My AP English Exam is tomorrow.. Can some explain to me POEM STUCTURE?
I’m taking the AP English Exam tomorrow too. Poem structure is very complicated because it has so many components. First of all, you have to take into account line length and enjambment, which is one statement spanning two or more lines, usually for effect, but sometimes by accident. There are also issues with diction and capitalization, which create emphasis on a certain word, making it privileged. Speaking more specifically to your question, meter is the “rhythm” of the line and a foot is one of the beats in the meter. There are plenty of people who believe in pentameter, only, such as Shakespeare, which means that there are ten beats, or feet, per line. Shakespeare also uses rhyme, as well as many other poets. Some of them just use rhyme because they think they ought to, but most poets do it to show a certain emotion, usually happiness. Also, if the rhyme scheme breaks, that should show you that the happiness has been DESTROYED. I’m mainly going to go with that on my essays. If I ge
