Structure of 'The Lotus-Eaters'
The structure of 'The Lotus-Eaters'.
- Created by: keisha_
- Created on: 12-01-15 19:51
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- Structure of TLE
- The poem is in 2 parts
- Stanzas 1-5: 'The Lotus-Eaters'.
- Stanzas 6-13: 'The Choric Song'
- Iambic Pentameter
- A line of 10 syllables with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
- Alexandrine
- A line of 12 syllables
- Trochee
- A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
- Spenserian stanza (Used in this poem)
- A particular structure used by the poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
- Stanzas 1-5 structure
- Each of the 5 stanzas contain 9 lines.
- Lines 1-8 Iambic Pentametre
- Line 9 is Alexandrine
- Each stanza follows the same rhyme scheme: ABABBCBCC.
- The rhymes are almost always long vowel sounds
- Each stanza follows the same rhyme scheme: ABABBCBCC.
- Each of the 5 stanzas contain 9 lines.
- The poem is in 2 parts
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