Because the river played such an important role i n Twain's l i f e , it reveals itself as a great force in his writing. He utilizes it as a structural device, as an image and as a symbol, areas i n which a definite pattern evolves.
"Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is a sonnet written by the bard William Shakespeare. A sonnet is a poem consisting of three quatrains (3 * 4 lines) and a couplet (2 lines) with a specific rhyme scheme.