Dark Cloud The pervasive tone of Wordsworth’s poem is that of a dark cloud. A dark cloud emotionally‚ is one that hangs over your life. His dark cloud is a painful awareness of appending mortality. It over shadowing him throughout his life sometimes moving closer and other times farther away. The cloud isn’t there all the time in the same way. He describes periods of being free from it. His descriptions of nature‚ the earth‚ the heavens‚ all of the life of the Earth‚ are so vivid that they convey
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affair. This abruptness is supported by the following line because the phrase “a slap in the face” can be used to imply the element of surprise. The lake in Mirror ‘has drowned a young girl and replaced her with a middle-aged woman. Throughout the poem the mirror/lake appears as quite a sadistic character who takes delight in the girl’s sadness. This text informs us that her youth is passing and age is gaining on her; the word ‘young’ puts particular emphasis on this fact. The drowning could suggest
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“After Auschwitz” is a poem by Anne Sexton; the poem is about an individual that is in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two. Auschwitz concentration camp was known as a death-camp‚ a camp that was made for the extermination of the Jewish peoples. Since death was a normal occurrence there‚ the speaker expresses the anger and despairs he or she feels towards humanity as a result of all the death that is taking place in the camp. In the beginning of the poem the speaker says‚ “Each
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Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself
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And that is the end of the poem”‚ said Professor Wright. “Any thoughts from anyone?”‚ he asked. Hedy raised her hand. I was surprised. Hedy rarely talked. “Professor Wright Sir‚ when can I see my husband? He gave me joy and happiness in life. We were married for fifty-one years before he passed away. Please Sir‚ I just want to see him again”. Professor Wright did not give Hedy the answer as to when she would again see her husband. He‚ instead‚ said that she was on the right path. I figured
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patches of two or more colors‚ as various birds and other animals:The poem’s first phrase grabs the reader with a familiar religious line‚ "Glory be to God." This sets the tone for the rest of the poem by praising all of the images Hopkins will present in "Pied Beauty."Another central focus of the poem introduced in the first line is diversity‚ specifically to sensory details that appeal to one’s sight‚ by using the word "dappled‚" which is defined as......having spots of a different shade‚ tone
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(woo! )And I know your taste isA little bit (mmm) high maintenance (ooh)Everybody else basicYou live life on an everyday basisWith poetic justice‚ poetic justiceIf I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room‚ would you trust it?I mean I write poems in these songs dedicated to youWhen you’re in the mood for empathy‚ there’s blood in my penBetter yet where your friends and them?I really wanna know you allI really
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B. Book Critique Criteria # 4 Poems for young children should tell simple stories and introduce stirring scenes of action. The poem itself is fairly long‚ however on each page the text is fairly simple and easy to read. The story has made-up vocabulary such as‚ moose-moss and Lake Winna Bango‚ but this does not distract from the central message. The story begins “Up at Lake Winna-Bango..the far northern shore…”‚ and it does not leave there until the end of the story. The true action of the
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Michelle Wong 12 October 2015 AP Literature Ms. Taylor The Century Quilt Response The poem The Century Quilt by Marilyn Nelson Waniek serves as a nostalgic reflection of the history of a cherished quilt‚ which connects the speaker’s life to her diverse heritage. Wainek’s use of enjambment‚ personification‚ and colorful imagery develops a speaker and a character that demonstrates affection for the quilt’s qualities and reveals a more complex underlying message about the quilt’s impact on how the
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but to think what happened? What happened to all their hopes? All their dreams? Burned? Rotten? Growing in a new sapling? Flowing down a red river? No. Forgotten. In this poem‚ I was trying to convey themes of life being too precious for war to ruin and how easy it is to overlook all the victims of war. Not only does my poem have two lives that are taken by the war‚ it also speaks of how war affects other types of like such as trees‚ forests‚ and life in water. This connects back to the book in
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