‘A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning’‚ according to Grierson‚ is the tenderest of Donne’s love poems. The principal theme of the poem is that lovers remain united even when they are physically separated. Donne proves his idea by argument‚ conceits‚ passion‚ and thought. It is believed that Donne left for France in 1611. He gave this poem to his wife at the time of his departure. The poet advises his wife not to mourn the temporary separation‚ because their love remains intact despite their parting
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Rising Five Norman Nicholson This poem Rising Five by Norman Nicholson starts with the words of four years old who claims not to be four‚ but ‘rising five’ This statement is followed with the poet’s vivid description of the child’s face which shouts almost with youth and enthusiasm. We see the baby curls of hair‚ the huge staring eyes searching all around about smooth dimpled (‘toffee buckled’) cheeks. This image is a wonderful evocation of little smiling boy. The use of toffee additionally suggests
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The poem "Dover Beach" written by Matthew Arnold is about a human misery. Nature especially the sea is used in order to draw a comparison between the fights of nature and the human misery. The poem consists of four stanzas which have a different amount of lines. The first stanza consists of 14 lines‚ the second of six‚ the third of eight and the last line of nine lines. The rhyme scheme is very irregular. For example‚ in the first eight lines of the poem it is abacdbdc. The first stanza can
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West Side Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria‚ Tony‚ Anita‚ Riff‚ Bernardo‚ Jets and Sharks In this number‚ all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead‚ each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her ’nocturnal activities’ with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love‚
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Despite Cummings’ affinity for avant-garde styles‚ much of his work is traditional. Many of his poems are sonnets‚ and he occasionally made use of the blues form and acrostics. Cummings’ poetry often deals with themes of love and nature‚ as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. His poems are also often rife with satire. While his poetic forms‚ and even themes‚ show a close continuity with the romantic tradition‚ his work universally shows a particular idiosyncrasy
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Theme of Stopping by the wood s on a snowy evening The poem “stopping by the woods on a snowy evening” is written by Robert Frost. The poem is set in the woods and the speaker here is the stranger who stopped there‚ admiring what his eyes saw‚ the beautiful view. In the opening stanza‚ the poet wonders about owner of the woods and thinks he knows him. The stranger is in the woods and has a horse who thinks its weird that its owner has stopped in a place that does not have a farmhouse ‚ but
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Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” is a love poem of seduction. The poem conveys biblical‚ historical allusions‚ and passionate imagery to express a young lover’s feeling that he does not have enough time to waste on the coyness of his mistress. In the first stanza the young lover is trying to seduce his mistress quickly‚ although he is married. He explains to her what their love would be like if they had years to spend together. He would “Love [her] ten years before the flood‚” this is a biblical
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English 1102-265 April 19‚ 2010 Imagery in Robert Frost’s “Desert Places” Robert Frost‚ an American poet of the late 19th century‚ used nature in many of his writings. One of the great examples is the poem “Desert Places” that express feelings of a speaker and the meaning of the entire poem through images of nature. The poem describes two different kinds of desert places and clearly emphasizes the most frightening one. To help readers understand the meaning of “Desert Places”‚ Frost uses variety
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Literary Analysis of Barn Burning Child abuse has been a common occurrence throughout the times of this world. In the story Barn Burning that was written by the author William Faulkner‚ a story is told of a boy named Colonel Sartoris Snopes who lives with his family. His father is a man who has seen the brutality of war and has a very cold heart. His name is Abner Snopes. His heart is so cold that it is almost as if he is not even human. William Faulkner in the story uses words comparing Abner
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An analysis on "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard" is composed by Thomas Gray.The main idea of this poem is the contemplation of mortality. Thomas Gray’s life was surrounded by loss and death. In 1750‚ the death of his close friend stimulated him to brood on the philosophy of death. An elegy is a poem which lamets the dead. In this poem‚ the poet concentrated on the death of commen people instead of great and famous one. The biggest achivement of
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