Author(s)

Qianqian Sun

Corresponding Author

Qianqian Sun

Abstract

The poem I would I were a Careless Child is created by the famous poet George Byron. In this paper, the author intends to analyze the poem from the following aspects, including research background and purpose, the contents of the poem, the rhyme scheme, images and rhetoric devices. There are seven stanzas of the poem and it can be divided into three parts. The first part is the first paragraph expressing the wish of the poet to be a careless child directly. The second part includes paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in which there is much control as well as depression of the reality. The last part is the last stanza. In stanza 7, the poet hopes that he can be as free as a bird. The rhyme scheme is a typical alternate rhyme and the poem is iambic tetrameter. There are also many images in the poem, and they are very helpful to the creation of the atmosphere and the expression of the true deep emotion of the poet. There are some rhetoric devices used in this poem, including repetition, contrast and comparison, alliteration, metaphor as well as personification, all of which are composed well to describe the deep feelings of the poet.

Keywords

Research background; Contents; Rhyme scheme; Images; Rhetoric devices