Question

Analyze the importance of rhyme scheme and structure in the poem “Anecdote of the Jar” by Wallace Stevens.

Answer 1

The poem "Anecdote of the Jar" doesn't follow a particular end rhyme scheme. Stevens repeats the word hill in the first stanza and Tennessee in the the first and last lines of the poem. He also rhymes the word air with everywhere and bare. Stevens uses internal rhyme in the poem with words such as round, surround, and ground. The lack of traditional rhyme schemes and structure gives the poem a wild and free feel, which mirrors the wilderness described in the poem.