| | our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet. Its a perfect example of craftsmanship.In this poemToru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The poem begins with the description of the tree. The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree‚ like
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The two poems‚ “Slam‚ Dunk & Hook” and “Fast Break” both capture the attention of the audience by describing basketball as a game of imagery versus a game of athleticism. In‚ “Fast Break” by Edward Hirsch‚ the author uses vivid diction. Hirsch states‚ “to see an orange blur” (Hirsch). This describes the basketball as a flowing object. His tone is very easy going at this point in the poem. He uses vivid imagery to show that basketball is an art and it isn’t always about the fans and the players but
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Poem Analysis Shakespeare’s Th’expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame Where most poetry since Petrarch had been based on the unavailability of the love object‚ Shakespeare in sonnet 129 writes about exactly what happens when you get what you think you want. But contrary to expectations it is not an achievement devoutly to be wished‚ but rather an inevitable nightmare. It’s quite hard to pin down Sonnet 129 to one specific speech situation. Neither is there any “I” – a clear reference to a particular
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Wilfred Owen Poems MINERS (Page 75) There had been a terrible accident at a place called Podmore Hall Colliery (1918). 140 miners and pit-boys died Owen wrote in a letter that he thought this poem had ‘sour’ taste. He also said that if the poem were to have a subtitle it would be: ‘How the future will forget the dead in war.’ This would be its epigraph Soldiers and miners are similar in that they both risk their lives General strike in 1926 because miners didn’t get paid enough for the job
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The theme of this poem by Krista Wheeler is it is never too late to change and turn your life around. The poem is about a student that is currently making poor choices when it comes to his academic success. The speaker is explaining to the child that what they are doing is wrong and that there is still time to change and make things better. Firstly‚ the poem states “work‚ work so that you will one day become glad”‚ this passage shows that if the child does not give up and continues to work hard he
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When reading this poem‚ I found out how meaningful the narrator is with her father. Even though she only speak Spanish in front of the presence of her father‚ she still spoke English aside since her father made the English language sound unnecessary for him to hear from her. That was a symbolism of respect for her showing father of the boundaries on what type of language she speaks when she is around him. So that’s why she said “My father likes them separate‚ one there‚ one here” because that’s is
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[http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/scrap-paper] The poem I chose is called “A Scrap of Paper”. I believe that this poem is one of the world’s best and most interesting poems I’ve ever read‚ and even though it’s short‚ it leaves a lot for the reader to think about. The poem was written around the time of the First World War‚ and that is what I think it is about: a person who has received a letter saying that they have lost a loved one in war. Although the poem is short‚ there is not a lack
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who was born and raised in Philadelphia joined the Dark Room Collective in the early 1990’s to help give exposure to writers of colour and their struggles (“Major Jackson”). His poem “Mighty Pawns” was published in 2015‚ and can be found in the award-winning book “Roll Deep” (“Major Jackson”). “Mighty Pawn” is an informal poem‚ shown through the lack of punctuation‚ and stanzas; questioning the contemporary literary theme of traditional beliefs in crisis. With the use of symbols and imagery poet Major
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The poem where the sidewalk ends is a really intriguing poem that influences its readers to be more optimistic and imaginative in life like a child. The poem can be interpreted in different ways making its meaning dependent on how the reader interprets it. Regardless of this point the poet uses various poetic devices in his poem to effectively get the meaning across. The major poetic devices that made this poem effective were Connotation‚ Imagery and symbolism as well as various sound devices. First
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jingle bells probably means Christmas. Jingle Bell Rock is a song you can hear everywhere during Christmas time. When is Halloween? This is the question that the short poem called When Is Halloween? Answers. Halloween is a holiday so that’s how it relates to my holiday theme. The poem was targeted towards younger kids. The poem starts off by asking when Halloween is. Then all the lines after that answer the question. I have a couple of examples‚ like "When ghostly mummies dance". This could mean
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