alliteration
line 3, s/c
seldom,cease
Theme
a lesson about life or human nature developed over the poem
a traditional poem that expresses appreciation
ode
they seldom cease their weeping
line 3,zipperpotamuses can't
line 3-4
they,seldom
line 8, r
rarely,relax
couplet
2 lines of a poem
compares two unlike things using like or as
simile
they seldom even try
line 4, zipperpotamuses
line 1&9
the zipperpotamus
that,their,though
stanza
a group of two or more lines in a poem