Form - The Lammas Hireling

• 'The Lammas Hireling' is a dramatic monologue to help exemplify the tension and drama in the poem
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is composed of 4 six-line stanzas (sestets) to create a regular & controlled framework, this juxtaposes the irregular nature of the poem's topic (ideas of supernatural)
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is composed of 4 six-line stanzas (sestets) to create a regular & controlled framework, this juxtaposes the chaotic and eerie narrative of the poem
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is written in Free Verse, this allows the poem to have a disjointed feel, paralleling the disjointed state of the speaker (struggling to balance his psychological equilibrium)
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is written in Free Verse, implying the speaker is thinking on his feet, trying to create a convincing story of why he committed murder
• 'The Lammas Hireling' has a lack of Rhyme Scheme, this parallels the paranoid and sleepless state of mind (instead of it being orderly), showing his psychological instability
• 'The Lammas Hireling' has a lack of Rhyme Scheme, this contributes to a sense of unpredictability and instability, reflecting the eerie and supernatural elements of the poem
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is composed of 4 six-line stanzas (sestets) creates a rigid framework, to suggest that the speaker has reached a level of insanity in which he draws parallels between reality and the supernatural
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is composed of 4 six-line stanzas (sestets), to create a balanced & symmetrical framework, suggests the level of control and authoritative nature of the farmer, especially with the added pressure of presenting a morally acceptable character when recalling the events of murder
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is written in Dramatic Monologue, he is never interrupted to represent his self-obsessive character and desperate desire for power
• 'The Lammas Hireling' is written in Dramatic Monologue, this symbolises the mental regurgitation of events and his subjective truth