Form and structure

Question 1

structure she walks in beauty

Answer 1

-lyrical
-regular stanzas
-steady, perfect pace
-lots of enjambment throughout
-iambic tetrameter
-perfect, regular rhyme scheme

Question 2

structure london

Answer 2

• 4 quatrains
• strict abab rhyme scheme
• iambic tetrameter
• dramatic monologue written in the 1st person

Question 3

structure living space

Answer 3

-irregular form
-many caesuras throughout first stanza
-lots of enjambment
-no rhyme or rhythm
-three unequal stanzas

Question 4

structure manhunt

Answer 4

• each couplet introduces a different injury
• enjambment mimicked the way the injuries run continuously about his body
• couplets rhyme at the start but break down

Question 5

structure hawk roosting

Answer 5

-1st person narrative
-all stanzas quatrains
-regular form, equal stanzas
- dramatic monologue
- no rhyme

Question 6

structure cozy apologia

Answer 6

-regular rhyme scheme in first stanza, breaks down in second, comes back in 3rd
-abrupt pace and subject change in second stanza
-autobiographical poem
-regular 10 line stanzas

Question 7

structure the soldier

Answer 7

• petrarchan sonnet (octave then sestet)
• iambic pentameter
• 1st person
• clear rhyme scheme

Question 8

structure dulce et decorum est

Answer 8

• varying length stanzas
• blank verse
• regular rhyme scheme
• iambic pentameter falters at times

Question 9

structure to autumn

Answer 9

• iambic pentameter
• ode
• varying rhyme scheme - variety of nature
• normally write odes of 10 lines but this is 11 - abundance of nature

Question 10

structure as imperceptibly as grief

Answer 10

• slow reflective pace
• 4 stanzas = 4 stages of grief
• iambic meter
• ballad
• no rhyme but uses half rhymes and sonic closeness
• only one sentence

Question 11

Structure the prelude

Answer 11

Blank verse
Iambic pentameter
No rhyme
At line 16 there is a Volta
Lots of lists - excitement of the children