Open Document I write to you in order to thank you for your praise in the Iliad. I am no birdbrain; I know I was not the sole hero of the Trojan War. However, I greatly appreciate being painted as a brave warrior. The way you introduced me was phenomenal: “Paris sprang from the...
The world is in shambles in this piece, forcing the reader to consider human-caused climate change and the future of the planet. Here are a few lines of the poem that use imagery and emotional appeals rhetorically: Let us praise our mothers of asthma, mothers of cancer clusters, ...
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. During the 18th century, the poem was translated into French, German, and Italian, a marker of its success. It was later translated into numerous other languages, including Czech and Danish. Since its ...
Is such a stone, As nothing but Thy pow’r doth cut. Wherefore each part Of my hard heart Meets in this frame, To praise thy name: That if I chance to hold my peace, These stones to praise thee may not cease. Oh, let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, ...
That pattern is called a rhyme scheme. Rhyme schemes are described using letters of the alphabet, so that each line of verse that corresponds to a specific type of rhyme used in the poem is assigned a letter, beginning with "a." For example, a four-line poem in which the first line ...
Using deceptively simple language, Rossetti laments an untimely death. The poem is an elegy, but Rossetti doesn't tell us who died. Instead, she speaks figuratively, comparing the span of a human life to the changing seasons. Elizabeth Alexander, "Praise Song for the Day" ...
A poem may have more than one refrain. Generally speaking, refrains repeat at regular intervals throughout a poem, such as at the end of every stanza. Some poems, however, may repeat the refrain more sporadically. How to Pronounce Refrain Here's how to pronounce refrain: re-frayn Refrain...
Are mortals urged, through sacred lust of praise! Ah, ne’er so dire a thirst of glory boast, Nor in the critic let the man be lost Good-nature and good sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine … In the late seventeenth century, and for the next hundred years ...
A simple example of this is the poem, "S-U-Z-A-N-N-E:" Sometimes I can be haughty, thoughUsually I stay away from the spotlight,Zigzagging my way through the shadowsAnd giving credit to others for their work.Now and then, however, I find myself inNeed of praise; so I spell my...
Alliterative meter is a type of verse that focuses on alliteration as a way of creating a metrical structure. It is rarely used today.