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What is the rhyme scheme and form of Emily Dickinson's "I reason, earth is short"?
I reason, earth is short,
And anguish absolute,
And many hurt;
But what of that?
I reason, we could die:
The best vitality
Cannot excel decay;
But what of that?
I reason that in heaven
Somehow, it will be even,
Some new equation given;
But what of that?
I can't figure out what form it is in, and I have no idea how to tell a rhyme scheme. Any suggestions or help is much appreciated! Thanks!
2 Answers
- classmateLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Dickinson uses a lot of "slant rhyme" (also called by such names as "off rhyme" and "near rhyme"). That is, she often rhymes words that aren't perfect rhymes for each other, but that have some sounds in common. In every stanza of this poem, the first three lines rhyme with each other, but all the rhymes are slant. In stanza 3, all the rhyming words end with the "ven" sound. In stanza 1, all the rhyming words end with the "t" sound. In stanza 2, the rhymes can be hard to hear at all, since "die" ends with a long "i" sound, "vitality" ends with a long "e," and "decay" ends with a long "a." But if you say "I-E-A," you'll hear a slight similarity at the ends of those three vowel sounds, enough to qualify the words as slant rhymes.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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