Julia Alvarez‚ the chosen form is a villanelle. This form is very restrictive and repetitive‚ often used to express some sort of obsessiveness. Alvarez slightly modifies the traditional structure of the villanelle repetition and rhyme scheme by using a lot of feminine rhymes and repeating lines in spirit but not necessarily in law. In much the same way‚ the rigid repetitiveness of housework done by the author’s mother is the focus of the poem. Alvarez resists at first‚ but finally accepts the value
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Look‚ stranger‚ at this island now by W.H. Auden This poem us a "musical" exercise in which the poet reveals his technical skill by using sound techniques and figurative language to reinforce his description of a scene. It is one of Auden’s few poems of natural description‚ perhaps of the coast in the West Country of England. The first stanza requires the stranger - someone unfamiliar with the island of kingdom of Britain but perhaps acquainted with the stereotype of it as a dull and gloomy place
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nThe Interrogation – Edwin Muir Edwin Muir’s poem‚ ‘The Interrogation’ is about emigrants who are attempting to cross a border illicitly‚ even though they aren’t lawfully permitted to do so. The interrogation taking place is actually the intense questioning to the emigrants by the law enforcers at the border. The poem sheds light on the idea that there are different ways people deal with situations they are in; also‚ at the deepest level‚ Muir presents the dichotomy of whether morality would be
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It’s the Style That Counts Among the vast variety of poems that exist‚ only a few stand out. The same is true about poets‚ in that readers may sometimes identify a poem to its poet. The measure of a poet’s consistency in his poems is measured by how easily identifiable his or her poems are to the reader. An effective poet will develop a unique style and slowly build upon that. In history many poets have placed their mark and enveloped a unique style of their own. A poet’s style involves not only
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Andrew Fariello Professor Didner ENC1102 MW 3:30-5:15 "A Soldier" by Robert Frost "A Soldier" by Robert Frost Robert Frost’s "A Soldier" attracted my interest to some degree. As a United States military veteran of a foreign war‚ I significantly related to the message that Robert Frost was sending. From my own personal experiences that I have endured while fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom conflict in Iraq‚ Robert Frost’s words exploded imagery into my mind breaking open another dimension
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death could suggest that his love for her may have died‚ there is also a sense that a lot of time has passed which makes Yeats seem as if he is being reflective. The poem starts off with quite a set rhyme scheme which gives a sense of rhetoric‚ it’s like he is delivering a speech. The rhyme scheme changes in the third stanza which links to the idea of her not being powerful anymore. There is an irregular stanza length like there is for most of Yeats poems which could suggest a chopping and changing
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“Why so pale and wan‚ fond lover?” by Sir John suckling Love is a very highly appealing topic to anyone. It’s one of those abstract feelings where a bittersweet happiness is created. But when love s not returned it causes inexplicable pain and sorrow. In Sir John suckling’s poem‚ “Why so pale and wan‚ fond lover?” he explores this popular topic. But he does it in such a way with the use of a lyrical form‚ that it peeks the interest of its readers. The poem contains very subjective matter. These
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What is Poetry? One may try and seek a definition for poetry‚ but there is no correct answer. In fact‚ each person will have his own version for the definition of poetry. But that is the beauty of poetry‚ the same poem will have a unique meaning for each individual that reads it. The most fitting description for poetry comes from the character Pablo Neruda in Michael Radford’s 1994 film Il Postino: The Postman‚ “When you explain poetry it becomes banal. Better than any explanation is the experience
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poem start with “my week has been a blast into the past a fast drive past”‚ in the actual poem structure‚ this sentence is divided into three lines but without punchuations. The internal rhyme of “ast” sound creates a hurried tone‚ indicated the persona have a strong desire of going back to home. The effect of rhyme also mirrors the panic of the persona of losing self-identity‚ he is living without soul and have a sense of unbelongness without living in Melbourne. This quote has revealed the loyalty
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to do because of his race. The sound devices in this poem is end rhyme he uses words like "name" and came" and put them at the end of every two sentences another example is "bear" and "there" A little symbolism is used by using the words cross on his back saying that their making him do something he doesn’t want to do. The name of the writer is Countee Cullen . What I like about this poem is how he uses his end rhymes in his
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