Question

Compare the structure of marianne moore's poem "poetry" to that of traditional sonnets and ballads.

Answer 1

Traditional sonnets and ballads follow specific rhyme schemes and meters, while Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” doesn’t follow any meter, nor is any rhyme scheme used. Sentences spill over from one line to the next, which is called enjambment. This line is an example of enjambment:

the same thing may be said for all of us, that we
do not admire what
we cannot understand: the bat

There’s no clear break between stanzas or one clear thought in each stanza, which is unlike traditional sonnets and ballads. Here's an example of the absence of one clear thought or clear break in the poem:

we cannot understand: the bat
holding on upside down or in quest of something to

eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under

Edmentum

Answer 2

Traditional sonnets and ballads follow specific rhyme schemes and meters, while Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” doesn’t follow any meter, nor is any rhyme scheme used. Sentences spill over from one line to the next, which is called enjambment. This line is an example of enjambment:

the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand: the bat

There’s no clear break between stanzas or one clear thought in each stanza, which is unlike traditional sonnets and ballads. Here's an example of the absence of one clear thought or clear break in the poem:

we cannot understand: the bat holding on upside down or in quest of something to eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf under

Straight from Plato. ~ <3