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Question
Frame a pointwise Analysis of the poem ‘The worm’. Use the following points.
- Poem and poet:
- Theme:
- Tone:
- Structure and stanzas:
- Rhyme and Rhythm:
- Language and Imagery:
- Figures of Speech:
Solution
- Poem and poet: 'The Worm' by Thomas Gisborne.
- Theme: Respect every creature big or small, for each has played in this universe.
- Tone: Serious their own role to and thought-provoking; in the imperative.
- Structure and stanzas: Stanzas of four lines each; short lines.
- Rhyme and Rhythm: Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, and so on. The last words of the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines of every stanza rhyme. The rhythm is smooth.
- Language and Imagery: Archaic language; no imagery.
- Figures of Speech: Apostrophe, Inversion.
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