... Petrachan octet and sestet. By initially giving the reader a sonnet with a seemingly sense of form accentuates the theme of past adulthood sin. Customarily sonnets are composed in iambic pentameter, but the lines have inconsistent rhythm: "Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal" (1). The ... atypical meter complement to the theme of renewal through nature. The unstructured beats allow for a more natural rhythm rather than a prearranged, structured one. At first glance one may notice an Elizabethan or ... potent, provoking language, the diction of the poem embodies the...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5

... can find an enjambment, some are stronger then the others. The poet is creating an effective metaphor in line 9 to line 12, between God's master piece- nature, to his unsuccessful work. In the first 7 lines the poet is asking many questions most people ask in their life, he is addressing God with questions about ... can in a life time devoted to God. After the word "lust" an enjambment occurs as if to emphasize "lust". Lust is very common positive topic in sonnets but here lust is an awful sin that is negative and is upsetting the speaker very much. The word "lust", stressed by the use ...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... of Cummings poems and divided them into two main sections of verse. Tulips provided readers with longer free verse poetry and Chimneys provided them with mostly sonnets. Each section was then further divided into fourteen segments, which followed Cumming's desire to combine short poems into a longer sequence. Tulips consisted of ... it remains vague about what is being described (as on the emotion of the poem). (22) The green in this poem reflects Cummings love of nature and the natural state of things, but the "four lean hounds crouching low and smiling- present the reader with a feelin...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School