Tetrameter

1. “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning is mostly an iambic tetrameter poem with an ABABB rhyme scheme. Although this is a fairly regular pattern, there is more “B”s than “A”s, making the poem’s rhyme scheme a little more unique. The poem reads almost like a fun children’s nursery rhyme, which adds to the disturbing nature of the poem. 2. This poem has a very noticeable plotline in which our narrator, Porphyria’s Lover, tells his readers how his lover, Porphyria, came over to his home and he realized

“Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is said to be “one of the best remembered works of the Romantic period,” (Gray) and though this poem may seem speak deeply about the world, its conception was fairly simple: Coleridge had been reading a book about Kubla Khan in Xanadu (by a man named Samuel Purchas) before falling into a deep sleep induced by an opium mixture to which he had long since had an addiction. When he awoke from this drug induced stupor, he had apparently 200 to 300 lines of poetry

Dickinson uses many poetic elements that make her poem so famous. A poetic element used in “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” is the rhythm. The poem is written in alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimester. Iambic tetrameter is a line of poetry with four beats of one unstressed syllable, followed by one stressed syllable and the purpose of using an iambic trimester is to create a beautiful poetic work, and produce greatly emotional experience. Emily

and death, but seem to have a supernatural element. “The quatrain, a stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed, is the most common of all English stanzaic forms. And the most common type of quatrain is the ballad stanza, in which lines of iambic tetrameter alternate with trimeter, rhyming abcb (lines 1 and 3 being unrhymed) or, less commonly abab” (Fergueson, 1114). Montagu uses many of these elements in that she stays remains consistent with the theme of ballads and writes about love. The supernatural

In the beginning of Emily Dickinson’s poem “754,” the narrator immediately compares her life to a weapon, “My Life had stood -- a Loaded Gun --” (754). Usually, when one thinks of a gun, he or she might think of death instead of love. In most cases, when a person owns or has a possession of a gun, that person might use the gun for protection. A gun is an inanimate object that has the potential or power to take the life of a human. From analyzing the poem “754,” the narrator symbolizes a loaded

they do in the play, Macbeth. The character of the witches can be explored through their peculiar use of language. While they do not speak in iambic pentameter, the use of 10-11 syllables per line which indicates high status, they speak in trochaic tetrameter; each line is made up of seven syllables. This creates a sinister atmosphere. The three witches use prose as their language lacks rhythmic structure. Together with short and quick rhythm, rhyme is evident in their words, “When shall we three meet

of light and darkness interacting to describe the wide spectrum of elements in a beautiful woman’s personality and looks”(“She Walks in Beauty”). The poem was written on June 11, 1814, the same night Byron met her, in iambic tetrameter: “It is written in iambic tetrameter, a style typically used for hymns. This makes perfect sense for the Hebrew Melodies collection was intended to be – literally – a collection of Old Testament-themed melodies” (Hanson). The poem was originally written as lyrics

During the era of the Harlem Renaissance many writers were influenced by the division of society because it was during a time whites were not very fond of African-Americans. Those famous writers were Countee Cullen who wrote the poem “Incident”, and Langston Hughes who wrote the poem “I Too”. Both poems emphasize the fact that modern slavery still exists in the world. Furthermore, they also speak about the fact that we are still all Americans at the end of the day despite the color of our skin. Though

Annabel Lee : (1.) It seems, per stanza 1, that Annabel lee's purpose whose to love and be loved by the speaker. There love is stated to be not only "more than love", but also enough to provoke envy in the Angels. (4.) In stanza 5, the speaker says that their love was stronger was stronger than the older and wiser than they. This being to such a degree, that he feels nothing can "dissever his soul from her's". (5.) He fancies the fact that Angels are jealous of his relationship with Annabel.

Masterful poets can make the ordinary artful, find deeper meaning in simplicity, and draw hopeful conclusions from the darkest of events. William Blake is no exception to this, and his mastery of poetry becomes apparent in “A Poison Tree”, the best poem ever written. In this poem, Blake creates a masterful metaphor, strengthened by his use of simple language, sound devices, and choice of meter, conveying an impactful message at the end. The simplistic yet pleasant style in which Blake conveys an