…Octave: An octave is an eight lined stanza. This poem comprises of only one octave. Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows the ABAB rhyme scheme, and this pattern continues until the…
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Romeo And Juliet, Act I Prologue
…End Rhyme: The prologue of Romeo and Juliet is written in a sonnet form, which means it has a specific rhyme scheme and structure. The poem uses end rhyme, which…
Sonnet 106
…in the chronicle of wasted time.” Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows ABAB CDCD in its octave and EFEF GG rhyme scheme in its sestet. Sonnet: A sonnet is a fourteen-lined…
A Sailor Went to Sea
…stanza. Repetition: This device is used to stress upon the main thematic idea, such as see and sea has been repeated several times in this nursery rhyme. Rhyme Scheme: This…
Jack and Jill
…End Rhyme: End rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious. For example, “water”, “after”, “caper” and “paper.” Internal Rhyme: Internal rhyme is rhyme within a line such as in…
Ode
…of meters in each stanza, which have made it easier to read, and made flexible with a simple rhyme scheme of ABABAC. Example #2: Ode to the Confederate Dead By…
Limerick
Definition of Limerick A limerick is a poem that consists of five lines in a single stanza with a rhyme scheme of AABBA. Most limericks are intended to be humorous,…
Goosey Goosey Gander
…end words. The anonymous poet shows the use of end rhyme such as men/den and gander/wander or /prayers/stairs. Rhyme Scheme: This poem shows the rhyme scheme of AABCDBCB. Stanza: A…
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
…same words rather than rhyming. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme scheme is ABCB DEFE, and this pattern continues throughout the poem. Internal rhyme: Internal rhyme is a rhyme within a line…
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
…is a quatrain. Rhyme Scheme: This short poem follows the ABAB rhyme scheme. Stanza: A stanza is a poetic form of some lines. This entire poem is a quatrain as…
Sonnet 16: But Wherefore Do Not You a Mightier Way
…live, drawn by your own sweet skill.” End Rhyme: End rhyme means the rhyming of the ending words. Shakespeare has used end rhyme in this poem, such as “way/decay” “time/rhyme”…
Little Miss Muffet
…poem. Sestet: A sestet is a six-lined stanza borrowed from Italian poetry. The poem composed of only one sestet. Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows the ABAB rhyme scheme and this…
Stanza
…inscription that reveals Ozymandias. The rhyme scheme of sestet is flexible. This rhymes as CDCDCD and CDECDE. Function of Stanza Stanza divides a poem in such a way that does…
Top 10 Modern Ballads
…rhyme scheme, the ballad presents the ambiguous story of a young boy whose Irish parents are desiring their son to return from the uprising. Whatever the story might be behind…
Poem
…blank verse poems and rhymed poems are two other categories that are based on the use of rhyme scheme, while narrative poems and soliloquies are based on the type of…
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
…unstressed syllable. For example, the first line of the poem has four trochaic feet: “HAMelin TOWN’s in BRUNSwick.” Rhyme Scheme: Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhymes in a…
The Lotos-Eaters
…of end rhymes. “The Lotos Eaters” does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme, but Tennyson employs end rhyme throughout the poem. For example, the first stanza has an ABABBDEFF rhyme…
London Bridge Is Falling Down
…18th. Following this, it has crept into the public psyche and has won polarity sheer by its rhyme scheme and thematic strand. The lyrics raise a host of questions about…
Casey at the Bat
…consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Rhyme Scheme: Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes that occurs in a poem. In “Casey at the Bat,” the…
The Hollow Men
…there is no fixed metrical pattern. Rhyme Scheme: Rhyme scheme is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem. “The Hollow Men” shows Eliot using an irregular rhyme scheme. Poem…
