from one line to another reflects the way in which an onions layers overlap and are peeled continuously. Furthermore‚ the poem is written in a normal meter‚ with no regular rhyme scheme or stanzas. This gives the poem a naturalistic quality‚ much like a lover’s speech naturally addressed to the other lover. This lack of rhyme also reflects the unpredictable‚ irregular nature of love‚ which is reinforced by the statement “I am trying to be truthful.” This line also acts as a Duffy’s self-justification;
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time when her own mother did the same to her hair. Then her mother combs her grandmother’s hair from a comb made of bone. This symbolizes the tradition of braiding hair for each generation. “The Road Not Taken” is a four-stanza poem with the rhyme scheme ABAAB. The poet describes a path separating into two in the woods. He observes each path and knows he must make a decision. He takes the road that looked grassy and unused although they were both used about the same. He tells himself he could
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mainly set in the past‚ and as it is a dramatic monologue of the narrators thoughts‚ there is a disturbing sense as it could be interpreted as the narrator reliving the situation in his mind‚ which could be a suggestion for the peculiar rhyme scheme: ABABB. The extra rhyme at the end could suggest the narrator repeating thoughts in his head‚ therefore showing his disturbing train of thought. As the poem is chronological and is set in the past‚ it starts off fairly stereotypical of the narrator describing
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WIRES Wires by Philip Larkin is an analogy of a society trapped by rules and limits and a demonstration that fear prevents humankind from following their desires. Larkin writes this poem in 1950 with the idea of showing his point of view of the world. In the poem the cattles are trapped by the wires imposed‚ preventing them from ever reaching their search for purer water. He shows that the world offers no hope nor mercy whatsoever in their trial for escape. What the poet is actually trying
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using “you” and “woman” the persona directly addresses the poem to one specific person‚ introducing the theme of loss; as it seems that he is talking to this woman he knew he uses colloquial and intimate language. The poem has a regular alternate rhyme‚ which in stanza one emphasizes the word “me”‚ showing to the reader that Hardy is talking about his own feelings. The second stanza begins with the rhetorical question “Can it be you that I hear”. Perhaps he hopes that she is trying to communicate
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attitude‚ coupled with matching descriptions‚ which is a drastic change to the earlier patriotic jingoistic poems about the war. In this poem‚ a more realistic‚ dismal attitude towards going off to war is taken. With elevated language and the haphazard rhyme scheme within the short stanzas‚ the poem nearly possesses a standard format‚ however the deviations match the message of a sort of reluctance to going off to war‚ and the war as a concept. The first short stanza opens with a hard “d” sound of “down”
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Wilfred Owen’s Exposure : Brains aching‚ dying‚ eyes becoming ice‚ all this sounds like a nightmare. In Wilfred Owen’s "Exposure‚" the speaker talks about the nightmares of not war but the cruelty of nature. In Exposure‚ Owen describes the fury of nature and how soldiers in the war die not only because of war. Exposure to the severe cold is killing everyone. The speaker starts off by saying‚ "Our brains ache." The negative nature of this statement gives one a clue as to the negative themes in
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Assonance Just feel anger‚ feel pain Exact Rhyme Feel the sun and the rain Just feel something Repetition Oh‚ feel something Hear him scream your name I would like to introduce Mr. Sensitive The one who never let the worst get the best of him They throw the stones and bricks and bones Exact Rhyme “He didn’t stand a chance”‚ they said Come little boy the world is so But ignorance is bliss
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uniqueness if she used urban settings to describe nightfall. Unfortunately‚ the only thing that would have to be changed entirely would be the poem itself. This would be difficult to do since it rhymes already. You cant just change some rural words to urban words within the poem because then it wouldnt rhyme. That would be the only difficulty but I think it would sound cool‚ even if you had to change the poem itself‚ to praise evening using details from an urban setting. It would maybe give an edge
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the children are playing‚ one gets bit by a mosquito and has a conversation with it. The tone of the poem is youthful and humorous due to the situation presented. The form of the poem is the second and fourth line of the stanza rhyme‚ this is sometimes known as an ABCB rhyme scheme. Sound is important in the poem because it shows the actions of the kids as the bug bites them. This mosquito poem seems to have a southern American vernacular‚ we believe this because of the peculiar choice of words such
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