In John Donne's "Song" I found an interesting rhythm to the poem. He used different line lengths and changed its rhythm by alternating the lines that rime. The first few times I read it I had some difficulty getting into its groove. After a few run throughs I started to catch on. Reading it aloud helped. My favorite lines in the poem were as follows:
"If thou be'st borne to strange sights,
Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me
All strange wonders that befell thee,
And swear
Nowhere
Lives a woman true, and fair" (Donne)
Read though this a few times and see if you can pickup the unique rhythm. The entire poem is on page 573 of the text book.
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