The thought fox By Ted Hughes The thought fox is a poem about writing a poem. The poet is sitting in a room late at night‚ it’s dark outside and though he can’t see anything he senses a presence: Something else is alive Beside the clocks loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move This presence is in the poet’s imagination‚ as you find out in the very first line: I imagine this midnight moments forest: It immediately shows a contrast between the first two lines. The first
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The river runs red by midnight oil has very strong messages about Australia and its environmental issues. This poem is describing to us how humans are destroying nature (the river). When the river is running red it is portraying blood‚ natures blood. Midnight oil have used blood because when we think of blood we think of death. And in this case it would be the death of nature. In the first stanza the poet tells us what is happening to nature for example “you cut all the tall trees down”. This gives
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Spring and Fall‚ written by Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ is a simple and graceful poem that has a powerful religious theme. It is about changing seasons and mankind’s mortality. The poem addresses Margaret‚ which is generally assumed to be a young girl. We assume this based on the use of the word Golden grove‚ which can mean a simple‚ dream-like‚ play-world. The narrator asks the young girl why Golden grove is "unleaving"‚ or losing its leaves. This falling of the leaves occurs in the autumn as
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Nineteenth-century English poet and priest Gerard Manley Hopkins is admired for the highly original use of rhythm in his poetry‚ a quality that can be seen in the following poems‚ “The Windhover‚” “Pied Beauty‚” and “Hurrahing in Harvest.” A windhover‚ also known as a kestrel‚ is a small type of falcon. These three poems express Hopkins’s devotion to the Catholic faith‚ as well as his fascination with the natural world. Like most of Hopkins’s poetry‚ the poems were first published in 1918‚ nearly
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Jefferson‚ Poetry‚ and Dialogue: A Look into the Influence Behind Jefferson’s Writing of “A Dialogue Between My Head and My Heart” During the earlier stages of my research‚ I danced around with many topics‚ all surrounding Thomas Jefferson and poetry. I thought to write about several scrapbooks of his that have been shelved at U.VA’s library for decades. I thought it would be an intriguing topic‚ when I discovered that a professor at DePaul University‚ Jonathan Gross‚ published the collection
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The title of the poem is where I come from and it has been composed by Elizabeth Brewster. This poem is a type of a perverse. The poet’s voice is real because the poet is talking about a real life scenario. In the beginning of the poem the poet is speaking to us nut in the second part of the poem the poet describes her past memories. There is another voice in the poem and it is doing the same. People differ from places to places because people are born in different countries‚ places‚ regions
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What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? Long has it waved on high‚ Beneath it rung the battle shout‚ and burst the cannon’s roar‚ and no more shall feel the victor’s tread. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚ stripped of everything valuable or reasonable. What proposal is put forth by Holmes‚ in the last stanza of his poem? Holmes is saying it would
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In the poem ‘God’s Grandeur’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ the theme of imperfection and perfection is highlighted. The majority of the poem is a contrast between imperfection and perfection. The first stanza discusses the contrast between the two themes; perfection and imperfection‚ while in the second stanza; God’s perfection is mainly spoken about. Perfection The mere title of this poem suggests the poem is about something great and powerful. The word ‘grandeur’ is defined as splendour and impressiveness
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A Poison Tree by William Blake - Analysis Over the course of the poem‚ anger is developed as a poisoned tree. In the first three stanzas‚ the metaphor of anger as a tree is developed using imagery that is suggestive of trees. In these stanzas‚ the development of anger from a seed to a tree is shown as it grows‚ it is watered and sunned‚ or nurtured and allowed to thrive‚ and eventually bears fruit‚ “an apple bright.” Consonance is used in one instance to control the tone and mood of the events
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THE SOLITARY REAPER –William Wordsworth A general outline of the poem: Wordsworth‚ as a romantic nature poet gives his deep impression as he hears the song of the reaper in the highlands. The emphasis is on a single girl singing while she is reaping the corn-alone with nature. The poem highlights the emotional intensity of the girl’s song-it is sad‚ melancholic and overwhelming. The impression that the song makes on the poet is conveyed through the images of weary travelers lost in the desert
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