In "Boots of Spanish Leather" written by Bob Dylan a man is waiting for his true love to sail back to him sooner than planned. This poem is based off of love and compassion for one another. She offers to send things of silver and gold but nothing can take her place until she comes back to her true love. "I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss, For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'."
This poem is written in traditional form which it might have a specific number of lines and stanzas or a regular pattern of rythm and rhyme. Every other line in each stanza the last words rhyme, such as, "I'm sure your mind is roamin' ... But with the country where your're goin'."
Many different literary devices can be seen in this poem. One of the most commonly seen can be rhyme. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words or phrases, "It only brings me sorrow ... I would want again tomorrow." Another device that is seen is alliteration which is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. An example of this could be, "Take heed of the stormy weather ... Spanish boots of Spanish Leather." A third device seen throughout the poem is imagery, a language that appeals to one or more of your senses, such as, "Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night, And the diamonds from the deepest ocean, ..." The last device I saw was rhythm which is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. "It was from her ship a-sailin' ... It depends on how I'm a-feelin." Literary devices can change one speech, thought, word or phrase to how the poet envisions it.
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