Analysis of a Poem When You are Old‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically‚ Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more frequently.
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The poem “Mothers” by Nikki Giovanni is about two states of mind. An adult dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life and a concerned child. This is shown by the use of opposite words. “Dark-light” and “pleasantries and unpleasantries.” Being a child‚ Nikki was trying to make sense of what was happening around her. She sees her mother sitting in a chair in a dark room upset her. Nikki is apparently a frightened child. The wetting of the bed confirms her fear. She wrote about and absent father
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. The first four chapters of the book Hiroshima‚ by John Hersey‚ are the true accounts of the bombing‚ told from the perspective and memories of six survivors. It was originally published in 1946. Almost four decades after the original publication of the book‚ John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now
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Glonmore” and “A Vision” Both poems were written during the same period‚ during the twentieth century. Simon Hermitage presents a vision as a contrast between with a real life‚ a polluted world and a dream of an unrealistic giving a vision to the readers of a perfect world which cannot be realistic. In the same similarities‚ “The Blackbird of Glanmore”‚ Seamus Heany wants to share with us hiss sadness after his brother’ s death . Although Armitage’s line to introduce his poem‚ he uses oxymoron “The future
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“Love Poem‚” written by John Frederick illustrates true love in a realistic way. He expresses to the reader that there is more to love that what is usually written about in poems. To get this theme across‚ he plays with the reader’s expectations about what he is going to read. The title gives the reader the assumption that this poem is about a beautiful sonnet to an unattainable love. The reader envisions the same lofty depiction of a beloved woman he has heard in numerous traditional poems. In
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something more than the poet’s fondness for indulging in speculations of philosophy. A device used by metaphysical poets is conceit. Conceit‚ in literature‚ is defined “fanciful or unusual image in which apparently dissimilar things are shown to have a relationship.” (Conceit) “The device was also used by the metaphysical poets‚ who fashioned conceits that were witty‚ complex‚ intellectual‚ and often startling.” (Page 1) A metaphysical poem tends to be short and closely woven. The poem usually
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"The Fish" The poem‚ “The Fish”‚ written by Elizabeth Bishop is filled with descriptions and deeper‚ significant meaning. The title of the poem it is very straightforward. “The Fish” is singular leading the readers to believe that the person who caught the fish will never forget their experience. The fish that was caught must have made a significant‚ long standing impact for the angler catching it. In the beginning of the poem it states‚ “I caught a tremendous fish”. Knowing from personal experience
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I chose to read the poem “Chivalry” by Carol Muske-Dukes‚ and enjoyed reading it. The poem was pretty easy to read and used some good literary elements. The elements that make this poem stand out are the setting‚ tone‚ and the use of symbolism. I understood the poem the first time I read it‚ but I read it two more times to get a better understanding of some of the vocabulary. This poem is about a man that is holding his dead wife in his hands and then decides to set her body in a fire kind of
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In the poem‚ “The Tide Rises‚ the Tide Falls” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the poem “Thanatopsis” written by William Cullen Bryant‚ two different ways in which one may view may view death is established. In “The Tide Rises the Tide Falls” Longfellow’s diction‚ imagery and figurative language help to create a tone of eeriness. While in Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” he creates a more peaceful/calming tone. In Longfellow’s poem his use of imagery such as “The sea in the darkness” and
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Analysis of the poem‚ “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou’s poem‚ “Still I Rise” may contain different meanings depending on the reader who interprets it. It is a poem that talks about keeping one’s head up no matter how hard the situation they come from and not being affected by the problems on the side. Maya Angelou was part of a generation wherein the black race was still seen as “inferior”. During that time‚ the “truth” is usually kept hidden favoring the more superior groups of people. Hence‚ the
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