Essay comparing In the Nursery to New Baby New Baby by Jackie Kay and In the Nursery by Ann Stevenson are two poems about babies. In the Nursery is about a mother comparing her 7 month old son to a plant or flower which shows her love and affection for him. In contrast‚ New Baby is about the poet adopting a child’s voice and expressing its anger and annoyance for their baby brother. This essay will compare the two poems’ use of language‚ poetic devices‚ perspective of speaker and structure
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states his main purpose for writing this modest poem. He proudly claims that “… [he has] eaten the plums/ that were in/ the icebox” (line 1-4)‚ which would be more than enough to get just about anyone upset today. We also begin with Williams’ use of enjambment
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not seem to use regular rhythm patterns but‚ on the contrary‚ uses breaks in rhythm for emphasis of shorter verses as seen on line 43. Also inconsistent is the sentence structure with sentence lengths varying from one word to thirty-four words and enjambment is also a salient feature‚ possibly to imply some sort of irregularity about the Öltank. There are quite a number of stylistic features used by Brecht in this poem to create meaning. The use of a paradox on line 24 referring to the Öltank as Häßlicher
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The compelling poem “The Eolian Harp’ written by Samuel Coleridge is a poem of medium length‚ yet by no means a straight forward poem. Its message and ideals are elevated and hidden through Coleridge’s subtle capitalization of words‚ the pantheism riddled across the poem‚ and allusions of mythology and bible verses. However‚ this poem of wind‚ nature‚ music‚ and God is one of the most beautiful poems of the Romantic era because of its superior poetic usage of terms. The Eolian Harp in a brief overview
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and ‘blind’ to convey the dire straits which they are in. The poem is in Iambic Pentameter which is very rhythmic and emphasises the last syllable of each line which is often used in rhyme‚ as in this poem (even though enjambment takes away the full emphasis). He uses enjambment and plosive language to emphasise particular ideas such as ‘beggar’ and ‘flares.’ These both change the rhythm in either speed or rhythm. The rhythm is indeed slow at first and this causes the reader to mull over what Owen
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juxtaposition and enjambment are used to evoke fond memories from the reader. MacNeice’s poem is set in the southwest of England‚ on a hill with a chalk horse carved into it. It is during the height of summer‚ when the grasshoppers are buzzing and the children are playing outside. The character is a boy or a group of boys‚ and they are riding bicycles down a hill near to the chalk horse. The structure of the poem is quite disjointed‚ with only five sentences throughout three stanzas. Enjambment is used extensively
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Scansion Paper: Surprised by Joy Death of a child is the most devastating experience a parent can ever face. A piece of yourself is lost and your future is forever changed. In the sonnet “Surprised by Joy”‚ William Wordsworth relates how a moment of joy caused him to remember the death of his daughter‚ Catherine. Even the title of the poem is “Surprised by Joy”‚ it is definitely not a poem about sharing joyfulness and happiness. The joy only lasts for a second‚ or even less than that‚ because any
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A Song by Thomas Carew (1595-1640) Themes: Love‚ romance‚ nature and beauty. This whole poem is a tribute to the beauty and brilliance of one mystery lady‚ which uses the most transcendent beauty of the natural world to flatter his subject. It celebrates the possibility of beauty and immortality. Content: Each stanza begins with the phrase ‘ask me no more’‚ which indicates that the poet is not feeling complicated anymore. To begin with‚ the first question posed is of what Jove –the Roman God- does
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Is’t not/ a kind/ of in/cest‚ to/ take life/ Metrics: Straight iambic pentameter. The line is five heartbeats long‚ symbolizing logic Sonics: Enjambment- this line does not finish her statement‚ it runs straight into the next line and finished the thought with “from thine own sister’s shame?” Alliteration- “to take” Dissonance- kind‚ to‚ take Assonance- not‚ of Tropes: Irony- “kind of incest to take life”- talking about an act that creates life‚ but it would take away
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Gwen Harwood (1920 – 1995): Harwood has fond memories of her childhood in Queensland which often appear in her poems. She was married in 1945 and moved to Tasmania. She began writing in her thirties to express the things that gave her life meaning. Originally she preferred pseudonyms but changed to poetry because of her growing reputation. The poetry she writes is deeply personal and presents a strong sense of identity; she also presents unusual perspectives on everyday experiences and relationships
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