![]() ![]() ![]() Readers should also take note of the fact that Wordsworth uses iambic pentameter throughout this piece, with a few exceptions. The final six lines, or sestet, has the average number of rhymes, but the pattern is mixed, making it slightly more complicated than the normal CDCDCD or CDECDE. The first eight lines, or the first two quatrains, follow the standard pattern of a Petrarchan or Italian sonnet. ![]() ‘ Sonnets from The River Duddon: After-Thought’ by William Wordsworth is a fourteen-line sonnet that follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBACDDCDC. As the poet follows the river from its source to the ocean, he considers death and speaks about how important it is to live well while one is still alive. These two themes go together perfectly as the poet uses natural images to depict humanity’s limited existence and the immortality of rivers and other natural phenomena. In ‘Sonnets from The River Duddon: After-Thought,’ Wordsworth engages with themes of nature and death. This isn’t something he’s complaining about though, he’s accepting it for what it is and is prepared to live a good life and then die. ![]() As he goes on, his discussion of death becomes more obvious as he compares the constant flow of the river to the very limited life span of humanity. In the first lines of this piece, the speaker acknowledges, “Thee,” someone who passed away and who used to be an important part of his life. ‘ Sonnets from The River Duddon: After-Thought’ by William Wordsworth uses natural images to speak on human mortality. ![]()
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