Rhyme Verse Form Poem: Hope is the Thing with Feathers

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ope is the Thing with Feathers is Rhyme Verse Form Poem.  It is a form of poem that utilizes both rhyme and rhythm as their poetic devices. In this poem, Dickinson, the writer, has arranged the poem in such a way that it is worth reading. The analysis of the poem will be directed to its structure as well as its content. In terms of the structure the poem will be analyzed on how the poetic devices and poetic diction employed, whereas through the analysis of the content the meaning or message implied by Dickinson will be revealed.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: London

W illiam Blake (1757-1827) was born on November 28th 1757 at 28 broad street (now Broadwick St) in the Soho district of London. His father, James Blake was a hosier and his mother, Catherine Wright Armitage Blake. He was visionary poet and artist, earned his living as an engraver. Blake showed talent as a poet and artist in his childhood, writing the earliest of the Poetical Sketches at age twelve and studying drawing at age ten. Although he lived and worked in relative obscurity, Blake is recognized as one of the great English poets. He died on August 12th 1827. One of his poem is London. The following is the analysis of the poem.

Rhyme Verse Poem: Where the Sidewalk Ends

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he poem entitled Where the Sidewalk Ends narrated by Shel Silverstein is needed to teach Junior High School students because it uses simple language so students can easily understand the meaning of each word since the words present denotative meaning. Besides, we can also teach them the structure especially present tense and imperative sentence. In addition, we can teach moral value given by the poem through the message. The poem is one of the example rhyme verse form.

Rhyme Verse Poem: Villanelle (Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night)

T he poem is much more appropriate for Senior High School Students. It does not only use difficult structure but it also uses more connotative meaning and figurative language. The use of adjective clause is also applied in this poem. However, in term of message this poem is recommended to teach for Junior High School Students. Why? Because to talk about death, it is something mysterious. It can happen to everybody. Death is the prerogative of Almighty.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: A Special World

Masduki, an English teacher from Kediri, East Java, Indonesia, analyzes a rhyme verse form poem entitled A Special World. He concludes that the poem is appropriately used for Junior High School students. It consists of easy level of vocabularies.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: My Papa’s Waltz

Asri Atika W, an English teacher from Madura, East Java, Indonesia, analyzes a rhyme verse form poem entitled My Papa’s Waltz. She comments that the poem is not suitable for Junior High School students because it contais a harsh scene in which a son and his mother are powerless in the presence of a drunk and domineering father.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: All Things Bright and Beautiful

Amirudin Latif, an English teacher from Lampung, Indonesia, analyzes a rhyme verse form poem entitled All Things Bright and Beautiful. He says that the poem is very suitable for students in Junior High School levels because the language is simple and it contains moral message introducing the students to their God who has made all things well. His analysis is presented as in the following.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: When I was One-and-Twenty

Riska Puspita Sari, an English teacher from Madura, East Java, Indonesia, analyzes a rhyme verse form poem entitled When I was One-and-Twenty composed by A. E. Housman. She argues that the poem is simple in its language, so it can be used as a teaching material especially English. In order to make it easier, the teacher’s guidance is needed.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: Clerihews

Clerihew is firstly written by Edmund Clerihew Bentley when he was sixteen years old. He lived in 1875 until 1956. Bentley's first collection of verse in this vein was published in 1905 as Biography for Beginners. Further collections appeared in 1929 and in 1939. It was soon after publication of the first volume that the name CLERIHEW became applied to this particular form of light verse.

Rhyme Verse Form Poem: Limerick

The other kind of poem is rhyme verse poem. One of the example of rhyme verse poem is limerick. The following is the example of an analysis of limerick.