Please help me. I can not find poem's (parting without a sequel).I want you introduce source of it for analysis of poem.
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Jamie Wheeler | College Teacher | eNotes Employee
The poem is by John Crowe Ransom. I agree that it is not easily accessible online, nor it is one of the more commonly anthologized of his poems. Ransom was the author of three books of poems: "Poems about God", "Chills and Fever" and "Two Gentlemen in Bonds."
There are a good number of critical articles on Ransom's work which you can access at eNotes via the link below.
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arjun | College Teacher | (Level 1) Valedictorian
To analyse sonnet is very easy job and in order to understand its parts or sth like that you have to pay your very attention.
Actually sonnet is a kind of lyric ,having fourteen lines iambic penta meter.
What is iambic penta metre?
Iambic or iambe is a basic meter that consists of one un stress syllable and other stress syllable(xi).
Penta means five.Each metre has two syllables that`swhy it has ten syllables:
XI/XI/XI/XI/XI
The sonnet is divided into two portions---- Octave and Sestet.
Octive means eight lines and it is further divided into quartain---two quartain rhymed abab,abab/abba,abba:
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The remaining part has six lines means sestet.The sestet is divided into two parts that is called tri metre.It is rhymed cde/cde/cdcd ee:
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In octave the poet describes about subject and proceeds it where as in sestet the poet describes the solution of it.
