The poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost addresses the idea of decision-making and choosing what direction life will take you. The poem is about the speaker arriving at a fork in the road‚ where both paths are carpeted with leaves. The persona‚ who is believed to be Frost himself‚ chooses to take the road less traveled by. He tells himself that he will take the other road another day‚ although he knows it is unlikely that he will have the opportunity to do so. The poem concludes with the
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Explication of "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" In T.S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚" the author is establishing the trouble the narrator is having dealing with middle age. Prufrock(the narrator) believes that age is a burden and is deeply troubled by it.. His love of some women cannot be because he feels the prime of his life is over. His preoccupation with the passing of time characterizes the fear of aging he has. The poem deals with the aging and fears associated with it of
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This poem dramatizes the conflict between liberty and tyranny‚ specifically in instances where tyrannical forces attempt to squelch liberty by imprisoning those who champion her virtues. The speaker presents a paradox in the beginning of the poem‚ Eternal Spirit of the chainless mind!/Brightest in dungeons‚ Liberty‚ thou art‚--For there thy habitation is the heart‚-- (1‚2‚3). The speaker personifies liberty and explains the paradox as the poem continues. Liberty is described as a living woman whose
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In the poem “Richard Cory”‚ Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts a “grass is greener” presumption with a twist. The speaker in this poem‚ representing the working class‚ tells about a gentleman by the name of Richard Cory; a man everyone admired. This poem is an ironic illustration of how the “glitter[y]” (l. 8) illusion that wealth and stature projects in ones appearance does not always mean the individual has internal happiness. In the first stanza‚ Robinson methodically distinguishes the differences
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Kelsey Renoe Kathy kvinge ENG 1102 20703 September 17‚ 2014 "My Son‚ My Executioner" by Donald Hall "My Son‚ My Executioner" My son‚ my executioner I take you in my arms Quiet and small and just astir and whom my body warms Sweet death‚ small son‚ our instrument of immortality‚ your cries and hunger document our bodily decay. We twenty two and twenty five‚ who seemed to live forever‚ observe enduring life in you and start to die together. In "My Son‚ My Executioner
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When read top to bottom‚ Mina Loy’s poem "Lunar Baedeker" may sound like a story of drugs‚ sex‚ and desperation. In reality‚ it is an encrypted biography of part of Loy’s life‚ as well as symbolic of the cycles of life. Let’s start with the title‚ shall we? "Lunar Baedeker‚" the word ’lunar’ means moon. It can also mean relating to the moon‚ but more importantly it can mean measured by the moon’s cycles. What in the world is a "Baedeker" though? Baedeker is actually one Karl Baedeker‚ a German who
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Theme Statement: Some people are content with being used by others‚ and ignore their own happiness. Explanation/Proof for theme: ‘Now I Have Nothing’ is a poem by Stella Benson‚ exploring how in society‚ there are some people who are letting themselves be used. In the first two lines‚ the speaker talks about having nothing‚ and losing dreams he had. The first line mentions that the speaker does not even have the joy of loss. The second line tells how he was losing his dreams‚ using past tense to
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Dickinson’s poem “510: It was not Death‚ for I stood up‚” explores the uncertainties of Death. The speaker attempts to define or understand her own condition to unwrap the cause of her suffering. The use of extended metaphor is utilized as the speaker uses the term “death” and that her life and state of mind‚ to her‚ resembles nothing other than death itself. The dominant effect would be the feeling of despair as the speaker represents this by saying “As if my life were shaven‚ / and fitted to a
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Explication of EE Cummings “[i carry your heart with me (i carry it in]” To better understand this very romantic poem‚ “[i carry your heart with me (i carry it in]‚ we must first understand that Edward Estlin Cummings was an avant-garde‚ which can be defined as an intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts (Merriam-Webster). Punctuation and lowercase type are used in a way that ’s visually appealing‚ while also highlighting the poem ’s theme of unity. Cummings
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Kiara Houston Ms. Stopka English 1H‚ per 5 1/21/14 Poem Analysis/ “The Road Not Taken” In “The Road Not Taken‚” Robert Frost gives his readers a speaker standing at a “fork” in the road- or having to make a decision. Robert Frost uses extended metaphor‚ irony‚ and an unreliable narrator to show his reader’s that‚ when choosing life courses‚ one must consider where the path is actually going verses from how it may appear. Decisions fill the lives of human beings‚ and this speaker faces the
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