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u/SueViv50
2 hours ago
[HELP] Dactylic vs anapaestic rhythm in Plath's "Poppies in October"
In an analysis I was writing of Sylvia Plath's 'Poppies in October', I noted that the:
... falling dactylic rhythms of the final line allude to the inevitable transience of such vivacious beauty, as they aurally enact a weary regression into the drugging inertia and apathetic deep blues of a “dawn of cornflowers.
In an analysis of Sylvia Plath's "Poppies in October" I suggested that the last line "In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers" uses dactylic rhythm to aurally enact a weary regression into the drugging inertia and apathetic deep blues of a “dawn of cornflowers."
My marker, however, suggested that "forest of frost" and "dawn of cornflowers" were more of an anapaestic rhythm, whose rise would refute my final analysis. Can anyone please help me out! Would you say it is more dactylic or anapaestic? For reference, here is the final line in its entirety:
In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers.
Thanks in advance!
