Okay this poem is making my head hurt! I have to find out its meter and rhyme scheme? I say its a iambic pentameter and made up of slant rhymes? Oh and the metrical variation in the first line is a trouche righttt??
Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile -- the Winds --
To a Heart in port --
Done with the Compass --
Done with the Chart!
Rowing in Eden --
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor --
Tonight --In Thee!
It cannot be iambic pentameter because, if it were, each line would have 10 syllables in it. EACH LINE!
Study the information on these two websites:
http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ayelton/Writing/meter.html
and
http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/meters.htm
Let me know what you think.
To determine the meter and rhyme scheme of a poem, we need to analyze the patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables and the patterns of rhyming sounds. Let's break down the poem and figure it out step by step!
Starting with the meter, iambic pentameter consists of lines containing five iambs (a metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable), resulting in ten syllables in total per line. Let's take a closer look:
Wild Nights -- Wild Nights! (10 syllables)
Were I with thee (10 syllables)
Wild Nights should be (10 syllables)
Our luxury! (6 syllables)
Based on syllable count alone, it's not strictly iambic pentameter. The first and third lines seem to have four stressed syllables, which does not follow the iambic pattern. However, this does not necessarily mean we can't identify any meter in the poem.
Moving on to the rhyme scheme, we look at the pattern of rhyming sounds. Here's the breakdown:
Wild Nights -- Wild Nights! (A)
Were I with thee (B)
Wild Nights should be (A)
Our luxury! (B)
Futile -- the Winds -- (C)
To a Heart in port -- (D)
Done with the Compass -- (C)
Done with the Chart! (D)
Rowing in Eden -- (E)
Ah, the Sea! (E)
Might I but moor -- (F)
Tonight --In Thee! (F)
Based on these patterns, we can conclude that the poem follows an ABAB CDCD EFEF rhyme scheme. It uses slant rhymes, where the ending sounds are similar but not exactly identical.
Regarding metrical variation in the first line, you mentioned trouches (a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable). However, the first line "Wild Nights -- Wild Nights!" follows more of a trochaic meter since it starts with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. In this case, the first line breaks away from the pattern established by the following lines and does not strictly conform to a trochee in terms of meter.
So, to summarize:
- The poem does not strictly follow iambic pentameter but contains elements of it.
- The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF.
- The first line does not exhibit trochaic meter but uses a trochaic rhythm.
Remember, analyzing poetry requires keen observation and interpretation, so different readers might interpret these aspects differently.