Structure Of Poems Flashcards

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In Blake’s Songs of Innocence, he usually uses the ABCB pattern to…

A

Reflect the tone of the adult speaker.

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Blake’s use of the AABB pattern is usually associated with…

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with children and pure innocence

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Structure of the ‘Nurse’s Song’ (Innocence)

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  • each stanza is ABCB quatrain
  • structure is in a call-and-response format (Nurse first calls the children in, then children respond to her , then back to the Nurse where she allows them to play longer)
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