Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Language and Style

What are the language and style used in this poem?
  • The poem consists of six stanzas. Each stanza has four lines.
  • There is a rhyming scheme in the poem. Every second and fourth line in each stanza rhymes:

                 Stanza 2
                 The River’s a winder,
                 Through valley and hill
                 He twists and he turns,
                 He just cannot be still.

                 From the stanza above, the word ‘hill’ rhymes with ‘still’.

                 Stanza 3
                 The River’s hoarder,
                 And he buries down deep
                 Those little treasures
                 That he wants to keep.

                 From the stanza above, the word ‘deep’ rhymes with ‘keep’.

  • The rhyme scheme used by the poet is a-b-c-b. in other words, the last word in Line 2 rhymes with the last word in Line 4.