The theme of this poem is based on its structure and symbolism. The poet is using this poem to show her feelings regarding the limited opportunities that were available for African American women in this society. The narrative four quatrain and one sestet stanza tells us the story of these two contrasting sisters. Maud follows society’s expectations of her and goes off to college‚ and Sadie follows only her own rules not allowing anyone to dictate her life. Neither woman experiences both mental and
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gives a soothing or softening sound. In line seven “glows world-wide welcome” it repeats the letter “w” to make that statement stand out. Personification is also used in line four “A mighty woman” gives the statue human characteristics. In the sestet‚ the Mother of Exiles speaks‚ “with silent lips”: “Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” The silent-lipped mother opens her arms to the world’s outcasts and lifts her light to guide their steps to their new
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Edna St. Vincent Millay’s "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed‚ and Where and Why" is an effective short poem‚ which feeds on the dissonance between the ideal of love and its reality‚ heartbreak. In William Shakespeare’s "Let Me Not to The Marriage of True Minds‚" the effectiveness is weakened by its idealiality and metaphysical stereotype. In contrast to Millay‚ Shakespeare paints a genuine portrait of what love should be but unfortunately never really is. This factor is what makes his poem difficult
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Figurative language: Use of words in ways they are not normally used in order to create a distinct‚ imaginative effect or impression. For example‚ in the expression “He sang at the top of his lungs‚” the suggested meaning of the words is understood—not their literal meaning. Hyperbole: A figure of speech that deliberately exaggerates a description about something or somebody to create a desired effect. Irony: A circumstance in which there is a contra¬diction or difference between what is intended
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turn can be seen as an attempt to show the readers the complexity of the situation on the streets of London‚ during this era of industrialisation. This is further explained by the two quatrains‚ which display a common view of the homeless‚ while the sestet provides a romantic and humble image of gratitude‚ evidenced by how the girl‚ “begg’d and came back satisfied‚” (“West London” 7) from the passing labour workers. The poem finishes with the image of the unfortunate girl that‚ “points us to a better
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poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four and five are oddly in that their number of lines which are five and nine. Beginning with the first line in the
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intellectual and dramatic of poetic forms and‚ when written well‚ is a masterpiece not only of poetic talent but intellectual talent as well. Like the majority of sonnets‚ Sonnet 129 has fourteen lines and is organized into an octave followed by a sestet; or more in depth‚ three quatrains followed by a heroic couplet. However‚ there is one thing about this poem that does not follow the traditional cookie cutter model of a Shakespearean Sonnet. The distinctiveness is that this particular sonnet does
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And sith repentance hath my wrongs bewrayed*‚[revealed] Whose course was ever contrary to kind*:[nature] False love‚ desire‚ and beauty frail‚ adieu. Dead is the root whence all these fancies grew. Measure *Vertical Measure –six lines (sestet) *Horizontal Measure –nine syllables (Nona syllabic) Rhythm *Iamb (foot with an unstressed syllable) Rhyme *Perfect Rhyme –Beast and Rest‚ Treason and Reason‚ Flowers and Showers‚ Vile and Guile‚ *Approximate Rhyme –Deceit and Bait‚ Defend
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Every poem has a unique tone‚ form‚ and style‚ and can be defined through its genre and content. Christopher Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is an innocent and romantic pastoral poem‚ while Sir Walter Raleigh’s The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd is more realistic and skeptical. The two poems are similar in many ways‚ including structure and meter‚ but they also have contrasting central themes. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love has several distinct characteristics. It can be primarily
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The younger Tichborne joined the conspiracy known as the Babington Plot‚ which aimed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I‚ and replace her with Mary‚ Queen of Scots. The plot was foiled‚ and Tichborne arrested and condemned. It is a made up of three sestet and decasyllabic lines with a rhyming schenme of a ’ababcc’ pattern. Tremmendous feelong is generated by the directness and the plainness of language. The poem is written entirely in monosyllabic words. The way it is written with a lot of control
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