The last 4 lines of each stanza in the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman are indented to visually separate and emphasize the concluding thoughts and emotions of the speaker. This indentation serves to emphasize the gravity of the moment and to draw attention to the poet's mourning for the death of President Abraham Lincoln.
I too want to know why the last for lines are indented... can someone please answer.... anyones opinion will help. thanks
Because that's how Walt Whitman wrote it.
The correct rhyme scheme for the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman is AABB. Each stanza consists of four lines with the second and fourth lines rhyming with each other.
Yes, a poem can have two lines in each stanza
The poem "Out in the Field with God" contains four stanzas. Each stanza varies in the number of lines, with the first stanza having six lines, the second and third stanzas having four lines each, and the final stanza having five lines.
In poems, irregular stanzas are usually those with different amounts of lines in each stanza. Whereas, regular stanzas are those with the same amounts of lines in each stanza. this usually gives the poem a song-like quality.
"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell has three stanzas. Each stanza contains varying numbers of lines, with the first stanza having 20 lines, the second stanza having 12 lines, and the third stanza having 14 lines.
The rhyme scheme of a stanza is typically denoted by assigning a letter to each rhyme. For example, if the stanza has an AABB rhyme scheme, it means the first two lines rhyme with each other and the second two lines rhyme with each other.
The poem "Ye Shady Groves" by Henry Purcell uses a series of stanzas, with each stanza consisting of four lines in iambic tetrameter. Each stanza follows a rhyme scheme of AABB, where the first and second lines rhyme as do the third and fourth lines.
The last words of the first, third, and fourth lines in each stanza rhyme and the last words of the second and fifth lines in each stanza rhyme.
The rhyme scheme in each stanza of "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is AABBCC. This means the first and second lines rhyme, as do the third and fourth lines, and finally the fifth and sixth lines rhyme.
"Invictus" by William Ernest Henley consists of four stanzas, with each stanza containing four lines.
An indented style memorandum has the first line of each paragraph indented, while a blocked style memorandum has all lines aligned with the left margin. Blocked style is more formal because it is easier to read, while indented style is often used for less formal or internal communications.
The name for this pattern of four lines with an ab-ab rhyme scheme in each stanza is a quatrain.