![]() ![]() Even with a similar rhyme scheme the rhythms are completely different. ![]() This style of rhyme can be encountered in many of Poe’s works including “The Raven”. With the exception of one of the rhymes it is an alternate rhyming cuplet. To analyze the poem itself, there is a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-C-C-B-D-E-D-E-F-G-F-G. “To the River” is a beautiful poem that compares the elegance of a young woman to a crystal clear flowing river. The poem describes the young girl as a perfect example of raw and pure beauty through classic literary elements such as imagery, tone, rhyme, and diction. The origin of the poem may be explained by the fact that Poe wrote it at the mere age of eighteen a time when emotions flow freely and the mind is yet to be fully developed. “To The River_” by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about a young boy who is enthralled with the daughter of Old Alberto. “Thou art an emblem of the glow/ Of beauty- the unhidden heart-/ The playful maziness of art” (3-5). ![]()
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