Summary:The speaker opens the poem with a question addressed to the beloved: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The next eleven lines are devoted to such a comparison. In line 2‚ the speaker stipulates what mainly differentiates the young man from the summer’s day: he is “more lovely and more temperate.” Summer’s days tend toward extremes: they are shaken by “rough winds”; in them‚ the sun (“the eye of heaven”) often shines “too hot‚” or too dim. And summer is fleeting: its date is too short
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Desire brings forth blindness and self-destruction. At least‚ that seems to be the message Sir Philip Sidney tries to convey in “Thou Blind Man’s Mark.” Sidney uses poetic devices like imagery‚ personification‚ and tone to address his complex attitude towards desire. “Thou blind man’s mark‚ thou fool’s self-chosen snare” (line 1). Sidney invokes metaphors to describe the subject of his poem before revealing what it actually is. The contradicting and confusing images are likely due to his passionate
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The poem "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver (pg 40) immediately grabbed my attention after reading the first line: You do not have to be good. It’s effective how the first word is “you‚” because it really feels like the author is speaking directly to the reader. The message that Oliver tries to get across is that we have to let the soft animal of our body love what it loves to love. In other words‚ we must not worry so much about society’s approval‚ but rather focus more on ourselves and taking advantage
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In the poems “Identity”‚ by Julio Noboa Polanco‚ and “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost‚ there are many prime examples of alliteration‚ repetition‚ rhyme‚ and rhythm. To begin with‚ “Identity” uses repetition by repeating the words “I’d rather be” in stanzas two‚ four‚ and the beginning and end of stanza five. The poem “The Road Not Taken” uses repetition by starting lines: two‚ three‚ and four with “and” in stanza one‚ “and” in line seven‚ line eleven starts with “and”‚ line twenty also starts
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In the poem ¨Gold¨ by Pat Mora‚ personification is used to represent what the poem means. ¨Gold¨ takes place in a desert and the narrator is a girl. “Gold‚” is a poem about a girl who goes into the desert and feels right. She hangs out with her friends which are lizards‚ rabbits‚ and birds. This poem is told in first person. The tone is soothing and calm. The girl feels she is in sync with nature and she belongs there. She feels like it is her home. In ¨Gold‚¨ one of the examples of personification
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Alyssa Harting Professor Kate ENC 1340 12 March 2012 Poetry Essay Reading “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day?” by William Shakespeare was very interesting. It can sometimes be hard to understand what the poet was really trying to get at but once you figure them out‚ it becomes really interesting to see their true meanings. Love poems are challenging to figure out if they truly are love poems‚ and once I figured out how they were‚ it was
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Comparing the present feelings after a death in the poems ‘On my first Sonne’ by Ben Jonson and ‘Anne Hathaway’ by Duffy The theme of the poem ‘On my first Sonne’‚ by Ben Jonson‚ is introduced through the title‚ where we are already informed that the poem will be about the poet’s first son. The poem begins with the word‚ ‘Farewell’‚ which leads us on to understand that this is a tragic goodbye that the poet is expressing. Jonson clearly is expressing his love and pride for his son when writing
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Tamara Fisher Fisher1 English IV‚ Period 3 Mrs. Parsons February 6‚ 2012 Comparing and Contrasting Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” Many men find different things that attract them to certain women. In “Sonnet 18” and “Sonnet 130” William Shakespeare uses two different approaches to describe two opposite women he loves. Even through the poems are very much
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Your Name Mrs. Durrance Shakespeare Essay 15 February 2005 Poems written during the Elizabethan time tend to contain an unrealistic view of love. Some writers of this time are Edmund Spenser‚ Christopher Marlowe‚ Sir Walter Raleigh‚ and William Shakespeare. They had different subjects‚ themes and styles. Some poetry readers prefer Shakespeare over the others‚ this essay will examine the reasons for his popularity. The subjects of sonnets‚ by Shakespeare‚ normally address friendship. Other
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The poem “The cockroach”‚ written by Kevin Halligan‚ is a meaningful and interesting poem. As a Buddhist convert‚ the poet has use the journey of the cockroach to describe many aspects of human life. Initially‚ Halligan presents human life as joyful and excited in the childhood .A good illustration of this when Halligan uses the phrases “skirting a ball of dust”‚ “satisfied” and “start to pace” to present it. As we all know‚ the cockroach represent humanity and his journey is an extended metaphor
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