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    intensity‚ "Inferno" is a twenty-five line poem of increasing intensity just like a musical arrangement. In "Inferno‚" an anonymous teenage author uses metaphors‚ personification‚ and well-chosen diction that explores how an inspiration to achieve a goal is partnered with a strong motivation for succeeding. The author uses several metaphors throughout the poem that compare how a musical composure is a constantly building and developing work. As the poem depicts the progression of a musical work‚

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    Pass or Fail Poem

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    There are many perceptions on the poem Pass/Fail and what it really means. I However‚ see this poem relating in life in general. There are many quotes in this poem that remind me of the obsticals in life. The way people expect us to fail‚ and even we dont want to fail it will happen. I like this poem because it is very true and up to date. The tone of this poem mite be very discourging but in my eyes it is also very encourgeing. Some people also relate this poem to test anxiety ‚ I can also relate

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    Egg Horror Poem

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    To get the right feel of a poem or the overall theme‚ you must be able to understand what the poet is trying to reveal to you. Luckily I understood very well what the poet was trying to communicate when I read “egg horror poem”‚ by Laurel Winter. I believe that Winter wanted to make the reader feel as if they were one of the eggs‚ feeling all of the suspenseful emotions that come with being an egg‚ she does this by using imagery words‚ voice‚ and her ideas. This involves making me feel like I am

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    Suicide and Poem Courage

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    back as inspiration for her poems. Sexton was hospitalized‚ and attempted suicide in her life‚ so her idea of courage might be different than what others may see it. A baby’s first step‚ men fighting in war‚ dealing with abuse‚ and reaching old age are significant signs of courage. As she expresses her view on the subject‚ it is made clear that people do not need to be a “superhero” to be courageous. Anne Sexton varies the types of figurative language used in her poem Courage to show the numerous

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    The Walking Poem Summary

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    The pattern in “The Walking” is a closed form poem with an “aba” pattern then in the last stanza it has an “abaa” pattern This poem has end rhyme that uses the long “O” sound and “AIR” sound in an alternating pattern‚ demonstrated in‚ “We think by feeling. What is there to know / I hear my being dance from ear to ear” (4-5). In these lines the use of slant rhyme is also used in line five. This poem is in a nineteen-line villanelle‚ I concluded this because it has five three line stanzas and ends

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    Birdfoot's Grampa Poem

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    Contrasting Poems The 19th century poet and artist Khalil Gibran once said ‘’For life and death are one‚ even as the river and the sea are one.’’ The poems “Birdfoot’s Grampa” by Joseph Bruchac and ‘’Traveling Through the Dark’’ by William Stafford‚ both explore the dilemma of deciding life and death. While both these poems explore the same basic situation‚ a closer examination reveals differences in thematic interpretation through varied characterization and imagery. The theme of the two poems focuses

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    Mothers Day Poems

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    ------------------------------------------------- Short Mothers Day Poems for Cards Looking for short mothers day poems to write in a card? Tell your mom how much you love her with one of these cute happy mothers day poems. Your mom is special‚ so look through these poems for mothers day and find one that’s just right for her! ------------------------------------------------- Free Short Mothers Day Poems A Mother’s Love ~Anon Of all the special joys in life‚ The big ones and the

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    Love Poem with toast

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    AP Literature and composition Love Poem with Toast People live‚ and then people die. That’s the way it has and always will be. In Miller Williams poem “Love Poem With Toast” Williams exemplifies the struggle that humans have with time. ‘ Williams through the use of imagery reveals how humans live their lives always wanting something with a greater purpose. Williams starts the poem with “…the alarm to wake us up‚ the coffee to perc‚ and the car to start” with this he describes how people have

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    In the poem "The Clothespin" the persona in the poem describes looking through the window and seeing her neighbor. This shows that the relationship between the neighbor and the persona was not as intimate as opposed to the persona in the poem Your Hands. In the poem "Your Hands" the persona describes loving the hands that constantly held him/her for so many years without binding me. This creates the insinuation that the persona and the person that he/she was describing are very intimate and were

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    They Rock Poem Summary

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    Afterwards‚ the notion of “they rock” can be seen as the faster and unshaken movement of the whales because the faster they rock the more they can get the chance to reach the “depth of the seven seas easily which is a metaphoric usage.To illustrate the word “sensual” is important with its sudden intervention as the meaning might get changed because even though the whales are portrayed with the act of rocking‚ their sexual side is demonstrated.In that sense‚the narrator portrayed the whales with

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