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.
