Tetrameter

Denise K. Steen February 28, 2012 English 102 Option #2 Reflections Within is a non-traditional stanzaic poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four

The poem follows a strict iambic tetrameter and stresses words such as “heartbreak”, “crimes”, “brutal”, “rape” and “murder” (51). The intensification of words that are associated with racism regularises and re-creates the emotion of ‘heartbreak’ due to brutality and crimes against a race. It should also be noted that although the poem follows a strict tetrameter it only deviates in two verses to a pentameter, that is, “I could tell you of heartbreak

pain is mocked, and genuine kindness is ridiculed, members of our society have grown to feel that it is necessary to hide, and create false images to protect our inner selves. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask”, uses strategic iambic tetrameter as well as symbolism to emphasis and display the natural man’s tendencies to hide behind metaphorical masks. In his poem, Dunbar uses imagery that allows the reader to visualize the person hiding behind the mask. He discusses what the mask hides

ballad poem. A ballad poem has to be written in a certain pattern. The first and third lines must be iambic tetrameter and have four beats per line, while the second and fourth lines are iambic trimeter and have three

quality the poem has creates a dreamy atmosphere. Due to variation of line length in the poem the meter alternates between tetrameter with four feet per line, and dimeter, or two beats per line. These variations in line length slows the reader down, creating a relaxing, almost hypnotic effect. In total there are six tetrameter and three diameter lines. For both the tetrameter and diameter lines the beats are iambic. Therefore all the lines end with a stressed beat. More emphasis is placed on the nouns

his mistress need to have sex immediately, it also contrasts with the Petrarchan standard of the idealized woman. Within the first 24 lines of the poem, Marvell uses diction, literary devices such as the erotic blazon and enjambment, and iambic tetrameter rhythm to prove that people cannot control time, time goes on and will eventually end, and women should refrain from reluctance and have sex with men while they still can. Marvell introduces his main theme that time is constantly plunging forward

Furthermore, while(cl) Puck is looking for an Athenian man, he exclaims, “And here the maiden sleeping found” (2.2.74). This line is written in trochaic tetrameter, which is a type of meter that contains four pairs of stressed and unstressed syllable. This type of rhythm differentiates(v) the fairies from the humans. Also, when fairies speak in trochaic tetrameter, they are usually moving quickly. [1]Shakespeare uses several of his unique language devices to reveal characters in this

William Blake’s, London and Gwendolyn Brooks’s “First Fight. Then Fiddle” are two poems that evolve around very similar themes of war, oppression and an unheard story. In London, we have Blake expressing the infested poverty and adversity of a city and Brook is contradicting the effects of a war and art. Both poems have a basic theme behind their publication. A voice that must be heard but it’s not; to be able to restore either humanity or music. William Blake aims to make us understand the conditions

Theodor Seuss Giesel was one of the best poets who seldom received the credit he deserved because he was geared toward an audience of children. Our experiences as a child lay the foundation for the rest of our lives, and Dr. Seuss gets children excited about reading. Although he is known for writing and illustrating children’s books, the stories themselves are poems. Dr. Seuss wrote non-sensical poems but they had meaning behind them. His history of illustrating propaganda during World War II later

The 19th century Victorian era was a bleak time for public health, and even more so for soon to be mothers. It was not a concern for governments, and the rate of death per 1000 births was staggering (175 per 1000 births, and that was without account for race and class differences). In a time where motherhood coupled with being a woman, being a woman often meant grief. This birthed the trend of the female poetess of the Victorian era, and the child elegy became a common way to express this grief.