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  1. Dec 2024
    1. Loved and were loved, and now we lie,         In Flanders fields.

      Her and the last two lines of the poem are the only lines that do not rhyme. Most of the poem remains consistent with a rhyme scheme, however, the end of the last two stanzas through that off. This forces the reading to slow down and actually let the poem sink in. It is all about what occurred at Flanders fields, and that's where the poem slows down

  2. Oct 2024
    1. General Hints on Preparing Essays etc., in Rhyme.

      One ought to ask what purpose this Rhyme serves?

      • Providing emphasis of the material in the chapter;
      • scaffolding for hanging the rest of the material of the book upon, and
      • potentially meant to be memorized as a sort of outline of the book and the material.

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  3. Jan 2022
  4. Dec 2021
    1. Rhyme scheme for The Good-Morrow is A B A B C C C, and it's persistent throughout every seven-line stanzas.

      We can sense a slight transition in tones or subject between the quatrain(ABAB) and tercet(CCC).

      In the first stanza, the quatrain is composed of a list of rhetorical questions, while the tercet isn't. Oppositely, in the second stanza, the tercet is grouped with anaphora, while the quatrain isn't. Finally, in the third stanza, the last three lines incorporate a slightly concerning tone compared to the preceding lines and the rest of the poem, implying transition.

    2. I

      The unusually frequent use of slant rhyme (4 in total) in a relatively short poem might be a sign of purposeful errors that John Donne makes to implicitly express the excitement and satisfaction that the speaker is experiencing that he doesn't bother about strictly keeping the formality.

    3. The poem contains four slant rhymes, which is an imperfect rhyme with similar, but not identical sounds. Most slant rhymes are formed by words with identical consonants and different vowels, or vice versa.

      lines 1 and 3 - "I" and "childishly"

      lines 9 and 11 - “fear” and “everywhere”

      lines 12 to14 - “gone,” “shown” and “one”

      lines 19 to 21 - “equally,” “I,” and “die”

  5. Sep 2021
    1. We can die by it, if not live by love,          And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit for verse;

      The short "I" vowel frequently appears in these lines creating an internal rhyme(assonance) between "it", "if", "fit", and "unfit."

  6. Feb 2021
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    1. I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door

      This part stands out due to it's almost verse-like rhyme and meter structure.

      I lay on the floor / in the front parlor / watching her door.

      It emphasizes the narrator's obsession with the girl and highlights the absurdity of the daily routine, as well as the playful nature of childhood romance.

  9. Oct 2020

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  10. Jul 2020
    1. The majesty and burning of the child’s death. I shall not murder The mankind of her going with a grave truth Nor blaspheme down the stations of the breath With any further Elegy of innocence and youth.

      The words that rhyme in this verse seem to push the themes of this poem forward, (death-breath, murder-further, truth-youth

  11. Oct 2018
    1. As virtuous men pass mildly away
        • / - / - / - /<br> As virtuous men pass mildly away,

      Iambic Tetrameter- This meter is consistent (as well as the Rhyme Scheme ABAB) throughout the poem in order to covey the message to Anne More that Donne's love for her is constant and never changing; this is used in order to comfort the upset More.

  12. Sep 2016
  13. Apr 2016