trying to cope with Emma’s loss. Hardy portrays feelings of misery and powerfully expresses loss of love in this poem through the use of literary devices and imagery. The poem consists of four stanzas which are constructed around an ABAB rhyme scheme. Hardy uses powerful imagery to help convey misery and loss of love‚ from Stanza one to Stanza four hardy speaks in images conveying moments of his happy times with Emma and moments of grief. Thomas Hardy starts by saying “Woman much missed”
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Toads and Toads Revisited are poems in Philip Larkin’s collection that describes both the perks and burdens of a work life. Larkin’s view of work in ‘Toads’ is seen as a heavy load whereas in ‘Toads Revisited’‚ it is seen as something that keeps him occupied and helps him though life. ‘Toads Revisited’ was written after Larkin became a firmly established chief librarian of the Hull Library and he had no further to go because he had already reached the top position. His attitude to work had undergone
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In Wilfred Owen’s poem‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” he reveals an authentic view of war drawing from his personal experiences. This poem details the horrors of war through the eyes of a soldier painting a vivid image of these miserable beings stripped of their humanity. Readers can envision the sleep-deprived and contorted figures of the soldiers as they lose all of their senses trudging along the engulfing sludge. Owen also details the surroundings meticulously. Gas shells are dropping behind the troops
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The Tropics in New York was written by Claude McKay in 1920. McKay was born in Jamaica in 1890 and immigrated to the United States in 1912. The twenty-two years that he lived in Jamaica gave him inspiration for this poem. The poem includes masterful imagery and other literary devices. The poem starts with McKays somewhat cheerful description of luscious tropical fruits: Bananas ripe and green‚ and ginger-root‚ / Cocoa in pods and alligator pears‚ (lines 1-2). At this point‚ the reader is not sure
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probably his most universally popular poem.” (133) Ballads are generally romantic and meaningful. Poe’s use of ballad form poetry creates a sense of passion and commitment for his Annabel Lee. Poe’s standard ballad form is written with a rhyme scheme of abab; the first and third lines have four metric feet‚ and the second and fourth lines have three feet. (Bily) He uses "waive-like cadence ’ ’ (Bily) and ’ ’all the shorter lines in the poem end with the same e sound" (Bily). "Instead of adhering to his
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Indeed the first quatrain has a dactylic pentameter rhythm ( ABAB ) with the first syllable stressed and followed by two unstressed syllables. Whereas the rest of the poem is an iambic tetrameter rhythm ( CCDD ) with the first syllable unstressed and the second one stressed. We can also notice that the rhymes are
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character‚ environment‚ and even the situation it gives people. When looking at the poems My Papa’s Waltz and Those Winter Sundays I see similarities and contrasts between the two. When you read My Papa’s Waltz it at first seems like a simple rhyming poem ABAB but then you read and there is little to no interpretation to be had‚ it’s about a drunkard abusive Father beating his young son‚ no analysis or insight in this poem it is blunt as a sledgehammer the poem is “My drunk‚ toxic‚ father beat me”. This
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John Donne Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Comprehension The questions below refer to the selection “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning.” ____ 1. In plain English the title “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” means — |a. |a graduation speech commending the senior class | |b. |a greeting to a person who had been thought missing
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It takes seconds to send a bullet right through someone’s frame‚ and in that time you account for someone’s whole lifetime. That one instantaneous decisions garners consequences that if not handled properly‚ may become detrimental. Within “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ the speaker struggles to approach the repercussions brought about by his enlisting in the military. To establish the stark contrast between war and neutrality‚ Thomas Hardy opens and closes “The Man He Killed” in a bar‚ a common
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In the poem “I‚ Being Born a Woman and Distressed”‚ by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ the topic of women’s freedom to express themselves sexually is especially prominent. The poem goes into much detail of a woman and her experiences of simply wanting to be with another person sexually‚ without being in a committed relationship. The poet explains the trouble women go through for wanting to be sexually active‚ and the difficulties they face. This poem explains a woman’s desires to be promiscuous‚ and the
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