The Send off Analysis: * Owen does not experiment with language and structure in this poem. * The poem is about the experience of men being moved from their training camp to the trenches in France. The men would have come from a variety of places in the country to the training camp‚ and the town would therefore have little connection to the men (hence there being a small turnout of support). The poem highlights this sense of anonymity and the very low-key way in which the men are transported
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William Shakespeare wrote one hundred fifty-four sonnets. A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry with fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme. (Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation.) .The topic of most sonnets written in Shakespeare ’s time is love–or a theme related to love. ........Poets usually wrote their sonnets as part of a series‚ with each sonnet a sequel to the previous one‚ although many
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“Out‚Out-“ and Bredon Hill are two very different poems which both deal with the theme of unexpected death. “Out‚Out-“‚ by Robert Frost‚ is the story of the death of a boy caused by a buzz-saw. The title‚ “Out‚Out-“‚ was taken by Frost from Shakespeare’s Macbeth – these words were used to express Macbeth’s grief at the death of his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ saying “out‚out brief candle”‚ which enforces the idea that a life has prematurely ended‚ which echoes the theme and narrative of the poem. However
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Aaron Pettit 10/16/14 English 4 The Middle Paragraphs In this poem Andrew Lang explains the cold truth about money and what it has meant for people in the 1800’s . He uses repetition to explain his ideas. Andrew Lang gathers in his mind that money can be good or evil. It depends on the use of the money not the context. In this poem most of the people will only do things for money and this is what Lang is really trying to emphasize about the main idea. The "Ballad of Worthy Wealth‚" is saying
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quatrains in an ABAB rhyme scheme (893 lines 1-14). He writes of America as an omniscient narrator‚ however‚ after each stanza‚ he parenthetically places his own thoughts about how the legend of America never was what it was supposed to be to him. By doing this‚ he manages to subtly insert his opinion at first‚ allowing the reader to form their own‚ thus far‚ anyway. Later in the poem‚ however‚ Hughes breaks away from the simple quatrain. He slowly abandons the rhyme scheme previously mentioned
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“Which Path Should You Take?” Paul Arden once said‚ “If you always make the right decision‚ the safe decision‚ the one most people make‚ you will be the same as everyone else.” The truth of this quote not only applies to everyday life‚ but also compliments the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In this particular poem‚ the speaker of the poem must make a decision when he/she is faced with one road that diverges into two separate paths. They can either choose the path that has been heavily
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"Without a Hand to Hold" Analysis and Interpretation of "The Preacher Ruminates: Behind the Sermon" Gwendolyn Brooks’ "The Preacher Ruminates: Behind the Sermon" gives an eerie look into a minister’s mind. Indeed the poem’s premise is made clear from the opening line: "It must be lonely to be God" (1). The poem proceeds to note that while God is a much-revered and respected figure‚ he has no equal. The preacher’s revelation provides the reader a unique perspective into religion. Brooks points out
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loneliness of the speaker‚ after his other half’s passing away. Nemerov attempts to take his readers on a grief-stricken journey‚ by strategically employing figurative language (mainly personification‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ and alliteration)‚ fractured rhyme schemes and turns in stanza breaks in the poem. The poem itself has many examples of personification all throughout the stanzas‚ suggesting that the speaker highly connects the vacuum to his wife and her demise‚ as well as to his ordeal after losing
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unloved all of her life. In keeping with the speaker?s revengeful tone‚ the diction Prunty uses is related to these ideas of the old woman?s cruelty‚ because such words connote the speaker?s strong opinion of how horrible and low the old lady is. Rhyme‚ imagery‚ and point of view produce this effect. In the second stanza‚ the speaker describes the old woman?s viciousness in detail: She drove a loaded V8 poweglide And would have run you flat as paint To make the light before it turned on her‚ Make
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road. Robert Frost mentions the two roads diverged in a wood twice in his poem. This repetition depicts the main theme in the poem; which is the choices in life. The poem also consists of a rhyme scheme. The first‚ third‚ and fourth lines rhyme. Also‚ the last word of the second and fifth lines of the poem rhyme. The word wood and travel are also repeated in the first and the last stanzas as well. The repetition gives the poem a smooth flow as well‚ since it keeps relating back to its main idea of
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