Original poem reprinted online here: "Broken Music" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Originally read: March 15, 2013 More information about the Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti This is an Italian Sonnet. I don't know why I have to point out form in the beginning of my analysis. I think it's one of those literary technique I want to get out of the way first before going deep into content and other techniques. Also, form is probably the first thing to see in a poem -- not really the words on the page, but the lines and the spaces. This one is easy to decipher because the first stanza is eight lines, and the last stanza is six lines, and a quick scan shows a rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter. I'm expecting a volta, and with the title like "Broken Music" I'm expecting some sort of sound or music in the poem. Then why is there a question mark on the top of the page. I remember reading this the first time and not finding the music -- not finding how things a...
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