In the Ballad of Reading Gaol is Oscar Wilde's last and, according to some critics, greatest poem. In this long ballad, the poet Oscar Wilde summarizes his experiences in prison. He was sentenced to prison after being convicted of having a homosexual relationship with one of his students. The ballad of Reading Gaol was written when he got out of prison. (1898) After being released from prison, he was overthrown and humiliated, which influenced him to write the poem. Furthermore, Wilde was inspired by the incident, which is the execution of his convict, Charles Thomas Wooldridge, to write his last work. Furthermore, he somehow dedicated this poem to the memory of this guard convicted of brutally killing his wife. Around his narrative form, Wilde describes his strong sense of guilt towards his family and his shame. This ballad demonstrates how deeply Wilde suffered. The type of poem is an objective poem that tells a story and a kind of protest poetry because it also refers to the cruelty and brutality of prisons. The narrative core is the identification of the prisoners and the criticism of the judicial system, in particular the death penalty system. The ballad is not written in the traditional ballad form. There are 109 stanzas (total 654 lines), grouped into 6 parts or with the term used by Ezra Pound, this poem is grouped into six "cantos". Each part has a different number of verses; the third part is the longest with thirty-seven stanzas. The first part has sixteen verses, the second part has thirteen verses, the fourth part has twenty-three verses, the fifth part has nine, and the sixth part has three verses. Wilde also uses iambic tetrameter, which has four repetitions of the tension pattern... in the center of the paper... a man executed and himself in prison. Guilt and remorse are the essential units of society, which always judges and discriminates against people just because they think differently. The main issue in the poem is the hypocrisy of society and the justice system. Describes ideas effectively and creates a strong impact on readers. Oscar Wilde suffered greatly to create great art and humanity. However, Wilde turns his terrible situation into a masterpiece. Although capital punishment does not exist today, cheating is still very common in real life. Punishments against murders may have changed, but so people have always been very shameful and greedy against each other, cheating will always have been in society. Therefore, Oscar Wilde's general idea of making someone you love upset or oppressed will remain eternal.
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