STRUCTURE OF THE POEM ‘The Telephone Call’ by Fleur Adcock is a six-stanza, free verse poem, where each stanza consists of eight lines. The structure of the poem plays an…
THE POEM The Telephone Call – Fleur Adcock They asked me ‘Are you sitting down?Right? This is Universal Lotteries,’they said. ‘You’ve won the top prize,the Ultra-super Global Special.What would you…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM ‘Still I Rise’ is a 9-stanza-43-line poem and can be classified or categorised as an example of a lyric poem, because although it is not designed…
Poem Still I Rise By Maya Angelou You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise.…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM The poem is lyrical, with 11 stanzas and 97 lines with irregular rhyme patterns. It has both internal and terminal rhymes with layers of Anaphora that…
THE POEM The Stone By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson “And will you cut a stone for him,To set above his head?And will you cut a stone for him—A stone for him?”…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM ‘Digging’ is an 8-stanza, 31-line poem written in free verse with irregular line lengths and no consistent rhyme scheme. The poet rejects the traditional approach to…
THE POEM Digging by Seamus Heaney Between my finger and my thumbThe squat pen rests; as snug as a gun.Under my window a clean rasping soundWhen the spade sinks into…
THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE – GEOFFREY CHAUCER Once, long ago, there dwelt a poor old widowIn a small cottage, by a little meadowBeside a grove and standing in a dale.This…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM The poem is originally a 626-line narrative poem and a beast fable that reveals human foibles in the society. It combines humor, satire and moral allegory.…
