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Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I

Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I
There are many examples of different types of poetry. The following poem Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I by the famous poet John Dryden can be used as an example of a poetry type or literary term. This poem provides a good example of Antithesis.

Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I
by
John Dryden

The Panther, sure the noblest, next the Hind,
And fairest creature of the spotted kind;
Oh, could her inborn stains be wash'd away,
She were too good to be a beast of prey!
How can I praise, or blame, and not offend,
Or how divide the frailty from the friend!
Her faults and virtues lie so mix'd that she
Nor wholly stands condemn'd, nor wholly free.
Then, like her injur'd Lion, let me speak;
He cannot bend her, and he would not break.
Unkind already, and estrang'd in part,
The Wolf begins to share her wand'ring heart.
Though' unpolluted yet with actual ill,
She half commits, who sins but in her will.
If, as our dreaming Platonists report,
There could be spirits of a middle sort,
Too black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell,
Who just dropp'd halfway down, nor lower fell;
So pois'd, so gently she descends from high,
It seems a soft dismission from the sky.

This poem provides a good example of Antithesis.

Example of Poetry
Poetry is piece of literature written by a poet in meter or verse expressing various emotions which are expressed by the use of variety of techniques including metaphors, similes and onomatopoeia. This poem provides a good example of Antithesis.The emphasis on the aesthetics of language and the use of techniques such as repetition, meter and rhyme are what are commonly used to distinguish poetry from prose. Poems often make heavy use of imagery and word association to quickly convey emotions. A famous example of poetry, the poem Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I by John Dryden, illustrates a poetry type or literary term. This poem provides a good example of Antithesis.

Example of Structure of Poetry
The structure used in poems varies with different types of poetry and can be seen in the above example of Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I by John Dryden. This poem provides a good example of Antithesis. The structural elements might include the line, couplet, strophe and stanza. Poets combine the use of language and a specific structure to create imaginative and expressive work such as Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I by John Dryden. The structure used in some Poetry types are also used when considering the visual effect of a finished poem. The structure of many types of poetry result in groups of lines on the page which enhance the poem's composition. This poem provides a good example of Antithesis.

Excerpt from The Hind and the Panther: Part I

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