In Gabriel Okara’s poem‚ “Piano and Drums”‚ Okara expresses his feelings and thoughts of a primitive society in contrast to a western society. Being an African himself‚ and having studied in a western society‚ the poem reflects the confusion in his emotions as well as the loss of self-identity. The title of the poem itself‚ “Piano and Drums” displays a sense of dissimilarity and contrast as the instruments are so unalike in terms of sophistication. Throughout the entire poem‚ Okara incorporates
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Analysis Of William Blake’s Poems Infant Joy Notes This simple poem is two stanzas of six lines each. The two stanzas each follow an ABCDDC rhyme scheme‚ a contrast to most of Blake’s other poetic patterns. The rhyming words are always framed by the repetition of "thee" at the end of the fourth and sixth lines‚ drawing the reader’s attention to the parent‚ who speaks‚ and his or her concern with the baby. The infant’s words‚ or those imagined by the parent to be spoken by the infant‚ are set
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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tone‚ which has the tone of the poem spilt out across the words written down which holds an encoding. The encoding or message is what the poet truly wants to get across to you from the particular speaker or mask they are behind. In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ he masks himself with the face of a father reaching out to his son. He characterizes what would make the ideal person‚ making them seem almost holy‚ if they could accomplish all tasks addressed in the poem. Evidently‚ Kipling tries to rely
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The sun reflects from the coin and blinds me. So I cover my eyes. Then a bang and a ping. A bullet hit my belt buckle‚ but all of the panchos I was wearin gave surprisingly less comfort from the blow or bullet or whatever. It. Just. Hurts. Real bad too. But‚ the other slinger of the guns was confused on why I didn’t drop like a sack of potatoes. Usin the confusion as a distraction‚ I run up to the slinger
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The Ecstasy : John Donne - Summary and Critical Analysis The poem "The Ecstasy" is one of John Donne’s most popular poems‚ which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure‚ spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne‚ true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul. The fusion of body
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South‚ the turn of the century saw blacks reestablishing their identity in America. On the other hand‚ Cullen is marveling about why a God who is good could be so cruel to give a black poet the ability to “sing” in a world that ignores them. In this poem Cullen has
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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Dark Cloud The pervasive tone of Wordsworth’s poem is that of a dark cloud. A dark cloud emotionally‚ is one that hangs over your life. His dark cloud is a painful awareness of appending mortality. It over shadowing him throughout his life sometimes moving closer and other times farther away. The cloud isn’t there all the time in the same way. He describes periods of being free from it. His descriptions of nature‚ the earth‚ the heavens‚ all of the life of the Earth‚ are so vivid that they convey
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What do the speakers of Frost’s poems reveal about themselves through the stories they tell? About Repeated items (theme‚ diction) Tone (through diction) Words (genre‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ imagery‚ etc.) Alliteration (sound created) Rhyme (end rhyme- group ideas‚ internal rhyme- strengthen idea + emphasizes‚ masculine rhyme- rhyming syllables are stressed and feminine rhyme- rhyming syllables are unstressed) Rhythm Structure Prosody- technical aspects of a poem i.e. rhyme scheme‚ rhythmic pattern
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