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The poem is written in And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed.
three quatrains and But thy eternal summer shall not fade
ends with a couplet. Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
The rhyme scheme is So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Examples:
“Ode to Duty” by William Wordsworth
“To a Skylark” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Parody
Parody poetry is based on a poem that is well known
that mimic of its rhythm, rhyme scheme, or phraseology
is immediately recognized. The topic may be totally
different from the original poem or it may have a
different view or slant on the same topic.
Example:
“ ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the
flat,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a rat.”