Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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Louis MacNiece’s poem‚ The Cyclist‚ is split into three stanzas‚ each of which has its own ideas/themes. The poem speaks of a cyclist biking on a hot summer’s day and it looks at the characteristics of a typical summer’s day. The poet looks at the theme of freedom as well as the swiftness and short-lived joy of youth. The cyclist is depicted as cycling quickly and freely. The opening word‚ freewheeling‚ highlights the theme of freedom and speed which recurs throughout the poem. The phrase “unpassing
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Essay 2: A Short Comparison of Two Poems Why is it that people write poems? Sometimes‚ it seems that authors write poems to confuse or to mislead. As most would know‚ poems aren’t actually written for that purpose. They are written to amuse and enlighten in a critical thinking way. Poems are like secret passages with deep meanings within the lines and rhythms; after being pulled apart and analyzed‚ they can leave your mind blown. I will be comparing “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke with another
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their peak of glory they die. Would the memory of them and their glory live on longer? In the lryic poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Houseman the narrator shows how dying young and at the peak of your glory is better then living to be forgotten. The setting of the poem is in a town and cemetery in nineteenth-century England during the funeral and burial of a young athlete‚ a runner. The first stanza explains the victory of a boy winning a race in his town. Neighbors and admires of the athlete
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will be the next one laying in the grave‚ he is fearing death. In the poem‚ “Aubade‚” Philip Larkin take the reader into his pathless journey‚ letting his audience know what he does and what will happen. He accomplished this through the use of imagery‚ poetic devices‚ and organization of the poem. Throughout this poem‚ the narrator uses imagery by describing his fear of death and the unexpected of death. In the first stanza‚ lines 1-2‚ “I work all day‚ and get half drunk at night‚ waking at four
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The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father
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Narrative Poem #1 A girl in the woods was very hungry She went to the store but her coupons were expired She went down the produce aisle To get something healthy She could get what she wanted Because she was so wealthy Before she purchased her items She went to the side of the street To get the New York times With a couple of left over dimes Now she had no more expired coupons She went back to the store to buy her fruit That’s the end of my poem wasn’t that a hoot.
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A narrative poem is right for the subject of John Updike’s poem “Dog Death”. For instance the subject about the loss of a love one is usually told in the form of stories. The narrative creates the image of the dog’s value to the family. The first stanza and the title indicate that the poem is about the death of a puppy. Updike personifies the dog‚ to stress the impact of the loss of a love one on the family. We know that she is loved because in the third line of the fourth stanza‚ the narrator states
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A rose symbolize a beauty. Beauty that comes with kindness‚ softness and also calmness. A rose is a very beautiful flower and also expensive. In this poem‚ it could symbolizes as opportunity or something that you really wish for. The first stanza talking about the abandoned‚ wrecked house. The house is dirty( line littered) Have none doors but the wind ever closes. It looks like the house is haunted‚ and frightening. But it also seem so mystery because it stands in old garden of old-fashioned
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outburst of anger or other emotions’. In Amy Lowell’s poem‚ “Fireworks”‚ she uses the noun definition of fireworks to express the figurative meaning of fireworks. Throughout the poem‚ Amy reveals how much she hates this person by using descriptive words to describe the spectacular explosions caused by fireworks. Thus‚ the main idea of the poem is anger or strong feeling of hostility. “Fireworks” is an example of a lyrical poem because the poem rhymes and it has a regular and continuous rhyme scheme
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