5. Patterns, aimed at the mind, the heart or the ear of the reader, are used by poets to
achieve their purposes. In the work of at least two poets you have studied, examine various
patterns and their effects.
Hope is the thing with feathers - the second and third stanza have the exactly same syllables
mood - bright, hopeful,optimistic, awe / after "yet" - becomes serious, dark, a little depressed
analysis of pattern - enjambment - continues the idea - hope is still there
rhyme - emphasizes
repeating - emphasizes
dashes - connects the metaphor (hope and bird)
My father and the fig tree -
chronological - at age six -> years passed -> the last time he moved
repeating "fig tree" - emphasizes the meaning - father's relationship with his country (symbolizes)
largest, fattest, sweetest figs (rhyme?) - father wants universe's gift - perfection
enjambment - continues describing the importance of figs to father
listing words - lima beans, zucchini, parsley, beets / ripe tokens, emblems, assurance
once , or , or - alliteration
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