(Poem 1) (Poem 2)

A Red Red Rose The World Is Too Much with Us

By: Robert Burns By: William Wordsworth

O my luve’s like a red, red rose, The world is too much with us; late and soon,
That’s newly sprung in June;
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
O my luve’s like the melodie
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
That’s sweetly played in tune.
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
So deep in luve am I;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry. And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,

For this, for everything, we are out of tune;

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
It moves us not.---Great God! I’d rather be
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
O I will love thee still, my dear, A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
While the sands o’ life shall run.
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while! Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
And I will come again, my luve,
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.1
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!

Analysis
1. Compare how the form in Poem 1 and 2 is. What stanzaic pattern do the poets use in
the two poems?
Stanzaic Pattern
Poem 1 Poem 2
Quatrain Sonnet
2. Identify sound devices used in the poems. Find the use of alliteration, assonance,
repetition, euphony, cacophony, and onomatopoeia (if any) in them. How is the
rhyme pattern used in them?

Sound Poem 1 Poem 2

Devices
Alliteration - O my luve’s like a red, red - Getting and spending, we lay
rose,
waste our powers;
- While the sands o’ life shall
- We have given our hearts
run.
And fare thee weel a while! away, a sordid boon!
- Tho’ it were ten thousand mile
- This Sea that bares her

bosom to the moon,

- The winds that will be

howling at all hours,

- For this, for everything, we

are out of tune;

- It moves us not.---Great God!

I’d rather be

- So might I, standing on this

pleasant lea,

Assonance - That’s newly sprung in June;
- And I will luve thee still, my
dear,
- The world is too much with
us; late and soon,
- Getting and spending, we lay

waste our powers;

- The winds that will be

howling at all hours,

 Repetition O my luve’s like a red, red rose, For this, for everything, we are
That’s newly sprung in June;
out of tune;
O my luve’s like the melodie
Have glimpses that would make
That’s sweetly played in tune.
me less forlorn;
Till a’ the seas gang dry.
Have sight of Proteus rising
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
from the sea;

And fare thee weel, my only luve!

And fare thee weel a while!
Euphony - -
Cacophony - -
Onomatopoeia - The winds that will be howling at

all hours,

Rhyme ABCB The octave follows a rhyme

scheme of ABBAABBA and the
sestet follows a rhyme scheme of
CDCDCD

3. Explain in brief imageries used in the poems. What words appeal to what sense that
the poets use in describing the subject matter?

Imagery Poem 1 Poem 2

Visual Imagery - O my luve’s like a red, - This Sea that bares her
red rose, bosom to the moon,
That’s newly sprung - And are up-gathered
in sorJune; now like sleeping
- Till a’ the seas gang dry, flowers,
my dear, - I’d rather be
- And the rocks melt wi’ - A Pagan suckled in a
the sun: creed outworn
- So might I, standing on
this pleasant lea,

Auditory Imagery
Organic Imagery (intern
cond)
Kinesthetic imagery
(move)
- Have sight of Proteus
rising from the sea;
O my luve’s like the - The winds that will be
melodie howling at all hours,
That’s sweetly played in - For this, for everything,
tune. we are out of tune;
- Or hear old Triton blow
his wreathed horn.
Have glimpses that would
make me less forlorn;
While the sands o’ life shall
run.

4. What about the use of figures of speech used in the poems? Give some examples of
metaphor, simile, and personification used in these poems.

Figure of Speech Poem 1 Poem 2

Metaphor - This Sea that bares her
bosom
- The winds that will be
howling at all hours
- For this, for everything, we
are out of tune
Simile - O my luve’s like a red, red like sleeping flowers
rose,
- O my luve’s like the
melodie
Personification - And the rocks melt wi’ the - This Sea that bares her
sun:
- While the sands o’ life shall bosom to the moon,
run.
- The winds that will be

howling at all hours,

 - And are up-gathered now
like sleeping flowers,

5. Scan the first stanza of Poem 1 and the first four lines of Poem 2 by giving accented
(stressed) and unaccented (unstressed) mark on each syllable. What metrical
pattern can you identify in these stanzas?

Poem 1 Poem 2

O my luve’s like a red, red

The world is too much with us;
rose,
late and soon,
That’s newly sprung in
Getting and spending, we lay
June;
waste our powers;
O my luve’s like the melodie
Little we see in Nature that is
That’s sweetly played in
ours;
tune.

We have given our hearts away,

a sordid boon!

Metrical pattern It is written in iambic meter. The five stresses means that this
The first line uses tetrameter sonnet is metrically iambic
as it has eight syllables and pentameter.
the second line has six, which
is a sign of trimeter. While line
three and four are the same
with the first two lines which is
tetrameter followed by
trimeter.