The Use of Rhyme in William Wordsmith's Poetry
The use of rhyme in the different stanzas of William Wordsmith's poetry "The World is Too Much with Us" is discussed in this essay. Notably, the poem's persona is enraged with the modern era and its strong connection to nature and all that is important in life. The poem's narrator wishes he had been reared as a pagan with a different outlook on life so that, when he stands on a pleasant remark, he might have seen the ancient gods emerging from the waves. The scene, in his opinion, would greatly lift his spirits. The character is therefore imaginative in every way. Remarkably, the author has employed a regular rhyme scheme to bring about the musicality of the poem. The sonnet is divided into two parts that include an octave having the first eight lines and the sestet that has the final six lines. The first eight lines of the poem have a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA, while the sestet has a regular rhyme scheme of CDCDCD.
Analysis of the Poem's Structure
Notably, the first octave seems to introduce the worries of the persona about the nature of the world and its subsequent behavior. The second part of the poem that consists the sestet appears to provide an answer to the first part and trough the regular rhyme scheme that the author has used, the audience finds it easy to get the message of the poem. For instance the words soon, boon, and moon, in the octave define the pattern of language at the end of the lines in the poem. Markedly, the author has used regular rhyme as the heartbeat of the poem and serves as the platform in which the ideas are brought forward, and imagery flows.
