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January 26, 2006
Hey Jude! Take a sad song and make it better!
"Where the speaker tries so hard to show strength the lines end weakly: they are the only feminine rhymes in the poem; the three rhyming lines of the last stanza all have an added, unstressed eleventh syllable: /ez/. The effect in lines 13 and 14 is to undercut the tone of confidence".
What is a feminine line and why are they considered weak? I'm no raving feminist, but perhaps a different descriptive term is in order. These lines are the strongest, least passive and most revealing in the whole poem. Isn't it interesting that they are "the only feminine lines" in the poem?
Posted by BrendaChristeleit at January 26, 2006 8:46 AM
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Brenda, that was a good question. I posted a response here
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at January 30, 2006 4:58 PM