rhyme scheme is such that the last words in every two lines in each stanza sound the same. For example, in the first stanza, the words ‘friend’ and ‘end’, ‘foe’ and ‘grow’. In the second stanza: ‘fears’ and ‘tears’, ‘smiles’ and ‘wiles’

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    In the alternate rhyme scheme found in Life by Charlotte Bronte, the speaker is able to creatively use metaphors, a depressive and happy tone, as well as symbolism to express their view about life by saying that life is has a balance of both grief and happiness. The use of an ABAB rhyme scheme can be seen through the three stanzas in order to change the tone in the poem. The first stanza begins by comparing the challenges that we face in life to “clouds of gloom” from lines 3-8. The speaker develops

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    type of poetry, as it doesn’t have any particular rhyming scheme. It only occasionally contained half-rhymes, such as the words “road” and “dead”. Stafford was known for not having a rhyme scheme in his poems, although occasionally in a few of his poems, he would like to include it. Seeing as though there was no regular rhyme scheme, we are also able to tell that the poem does in fact have a irregular meter, meaning there is little to no rhyme between the lines. Now we venture off into diction, which

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    is clearly seen in most of his poems, whether its his early political works such as “America” or his classic lyric poems like “The Tyger”. (Poetry Fdn.). In “The Tyger” William Blake unconventionally questions the creation of the world through rhyme scheme, deep imagery, and conflicting ideas.

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    Everyone chooses important life changing decisions every day. A specific unnamed poem regarding decisions can be read in many different ways. Some people comprehend this poem completely differently from others. In this essay, the meanings, connections, main idea, and possible titles will be stated. To understand a poem, a reader must know the meaning of a poem. To begin with, there are usually both literal meanings and figurative meanings of a poem. In order to understand the figurative meaning

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    mask is filled with a lot of different rhymes and schemes. The poem is a great poem to read and a very relatable poem. The poem goes through a lot of different vibes and feelings. The purpose of this poem to me is to get people to think outside the box and get different thoughts in there mind. The rhymes of the poem are real ackwerd and weird but unique at the same time. The poem will have five lines in a row that rhyme then will switch up the flow and not rhyme for the next two, then start back on

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    sonnet. This poem is a Shakespearean sonnet because the rhyme scheme is in ABAB CDCD EFEF GG form. For example, “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate. / Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date; / ” (Lines 1-4). The word “day” and “May” rhyme with one another making line 1 and line 3 labeled A. Also, “temperate” and “date” both rhyme with one another as well making line 2 and line 4 labeled

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