This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Syncope: Words have been shortened in order to maintain the rhythm of the lyrics. Examples would be: o'er, mould'ring, twitt', ring, pow'r, th’ Eye Rhyme: In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, words that are pronounced differenRead more
This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:
- Syncope: Words have been shortened in order to maintain the rhythm of the lyrics. Examples would be: o’er, mould’ring, twitt’, ring, pow’r, th’
- Eye Rhyme: In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, words that are pronounced differently but are similar are used. Examples would be: toil and smile, gave and grave.
- Personification: ‘Ambition’ and ‘Grandeur’ are capitalized to attribute human qualities to them.
- Transferred Epithet: ‘The plowman homeward plods his weary way’ In this line, ‘weary’ is used to describe the way when what it means to convey is how the plowman is feeling.
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Rhyme scheme followed by the poem is abab cdcd and so on and so forth. From "An Elegy written in a country churchyard" Summary
Rhyme scheme followed by the poem is abab cdcd and so on and so forth.
From “An Elegy written in a country churchyard” Summary
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