Form Flashcards
(3 cards)
1
Q
Form?
A
Ballad → song-like quality to it, popular in the medieval period where the poem is set
2
Q
Type of verse?
A
Rhyming Verse → slant rhyme (not perfect rhyme) slight disturbance mirrors the morbid undertones of the poem
3
Q
Meter?
A
iambic tetrameter, each 4th line is iambic dimeter (for majority of the stanzas) - each stanza is 4 lines
