THE FORM OF POETRY
Emily Dickinson Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory! As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear! a STANZA: b RHYME SCHEME: Lines of a poem grouped together c Pattern of rhymed lines b a b Slant rhyme c b QUATRAIN: 4 line stanza a b c b
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. 7 syllables 6 syllables 7 syllables 6 syllables RHYTHM: Iambic: weak/strong stress pattern Meter: number of syllables per line
Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie, 1. What is the meter? 2. Rhyme scheme? Under the wide and starry sky Dig the grave and let me lie, Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be, Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. 8 syllables a 7 syllables a a 8 syllables b 8 syllables c 8 syllables c 8 syllables 9 syllables c 8 syllables b
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YOUR POETRY BOOK NEEDS 5 MONOSYLLABIC POEMS! ONLY 2 WORDS; EACH WORD ONLY ONE SYLLABLE; THE TWO WORDS RHYME THE TITLE CONNECTS THE TWO WORDS YOUR POETRY BOOK NEEDS 5 MONOSYLLABIC POEMS!