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    Poems Essay

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    Beauty Poems‚ like stories and novels‚ often have themes and ideas that are expressed. In the two poems I read‚ de los Santos’ “Perfect Dress” and Hoagland’s “Beauty”‚ it is apparent that great thought was put into themes of beauty and into the ideas and opinions behind it. Through analyzation of these two poems I will collectively share the opinions and uncover perhaps previously unrealized perspectives that perhaps is not originally apparent In “Perfect Dress” the tone is immediately set with

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    Compare how poets present the effects of war in ‘Mametz Wood’ (page 36) and in one other poem from Conflict. In Mametz Wood‚ by Owen Sheers and Futility‚ by Wilfred Owen‚ their separate perspectives of conflict and war are shown throughout‚ with the use of imagery‚ and personification to show the poets’ changes in emotion. Owen Sheers wrote his poem in the perspective of what happened in the past‚ with the poem being influenced by Sheers seeing a picture of a mass grave‚ provoking gruesome images

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    The Ball Poem

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    “The Ball Poem” John Berryman‚ experienced a loss. He writes about the pain associated with that loss and the memories that were connected. John Berryman expresses Symbolism‚ Imagery‚ and Metaphors throughout his poem by telling his story as a child‚ and the significance behind what could be the grief of losing his father. ​Berryman writes in his poem about depression and sadness. He uses the little boy and the ball to compare to a situation that most of us readers have experienced. The poem isn’t given

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    Don’t judge others because people and things may not be what they seem. This is the common theme of Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech and “The Guest” retold by Uma Krishnaswami. The theme in both stories was developed through the characterization. Walk Two Moons teaches the lesson of don’t judge others because people and things may not be what they seem through her thoughts. In the novel sal states “I started wondering if the birds of sadness nested in her hair.” This shows Sal is starting to understand

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    Poem Analysis

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    relationships. Robert Browining‚ a great Victorian poet‚ wrote two pre-1940 poems‚ ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Prophyrias lover’‚ they are both examples of domineering me or individuals who end up killing their former lovers. The main theme which the poems are centred around is madness. ‘The Ballad’ on the other hand has an unknown poet‚ this could be as a result of it being passed down from one generation to another. All the three poems deal with the distorted image and status of women‚ and how this had an

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    Poem at 39

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    Poem at 39 and Piano Poem at 39 is about a woman describing the relationship with her father. She first talks about how she misses him but the poet portrays a subtle sense of dislike and resentment. She says he was tired when she was born ‘How I miss my father I wish he had not been so tired when I was born. This makes her feel like she is not wanted as she has so many other siblings. A child that age would feel very bad if her father did not give it their love and attention and as they get older

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    Questions on Poems

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    describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of the poem? (Think about the lover’s frame of mind?) An Investigation into Porphyria’s Murder Remember: • This poem is a dramatic monologue. •

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    Imagery in Poems

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    Jordan Friedman Mrs. Kashmer English Period: 4 5-29-13 Writing to Compare Literary Works The following poems set a great example of imagery. The poet’s use of imagery adds to the meaning of each poem. Imagery describes a poem’s true meaning with the five senses. The images of blackberries help me understand the poet’s ideas within the words because of its vivid details. The visual images in line two have a clear picture of blackberry bushes filled with berries. Each adjective is like berry after

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    Comparison poem

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    Glonmore” and “A Vision” Both poems were written during the same period‚ during the twentieth century. Simon Hermitage presents a vision as a contrast between with a real life‚ a polluted world and a dream of an unrealistic giving a vision to the readers of a perfect world which cannot be realistic. In the same similarities‚ “The Blackbird of Glanmore”‚ Seamus Heany wants to share with us hiss sadness after his brother’ s death . Although Armitage’s line to introduce his poem‚ he uses oxymoron “The future

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    Poem Reflection

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    Poem Reflection Poems‚ they are interesting‚ attractive and most of the people enjoy them too. We had a poem contest in our school between grades. So‚ our contest between grades 8 went well and I had fun doing it. Something’s went well and something’s didn’t go that well‚ but overall it was a fun thing to do. I learned a lot of things by this poem competition. My role was to make posters. In the beginning I really liked my role because it was something I wanted to do and something that I was interesting

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