The donkey poem summary english vibes book
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‘The Donkey’ by G.K. Chesterton is a four stanza poem that is divided into sets of four lines, or quatrains. These quatrains follow a consistent rhyme scheme, conforming to the pattern of ABCB DEFE, alternating end sounds as the poem progresses.
There are a number of moments in which Chesterton utilizes half or slant rhymes. This is a type of rhyme that does not full correspond with any other line, but has elements which are connected. For example, there is a consonant rhyme between lines one and three of the first stanza. Then again, between lines one and three of the fourth stanza.
In regards to meter, the lines follow two different metrical patterns. The first occurs in lines one and three of each stanza. It is known as iambic tetrameter. This means that there are four sets of two beats in these lines. The first of the beats is unstressed and the second stressed. In lines two and four, the metrical pattern is iambic trimeter. Now, there are fewer syllables, only three sets of two beats per line.