An Essay That Analyzes The Theme Of A Poem

Rhymed pairs of iambic pentameter lines form the heroic couplet.The sound, the physical nature, of the language is also emphasized by alliteration, as in the repetition of s sounds in the third line: "And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea". Some forms are strictly defined, with required line counts and rhyming patterns, such as the sonnet or limerick. Others (which exhibit open form) have less structure or, indeed, almost no apparent structure at all.This appearance, though, is deceptive: successful open form poems are informed throughout by organic structure which may resist formal description but is nonetheless a crucial element of the poem's effect on the reading mind.A poet writing in closed form follows a specific pattern, a specific design.Some designs have proven so durable and so suited to the English language that they survive for centuries and are renewed with each generation of poets (sonnets, sestinas, limericks, and so forth), while others come into being for the expression of one poem and are then set aside (Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a good example).Of all closed forms in English prosody, none has demonstrated greater durability and range of expression than blank verse, which is verse that follows a regular meter but does not rhyme.In English, iambic pentameter is by far the most frequently employed meter.The lines have a powerful, rolling, and very evident rhythm, and they rhyme in a way that is impossible to ignore.In other words, the physicality of the language—how it sounds and feels—accounts for a large measure of the poem's effect.Like poetry itself, poetry analysis can take many forms, and be undertaken for many different reasons.A teacher might analyze a poem in order to gain a more conscious understanding of how the poem achieves its effects, in order to communicate this to his or her students.