From four stanzas’ a pattern is created (A/B form) where every other line, the last word rhymes. The first stanza sings:

“Where is another sweet as my sweet,

Fine of the fine, and shy of the shy?

Fine little hands, fine little feet-

This use of assonance pleases the reader, because it carries a consistent beat much like the beat of a human heart. In turn, a natural or biological rhythm is produced, paced at the rate of a heart that is experiencing the “rush” of love expre

Throughout the poem Tennyson seems to enjoy building images in order to, not only portray emotion, but to make the poem more vivid so that the poem can be remembered and recognized. To begin, the title of the poem, “The Letter”, is very vague, and doesn’t imply that the poem pertains to much more than a letter. This, obviously, may make the reader curious as to what the poem could potentially delve into, thus drawing the reader toward a vivid explanation of the title. As the poem reads, images are immediately produced all over the language. The last and fourth stanza cry in reference to the letter,

Somebody knows that she’ll say ay!”

“Shall I write to her? shall I go?

Tell me my wish to her dewy blue eye

“Fly to the light in the valley below-

ssed throughout the poem. As the poem strides on, a break occurs just after the eleventh line where the one-syllable- word “fly” replaces A/B form. This may give the impression that the heart has skipped a beat. He who writes the poem of this girl has felt something as he takes the reader along beats of experience. Not only does the use of assonance liven the poem, clearly, it also captures the mood in which the writer swings his thoughts.

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