Question

The Garden of Love - William BlakeFurther structure in stanza - rhythm x4

Accepted Answer

•Anapestic trimester in first two stanzas - weak/weak/strong => creates lack of urgency implying it wasn't atypical for love to be interfered with at the time •A rising meter like iambic which creates a conversational, natural rhythm•Until line 6 ‘Thou shalt not’ which moves into a heavy treble stress which conveys the severity of the prohibition•Last two lines tetrameter

Front	The Garden of Love - William Blake Further structure in stanza - rhythm x4
Back	•Anapestic trimester in first two stanzas - weak/weak/strong => creates lack of urgency implying it wasn't atypical for love to be interfered with at the time •A rising meter like iambic which creates a conversational, natural rhythm •Until line 6 ‘Thou shalt not’ which moves into a heavy treble stress which conveys the severity of the prohibition •Last two lines tetrameter

Love Rhythm Creates Garden William Blake Structure Stanza