To my sister

• what is meant by the use of ODE (form) in the poem?

  something that’s dedicated to something
• What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

  Quatrains (ABAB)
• “Mild” ”sweeter” “redbreast sings”

  Semantic field in first stanza: as a positive force
• “Come forth and feel the sun”

  Alliteration, pleasure that a warm spring brings
• “Joyless” “living”


  5th stanza, juxtaposition regards spring as a life giving force = power of nature
• “From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth”

  6th stanza, anaphora: connection between man nature, metaphor we should extend our love
• “Then come, my sister! Come I pray,“


  Last stanza imperative verbs show he is demanding her to go with him because it is important