Comparison of The Old Cumberland Beggar and Holy Thursday
Compare Wordsworth’s ‘The Old Cumberland Beggar. A Description’ (Romantic
Writings: An Anthology, pp.78-82) with Blake’s two ‘Holy Thursday
poems (Romantic Writings: An Anthology, pp.17 and 32). How do the
three poems differ in their treatment of the theme of poverty?
The title ‘The Old Cumberland Beggar’ (hereafter TOCB) immediately
gives us the concept that the poem relates in some way to poverty.
The words ‘old’ and ‘beggar’, conjuring up an image of an old man
wandering the streets. It is written in blank verse, creating an
informal tone, as in storytelling. With 3 stanzas of differing lengths
and no rhyme scheme, it comes across as a narrative rather than a
piece of poetry. This lack of rhyme and the use of enjambements all
the way through, makes it quite difficult to read as poetry. The
rhythm is of Iambic Pentameter, which does help it flow to a certain
extent, but this is hampered by the occasional awkward syntax. In
contrast, the ‘Holy Thursday’ from Blake’s Song of Innocence,
(hereafter HTSI), written in the form of 3 quatrains, or 4-lined
stanzas, has a rhyme scheme of aabb throughout, with a rhythm similar
to that of a hymn or nursery rhyme. This rhythm and the fact that the
language is very straightforward, creates a lively and easy to read
poem. Blake’s other ‘Holy Thursday’ poem, from Songs of Experience,
(hereafter HTSE), is written in simple language and is in the form of
4 quatrains/4-lined stanzas. The first has a rhyme scheme of abab,
but the remaining 3 stanzas have no rhyme pattern to them. However,
as the rhythm is fairly constant, being of iambic metre, it is quite
an easy read, having also a good syntax.
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AC12, Band 2, reading of Charlotte Smith, ‘Sonnet XXXII. To
Melancholy’.
AC12, Band 2, reading of extract from Byron, Don Juan, Canto I.
Anne Boleyn in the spring of 1536 and the consolidation of power at court and in
upon the natural ability of the race in song and is acknowledged to be Dunbar's
Rhymes are two or more words that have the same ending sound. Songwriters and poets often times use rhymes to help their piece flow better, or keep the audience or readers engaged. Billy Joel’s song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” is filled with rhymes, with a rhyme in almost every single line: “Brando, the King and I, and the Catcher In The Rye / Eisenhower, Vaccine, England’s got a new Queen / Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye” (line 6-8). Billy Joel uses the rhymes to move from one topic to the next, and the song is even in chronological order from 1950 to 1989. The rhyme schemes of the song are end rhymes as well as perfect rhymes. On the other hand, the poem is completely free verse, or without a single rhyme. This makes the poem less artistic and harder to remain engaged and interested. In addition to rhyming, allusions are another way of displaying artistic
and rhythm: " Come live with me and be my love " and the rhyme scheme
The tone of a poem can only by recognized when reading carefully and paying close attention to the words and what they might suggest. The rhyme scheme of My Papa’s Waltz is extremely relevant to the poem. For example, in the first stanza dizzy and easy create the rollicking rhythm, as does the following stanza’s with the same pattern. The structure of words create an almost "waltz" like melody. The phrase " we romped until the pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf" and " waltzed me off to bed" (Roethke 5-6, 15), convey a pleasant atmosphere to the reader. The title itself creates an affectionate attitude with the connection of Papa and waltz. The choice of words and details are used systematically to produce thoughts to the reader of happiness and affection, thus, establishing the tone of this poem.
Poetry is a distinct form of literature that is widely known for its ability to skillfully use words to paint an image in the minds of readers. Poetry often has great depth encouraging readers to look beyond the lines to reveal a hidden message. This style of writing is intended to convey an intense emotional response using repetition, rhythm, sound, and structure sometimes producing a music like quality. Lyrics similarly use repetition, rhythm, sound, and structure but are intended to be sung and heard through music. Song lyrics often lack a similar emotional depth, however, some lyricists have produced music that is able to capture the same components as poetry.
rhyme. The poem has an A B A C D E A D rhyme. For instance, the words "Sense,"
...ration, onomatopoeia, rhyme etc. One of the sound types I will be looking at is Full or perfect rhyme. This sound type is significant as in Dulce Et Decorum Est at the end of each sentence rhymes with the one before the last. This is significant as when reading this poem you notice this rhyming scheme and take more time to stop and ponder over the significance of the language it is based around and what connotations that word has: “Bent double, like old beggars under sacks” and “Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs”. This is one of the most effective rhyming schemes in the poem. Due to every second line rhyming this makes your remember what the poet was trying to put across in the previous lines as all the different lines have a way of tying in with one another.
Lanston Hughes focuses more on rhythm then on rhyme, for example, the poem "The Weary Blues" reads like a blues song, which is what the poem is about. "Mother to Son" is a conversation a mother has to a child about what era life has been, and that no matter how hard life may seem, one should never give up climbing the "stairs". The poem seems to shift from good English to Black English and then back again, which to me shows...
which each stanza is written in a quatrain gives the poem unity and makes it
The definition of a rhyme according to Yourdictionary.com is a poem composed of lines with similar ending sounds or to speak in words or phrases with the same ending sound. An example of a rhyme being used outside of “The Lamb” is to say the words bike and like, or another example of rhyme is the children 's poem “Humpty Dumpty”. In “The Lamb” the author William Blake uses rhymes to make his poem more expressive. For example “ Little lamb, who made thee?/ Dost thou know who made thee?/ Gave thee life and bid thee feed,/ By the stream and o’er the mead;” (Lines 1-4). The author uses the words thee, feed, and mead, all rhymes that give the poem The Lamb much rhythm. The definition of rhythm according to Yourdictionary.com is a recurring movement of sound or speech. Another example is “Gave thee clothing of delight,/ Softest clothing wooly bright;” (Lines 5-6) . Last example I will use from “The Lamb” is “He is meek and he is mild,/ He became a little child:” (Lines 15-16). These are all examples of rhymes that the author uses to create rhythm and make the poem
According to Eileen Gillooly, in Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling, the flowing cadence of the poem is a well honed technique that Kipling often uses. She explains that Kipling worked carefully to make every word count and have a strong impact (4-5).
The regular rhyme scheme -- A-B-C-C-B -- gives the poem a nursery-rhyme quality. In many places, the style seems to overpower the content: stanza 47 seems constructed solely to showcase the rhyme it contains: "Perhaps he's climbed into an oak / Where he will stay till he is dead" (ll. 233-234) is not really a worrisome fate, but it rhymes neatly with the last two lines of the stanza.
...fferent types of harmony, rhythm, and tuning that all music has in it is how we as people get things done whether you are an engineer or a doctor. I relate my life so much to music, because I might hear that beat that is going fast, and right then I might think I am living a fast-paced life and I want to change that, so then maybe I listen to a slower song that calms me down and slows time. Everybody’s life is a song and whether that song has lyrics or not is up to how we live our lives. My song would have lyrics and it would be a country song, but that is just me and I do so many of the things that country singers sing about. It could be a slow song sometimes or a fast song in country, it all depends on what I am going through in life. Everyone has their own song in life and it changes, mine has changed many times. Believe in yourself and make your life into music.
There is a rhythm throughout the poem with strong rhyme, this pattern is like heavy breathing you have when you try to go to sleep it could also represent the rhythmical counting of sheep.