In this discussion, you will talk about the forms of the poetry you've examined in this unit. Go beyond just identifying the rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements to discuss what effect these have on the emotions or the messages behind a poem.
1. Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" is a villanelle. In this form, certain lines are repeated in a specific pattern. How does this repetition deepen the meaning of the poem?
2. "America" by Claude McKay, "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus are all sonnets. Choose one and describe its rhyme scheme. How does this rhyme scheme add to the meaning and experience of reading the poem?
3. How does Percy Bysshe Shelley use graphical elements in "Ozymandias"? What effect does the use of graphical elements have on the poem's meaning?
4. Describe the rhyme in the third stanza of Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope." What is the effect of this rhyme on the feeling the end of the poem communicates?
