Formalistic Approach Ode to the Death of a Favorite Cat (Favourite)

The poem does indeed have a rhyme scheme, yet doesn?t conform to conventional forms of rhyme such as A, B, A, B, etc. Rather, each stanza seems to follow the order of A, B, C, A, C, B, which may not be apparent to the reader at first, but doesn?t

The most obvious poetic devise of this poem is the rhyming scheme. Rhyming is when there is close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of writin.

The poem is written in free verse, offers no type of rhyme scheme, and in one long stanza. This contributes to

Afraid of his master, the cat slightly wounded the narrator on the hand with his teeth. Because of the cats reaction to his picking him up, the narrator pokes out one of the cat’s eye. The eye of the cat which is

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

The poem is formed of eight stanzas, each one is six lines long except for the fifth stanza which is an octet. The stanzas are formed of sets of three rhyming couplets in the

This test does not give background information about this poem other than the title and who it was written by. There is no identifiable form in this poem. However, there are still patterns to be found. This poem contains 3 stanzas and has 7 lines each, making it 21 lines long. This poem has an open form, containing several end stopped lines. Another noticeable pattern is that despite the end stopped lines, there are full sentences formed and proper capitalization at the beginning of the sentences, and periods used at the end of them. Rhymes are used in this poem, however, it does not have a specific rhyme scheme pattern. It has the inconsistent pattern of ABBCDEF/BEGEEHH/IIFIJKK.

The poem tells of a narrator who is reading an old book in his parlor when he is interrupted by a knock at the door. The protagonist is in a period of grieving over the loss of his love,

Additionally, Petrach uses rhyming words encompassing a rhyme scheme with the pattern abbaabbacdefgh. Evidently, the rhyme scheme is regular in the first two stanzas but is absent in the last two stanzas. It is

The rhyme scheme in the second stanza ddeefg brings us to an end in the texts' relation to the Earth's cool breeze just as the rhyme pattern discontinues from its previous flow, aabbcc.

The narrator in both poems is passing a message on to somebody. The narrator’s point is that you have a lot to live for. He says “Wild men who

kind,” (line 16) and “An’ almost lose ma mind.” (line 17). Finally he shows us his complete

The fourth line uses two verbs, which have internal rhyme to make the line flow

· But line 3 of stanza 1 becomes the rhyme sound for the first, second

The poem begins with two lines which are repeated throughout the poem which convey what the narrator is thinking, they represent the voice in