Read the stanza from "the rainy day":
how does the structure of "the rainy
day" affect the poem?
my life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
it rains, and the wind is never weary;
my thoughts still cling to the
mouldering past,
but the hopes of youth fall thick in
the blast,
and the days are dark and dreary.
the rhyme and meter are both
lighthearted and bouncy,
i
the speaker
communicate that life
shouldn't be taken too
seriously.
the rhyme and meter are
jazzy and uneven, the
speaker communicate the
unpredictably of life.
the rhyme and meter are
harsh and sharp, the
sneaker communicato his