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    How does Emily Dickinson present states of mind in ‘I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain’ and two other poems? Emily Dickinson presents the state of mind in various ways‚ to portray inner turmoil for her lack of understanding‚ and of confusion towards her psychological state‚ in ‘I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain’‚ ‘It was not Death‚ for I stood up’ and ‘One need not be a Chamber- to be haunted’. All poems present the speakers state of mind to the same effect; a descent into insanity with seemingly no hope

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    approached it in an unconventional way. “[i carry your heart with me(i carry]” is a fourteen line sonnet. However‚ unlike Shakespeare‚ Cummings does not use a three quatrain-couplet form. Additionally‚ he does not use a rhyme scheme in the first stanza‚ but switches to a slight abab rhyme scheme for the next two stanzas. Rather‚ the poet used a free verse sonnet to emphasize this everlasting love he has. About a decade earlier‚ Cummings wrote the poem “[anyone lived in a pretty how town]”. This poem features

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    Poetry Analysis: The Eagle ANALYSIS 1. Title: This poem has a short‚ simple title‚ The Eagle. This title lets us know exactly what the subject of the poem is about. The thought of an Eagle brings the ideals‚ majestic‚ graceful and powerful to mind. The eagle is literal‚ but can also be representative of something or someone else. 2. Tone: The speaker is observing the Eagle from afar. His/Her tone is that of astonishment‚ and awe at the magnificent beauty of the creature 3. Theme: This

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    Introduction to Poetry Appreciation. TAQ 2: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is based upon Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara’s marriage to Lucrezia de’ Medici and her death at his hands. Although it has never been proven that the Duke orchestrated her death‚ she did die suspiciously at the young age of seventeen after only a year of being married to the Duke. At first glance the reader only sees this story but upon reading the poem in more depth and looking at what the form and language devices tell

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    with the expectations of Victorian society. Note that the tone changes as the poem progresses - regret‚ accusation‚ bitterness‚ triumph. The rhyme scheme always connects the B (2nd line) of each couplet. E.g Stanza one – AB/CB/DB/DB. Sometimes the first line of the couplet is rhymed. The rhyme emphasises the last world to aid meaning. The regular rhyme could also suggest that narrator has not only been dominated by the Lord (because men and in particular men of a higher social standing) but

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    Door‚” one notices the presence of four stanzas‚ with the first three being quatrains and the last stanza being a couplet. It is written in iambic pentameter. As the poem is fourteen lines long and has such a metrical scheme‚ one can assume that the poem is a sonnet. The rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG‚ which suggests that the sonnet is English. As for punctuation‚ the second line in each of the first three stanzas end with an exclamation mark and are in quotation marks. Similarly‚ the fourth line

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    expresses a hatred for the Catholic Bourgeoisie.[2] Yeats’ new use of unpleasant adjectives such as ’greasy’ is very much indicative of the tone‚ as he expresses that religion and the middle class is crafty and sly. Moreover‚ the use of the strong ABAB rhyme scheme maintains a spiteful and accusatory tone. The poem focuses on manifesting Yeats’ new stance of belief exploring his new political mind and celebrating those‚ whom he believes worth of praise. Notably‚ in all four of the refrains‚ Yeats mentions

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    baby to convey his thoughts and emotions on the current state of the world. Macneice wishes to emphasize how harsh and ruthless the world is‚ and how it can strip away a young unborn baby of its innocence. By cleverly combining uses of structure‚ rhyme scheme and rhetorical techniques Macneice effectively conveys the pain and suffering which occurs in society today. The poem is set out like an appeal‚ a cry for help. The title itself‚ using the word "prayer" shows that the baby is trying to get help

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    Hardy wrote ‘During Wind and Rain’ after the death of his first wife‚ Emma. Here‚ the poem provides various scenes that portray various seasonal activities done by possibly Emma and her family that spread over a number of years. However‚ the poem does contain examples of reversal; each stanza consisting of joyful images for the first five lines and the last two lines end with images relating to death that serves as a reminder that time will inevitably rob even our most cherished memories. The

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    In the opening stanza‚ Longfellow begins by saying “Tell me not in mournful numbers/Life is but an empty dream.” With these lines Longfellow establishes that he does not want to hear from those who feel that life is only time spent on earth and that there is nothing after one dies. Longfellow indicates that things may not be as they seem. In the second stanza‚ Longfellow exclaims that life is real and earnest‚ but the grave is not its goal. Dust to dust did not refer to the soul just the physical

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