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Dual Appeal in “Alice’s Adventures in wonderland”

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English 143,

Professor Leighton

18 September, 2016

Dual Appeal in Alice’s Adventures in wonderland

            The use of a rhyme scheme throughout the story makes Alice’s Adventures in wonderland appeal to both adults and children. The author prefers to use an alternating rhyme scheme in order to give the story a musical touch. For instance, she writes:

“As ever the story drained

The wells of fancy dry

And faintly above that weary one

To put the subject by (Caroll7)”

The rhyme scheme appeals to children because it gives them something to sing along to. While reading the stories they can read them as though they were songs. The rhythmic touch does not only entertain the children, but also makes the story easily memorable. The simple words with which the author has constructed the rhyme scheme are easily comprehensible by young readers, a clear pointer to the target audience. For instance, even if the author had used a rhyme scheme, but with complex words, young readers would not have found it appealing because they could not sing to it or remember it easily.

The rhyme scheme appeals adults because it shows the high levels of creativity on the part of the author. People who seem to be ahead of the pack in their respective fields easily appeal adults. In this context, the author is arguably better than many others are because he can find rhyming words to cover a full story without losing the flow. Adults also love rhyming words as evident in their love for music. Most of the songs that adults love all have a certain element of rhyme at the end of verses. Just like in music, the rhyme scheme in these stories is entertaining to adults because they make them musical and easy to read out loudly to children.

Work Cited

Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s adventures in wonderland. New York: Random House, 2012