Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. Repetition is used only in the first 14 lines. The word “The” has been used multiple times at the beginning of the lines. Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text. For examRead more
- Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times. Repetition is used only in the first 14 lines. The word “The” has been used multiple times at the beginning of the lines.
- Alliteration: The repetition of the same letter sound across the start of several words in a line of text. For example, “Then see about the sick”.
- Personification: A poetic device where animals, plants, or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities. For example,
“Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.”
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The rhyme scheme is not constant. In the first stanza, the rhyme scheme is aabbccddeeffgg. In the next stanzas from stanzas 2 to five there isn't a rhyme scheme and the poem is blank verse. Woman Work Summary
The rhyme scheme is not constant. In the first stanza, the rhyme scheme is aabbccddeeffgg. In the next stanzas from stanzas 2 to five there isn’t a rhyme scheme and the poem is blank verse.
Woman Work Summary
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