1. Redefining the Love Poem
... structural differences that make it unique and memorable. Rather than writing a fourteen line poem with three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter like every sonnet of the time, Carew writes "A Song" in twenty lines of paired, short couplets in iambic tetrameter. Not only does this structural difference distinguish "A Song" from other poems of the time, but the way Carew ... ...
- Word Count: 1528
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate