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Crazed And Befuddled Posted 21 years ago
Please help me! Epitaph by Amy Levy and help with rhyming schemes!
Hello!
I really need help!
I'm analysing a poem called Epitaph by Amy Levy and I'm having difficulty understanding how to classify the rhyming scheme. The rhyming pattern is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (the poem is below)
Whats the technical jargon for that particular pattern?
Anyone know about rhyming schemes? They confuse me!
and
Can anyone tell me
1) How to analyse this poem.
2) How to talk about the rhyming scheme?
3) What you think the poem means, i.e. theme/subject etc
The Poem...
Epitaph by Amy Levy
This is the end of him, here lies;
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best,
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
When his heart is breaking all the while.
He will never stretch out his hands in vain
Groaping and groaping - never again.
Never ask for bread, get a stone instead,
Never pretend that the stone is bread,
Never sway and sway'twixt the false and the true,
Weighing and noting the long hours through.
Never ache and ache with the chok'd-up sighs;
This is the end of him, here he lies.
Also anyone know what 'twixt means?
I really need help!
I'm analysing a poem called Epitaph by Amy Levy and I'm having difficulty understanding how to classify the rhyming scheme. The rhyming pattern is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (the poem is below)
Whats the technical jargon for that particular pattern?
Anyone know about rhyming schemes? They confuse me!
and
Can anyone tell me
1) How to analyse this poem.
2) How to talk about the rhyming scheme?
3) What you think the poem means, i.e. theme/subject etc
The Poem...
Epitaph by Amy Levy
This is the end of him, here lies;
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best,
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
When his heart is breaking all the while.
He will never stretch out his hands in vain
Groaping and groaping - never again.
Never ask for bread, get a stone instead,
Never pretend that the stone is bread,
Never sway and sway'twixt the false and the true,
Weighing and noting the long hours through.
Never ache and ache with the chok'd-up sighs;
This is the end of him, here he lies.
Also anyone know what 'twixt means?
Top answer
With 16 lines (a sonnet has only 14), I think this is just a series of RHYMED COUPLETS. Twixt means between . Groping is misspelled.
- With 16 lines (a sonnet has only 14), I think this is just a series of RHYMED COUPLETS.
- Twixt means between .
- Groping is misspelled.
- Analyse the poem by considering what the poet is trying to say, about the deceased and about his life.
- If you would like to post your analysis here, we will take a look at it.
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With 16 lines (a sonnet has only 14), I think this is just a series of RHYMED COUPLETS.
Twixt means between.
Groping is misspelled.
Analyse the poem by considering what the poet is trying to say, about the deceased and about his life. If you would like to post your analysis here, we will take a look at it.
Twixt means between.
Groping is misspelled.
Analyse the poem by considering what the poet is trying to say, about the deceased and about his life. If you would like to post your analysis here, we will take a look at it.
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No, lol
Epitaph by Amy Levy
This is the end of him, here lies;
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best,
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
When his heart is breaking all the
Epitaph by Amy Levy
This is the end of him, here lies;
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best,
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
When his heart is breaking all the
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I deleted this short post, YoHf, because it does not advance the discussion. We appreciate your contributions elsewhere.
...well, I thought I did. Oh well...
...well, I thought I did. Oh well...
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1. The correct text, spelling and punctuation is:
This is the end of him, here he lies:
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best.
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
This is the end of him, here he lies:
The dust in his throat, the worm in his eyes,
The mould in his mouth, the turf on his breast;
This is the end of him, this is best.
He will never lie on his couch awake,
Wide-eyed, tearless, till dim daybreak.
Never again will he smile and smile
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0 its a rhyming couplet, twixt is a type of dancei think and to analyse it all u have to do is say weather or not it is a rhyming couplet or irregular rhyming how its set out who's point of view it is from and weather it is in first person etc 0-
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it is a very good pem just keepon writing what you think don't give up what ever you do
from Amy le neveu
from Amy le neveu
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