Many seemingly simple poems possess a much deeper meaning‚ as proven in Jane Taylor’s “The Star”; revealed through the use of literary devices such as repetition‚ diction and juxtaposition‚ the speaker illuminates the theme of human insignificance. Oftentimes‚ poets will employ repetition to invoke a sense of importance in something. In nearly every stanza of this poem‚ the poet repeats the phrase “twinkle‚ twinkle little star” (1)‚ emphasizing the paramountcy of the star. Immediately the poet establishes
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Wild Geese This poem [Wild Geese] is an unusual poem. Instead of following the usual guidelines of a poem (ABABAB‚ AABBAA‚ Haiku‚ etc.) it deviates‚ to the point at which it loses the luster of a song and gains that of a statement. And even though such statement has no rhythm‚ nor explainable format‚ our brains are tricked into reading it with a softer voice‚ similar to the voice one spares for a child’s nursery rhymes. Regardless of how it is presented‚ Wild Geese is a motivational poem‚ and that
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This poem named ‘Man of this land’ by Stella P.Bell captures the essence of Indigenous people’s life when men went hunting. In each stanza‚ Bell gives examples of how things were in the past. The producer has shown us her great admiration for her heritage‚ culture and admiration for indigenous Australians through this poem. Poetic devices in a literary text have been used to represent the Indigenous people’s experience and their culture. This poem consists of rhyme‚ imagery and personification which
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Poetry Analysis Essay In T.S Elliot’s poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock he describes his experiences in everyday life and the struggles he faces while doing them. Through allusion‚ repetition‚ and synecdoche‚ he supports a message of uncertainty as he gets older and makes decisions in his life. Overall‚ the tone of the poem is dreary through the way things are described such as the streets‚ sky‚ and people. An allusion is a reference to something in a poem that the reader can relate to; which
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The ‘First day at School’ takes us through the vast stretch of a child’s mind on his first day of school. It voices the feelings of the child; his unknowing mind of the perplexing new world and how that has aroused a sense of anxiety and insecurity inside him. The poem also lets us delve into the child’s misapprehending of his new phase of life; his misinterpretations and how he had gotten the wrong idea. With that many qualities are conveyed to portray all this. In this poem it proclaims to have
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“The Tyger” by William Blake The poem “The Tyger” by William Blake is from the song of Experience. This poem sends an evil tone through dark images‚ fearful words‚ symbols‚ and personification. The poem’s focus is the speaker questioning a terrifying tiger what kind of superior being could have made it. One literary device that William Blake uses is dark imagery. In one line of the poem‚ he says‚ “what dread grasp‚ dare its deadly terrors clasp” (15-16). He brings terrifying images to the
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Vernon Scannell’s poem ‘Nettles’ has been written from the perspective of a father. In Scannell’s poem he talks about his son and his son’s individual experience of injury and harm. Scannell is outraged with the enemy who has hurt his son‚ and will continue to hurt him through the years. Throughout the poem‚ Scannell mentions ‘regiment’ ‘fierce parade’ and ‘recruits’. These words build up an extended metaphor of an army/enemy. The sense of an enemy reflects the persona’s feelings and emotions
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Analysis of the poem Simon Armitage’s poem ’Out of the Blue’ is taken his from 2008 anthology of the same name. According to the book’s publishers‚ the poems in the anthology are presented in the form of a respone to three separate conflicts‚ all of which have changed the world we live in. Told from the point of view of an English trader working in the North Tower of the World Trade Centre‚ the poem forms part of the film ’Out Of The Blue’ commissioned by Channel 5 and broadcast five years after
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Poem Analysis: “Out‚ Out-” In the poem‚ “Out‚ Out-“‚ author Robert Frost starts off his poem by giving an inanimate object‚ the buzzsaw‚ a sense of life. Using the literary device‚ Personification‚ the buzz saw is being written with characteristics a curious and rather playful child. The buzzsaw acts like once hears the young man’s mother call for supper time‚ that it wants to eat‚ so eats the young man’s hand. The buzzsaw takes (Cuts Off) the hand in a rather subtle demeanor‚ but in truth‚ it would
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