Poems Of The Decade
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled
Title uses a superlative to express the milestone. Suggests it is auto-biographical
and in the past
Personal to the persona
Isolating as just ‘I've’
Structure:
For most of the poem, lines are often short, such as only having the one word
“however” on the third line of the sixth stanza. Therefore when the final two stanzas
transition to all the lines being consistently longer than the rest of the poem, it
indicates that a transition and development in thought and communication.
frequent hyphens acting as caesura to further impact on the rhythm of the poem.
They also act as a break to the typically listing flow of ideas being communicated, so
as to focus on specific imagery to further include the reader in the sense of travel
and experience. This helps to make a reader feel more connected with the narrator.
In the first few stanzas, the rhyme is inconsistent and unclear. However, as the poem
progresses the rhyme gains increasing clarity, right to the last stanza in which an
AABB pattern is shown.
The gradual introduction of a strict rhyme scheme showing greater restrictions and
the patterns of everyday life being imposed. It could also be interpreted as
representing the greater clarity and focus as the narrator has gained as they have
aged.
Irregular rhyme scheme. Mainly quatrain stanzas but broken by two quintain stanzas.
Could represent the uncertainty and anxieties faced by the persona in her journey
First few stanzas the rhyme is inconsistent and unclear however as the poem
progresses the rhyme increases in clarity
‘Weight on my back-’ and ‘like a meridian-’. Dashes creates a longer pause.
Represents the increasing uncertainty of the persona as she travels, and the
increasing distances
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled
Title uses a superlative to express the milestone. Suggests it is auto-biographical
and in the past
Personal to the persona
Isolating as just ‘I've’
Structure:
For most of the poem, lines are often short, such as only having the one word
“however” on the third line of the sixth stanza. Therefore when the final two stanzas
transition to all the lines being consistently longer than the rest of the poem, it
indicates that a transition and development in thought and communication.
frequent hyphens acting as caesura to further impact on the rhythm of the poem.
They also act as a break to the typically listing flow of ideas being communicated, so
as to focus on specific imagery to further include the reader in the sense of travel
and experience. This helps to make a reader feel more connected with the narrator.
In the first few stanzas, the rhyme is inconsistent and unclear. However, as the poem
progresses the rhyme gains increasing clarity, right to the last stanza in which an
AABB pattern is shown.
The gradual introduction of a strict rhyme scheme showing greater restrictions and
the patterns of everyday life being imposed. It could also be interpreted as
representing the greater clarity and focus as the narrator has gained as they have
aged.
Irregular rhyme scheme. Mainly quatrain stanzas but broken by two quintain stanzas.
Could represent the uncertainty and anxieties faced by the persona in her journey
First few stanzas the rhyme is inconsistent and unclear however as the poem
progresses the rhyme increases in clarity
‘Weight on my back-’ and ‘like a meridian-’. Dashes creates a longer pause.
Represents the increasing uncertainty of the persona as she travels, and the
increasing distances
