lessons and realistic descriptions through his poetry. In his well-known poem “The Road Not Taken” he writes about an experience that all humans go through at some point in their lives. The poet helps us to better understand this message by his use of tone and literary devices throughout the poem. “The Road Not Taken” is about a traveler who comes upon a fork in the road. There are two paths‚ and he has to decide which one he should take. However‚ when you read between the lines of this
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The tone of “The Dover Bitch” mocks “Dover Beach”. While the tone of Hecht’s poems is light and humorous‚ Arnold’s poem is extremely sad and melancholy. For example look at the title first of all “The Dover Bitch” is mocking “Dover Beach”. Secondly the structure of the poem is completely
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Hawthorne writes Pearl to come from a loving and benevolent place as opposed to the hypocrisy and ridicule of the townspeople. Additionally‚ Pearl‚ being Hester’s daughter‚ is the physical embodiment of Hester’s adultery‚ which is a crucial point of Hawthorne’s usage of Pearl in the novel. Aside from her actions‚ Pearl also draws Hester to her letter with her words. Pearl inquisitively tells her mother “the sunshine does not love [her]. It runs away and hides itself‚ because it is afraid of something on
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no one except Hester and Chillingworth knew of his hidden guilt. The entire town praised and admired Dimmesdale. At any sermon in which he says that he is the most sinful man‚ they do not question him. The people look at him with pure awe and feeling that he is the greatest because he admits that he too can sin because he is human. The entire settlement of Boston believe that Dimmesdale was the most righteous man they have ever met‚ and he was their only chance of salvation so they can go to heaven if predestined
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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birth-Mark” shows the thoughtlessness of creating a perfect being. Hawthorne conveys this message through the tale of the scientist Aylmer and his wife Georgiana‚ who has hand-shaped birthmark on her left cheek. Aylmer becomes engrossed with Georgiana birthmark that keeps his wife from becoming perfect and decides to remove the birthmark through his science. In “The Birth-Mark” Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes Georgiana weak self-conscious‚ the birthmark‚ and the
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Analysis of the sonnet‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” William Shakespeare is well known for his unique style of writing‚ and really changed the tone of romantic poetry with his sonnet “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”. He wanted the readers to see a different side of what beauty was he wanted them to see a more realistic view of a women. In the 1600 time frame the writers made women seems so prefect and angelic; which is not at all the way most women really look. Shakespeare
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Additionally‚ many of Soto’s poems have a reflective tone because his poems are usually autobiographical. Typically Soto writes in free verse about past experiences and life milestones which is the case in his poem “Oranges”. Gary Soto’s poem “Oranges” is about a man recounting the details of his first
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The poem My Papa’s Waltz describes a child’s nostalgia towards his conflicted relationship with his father. In this poem the tone of the speaker is characterized by the deep devotion and love he felt towards his father during his youth. Looking back on the time his father spent playing with him when he was a child‚ the speaker describes “[hanging] on like death” and “clinging to [his] shirt” (Roethke 3‚16). These childlike descriptions show that the speaker felt a deep devotion to his father and
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well as the dark effects of temptation. Hawthorne’s purpose is to reveal the evil within humans and the flaws of Puritanism. The author adopts a troubled and skeptic tone to express his shame towards his family and the Puritan religion. After Young Goodman Brown’s (YGB’s) voyage into the forest‚ the elder traveler reveals to Brown that he is very knowledgeable about YGB’s family history. Within this moment‚ Hawthorne sets the mood for YGB’s skepticism towards the traveler‚ as Brown does not believe
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because you can’t go back in time. “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (Frost‚16). This states how the man was telling it with such sorrow because he could have taken the other path but again will never get the chance to take it. So‚ the speaker’s tone is very sad and regretful. “Sorry i could not travel both” (Frost‚2). This is an example of ethos and states
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