Margaret Atwood’s collection of poems‚ Morning in the Burned House‚ could just as easily have employed morning’s homonym—mourning—in the title. The overriding theme of loss and some of its sources and consequences—aging‚ grief‚ death‚ depression‚ and anger—permeate this collection and‚ in particular‚ Section IV which is a series of elegiac poems about Atwood’s father. The collection is divided into five sections. Section I opens with the poem “You Come Back.” This poem seems to look back on a life
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in a poem‚ speaker. The addresser is often different from the poet or author. The addressee is the receiver of a text‚ often the reader‚ but occasionally another implied receiver; for example‚ the addresser’s beloved in the case of a love poem. (See also Point of View.) Alliteration: Repetition of the initial letter (or sound) of successive words in a line of text; for example‚ “the snake slid stealthily across the sand.” If you spot alliteration in a text (it will almost always be a poem) justify
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him crazy at the same time. The troubadour poem that I have chosen to help prove this is the poem‚ "On true love are all my thoughts bent." This poem is in the troubadour style of canso‚ or "love song‚" as opposed to being a sirventes‚ or "political song." Like in minnesinger poems‚ many lines in this poem have rhymes‚ which means "the pattern of repeated sounds in a poem‚" that contribute to the flow and the romanticism of the poem. I believe that this poem expresses the idea that love is both a great
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so it would be more appealing to varied audiences. Hollywood changes the epic poem so much in the movie to draw people’s attention‚ make it a good versus evil kind of movie instead of flat like the poem and making it a more sexy/ emotional movie. In the epic poem and the movie there are quite a few similarities. One being the symbols‚ Grendel represents life’s ordinary obstacles‚ Grendel’s mom represents
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Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound Comment: I am surprised when I saw the “poem”. I didn’t know it’s allowed to only have two lines. But I think it is pretty though. Simplicity and brevity is always beautiful. I like how he used the word apparition. Given that he’s in a transport station‚ faces appear and disappear from your sight as they hurry around. I think it’s the perfect word to use. Fun fact: In the poem‚ Pound describes a moment in the underground metro station in Paris in 1912; Pound
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The poem‚ street gangs‚ emphasises to us that unpredictable nature of street gang members. The members of the gang lash out at anyone‚ even the innocent‚ if given the chance‚ evident through this poem. They use others as mere ’scape goats’ to their dysfunctional mentality and overgrown egos. The belief that they are “superior” in comparison to other individuals‚ which is their justification to their actions and why they believe they have the right to exploit others for their own gains. The moral
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Melissa Hoang 3Poetry#1 Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Alone” is the real reflection of how his life had been. The poem is about how Poe led a life much different from those of the same age around him; and how he could never fit in. It is a clear representation of his feelings of sorrow that he went through due to being the “odd one out” or a “misfit”. The first few lines of the poem emphasize on how he missed out on his childhood since he never really got a chance to live a normal life‚ “From childhood’s
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in his or her works. Natalie Czech’s “A Poem by Repetition by Allen Ginsberg” combines two powerful pieces of art‚ poetry and photography to create one cohesive piece of art. The art is inspired by writings documented in Ginsberg’s personal journal; not originally being a poet‚ Ginsberg later had his journal turned into a poem. Czech later discovered the poems and altered the ending to a broader form of self-appreciation‚ changing the last line of the poem from “anybody‚” to “anything.”
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nature’s beauty. As you read a poem by Robert Frost‚ what seems to stand out the most? Is it his ability to paint a mental picture in your mind that can shift and change? Generally‚ his writing includes nature that shows reality and how it represents life and human experience. However‚ because the deeper meanings of his poems are usually overlooked‚ many people use words such as loneliness‚ anguish and frustration to describe some of Frost’s famous poems. In the poem "Come In‚" Frost tells about the
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something relatable‚ which we view as pure and free‚ and contaminates it with the foul effects of war in order to provide us some basis of beginning to understand the conditions of war. Whilst Owen makes clear that no person can truly appreciate the futility of war unless they experienced it first hand‚ he attempts to put a twist on things that are relatable‚ to evoke as much understanding as possible. Another re occurring element to Owens descriptions of war is the inescapable feeling‚ that caused soldiers
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