The poem "Cross" by P.K.Page describes the sorrow of witnessing a stony couple who can barely remember why they are angry with each other after a week-long battle. They won’t discuss it or resolve it because "neither/can come to that undemanded act of love-/kiss the sleeping princess or sleep with the frog--/and break the spell which holds them each from the other." So the couple ends up like "two on a desert island‚ back to back‚" an emotional chasm dividing them which neither is willing to bridge
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Explication of Sonnet 147 Love is a disease. Desire is deadly. When one thinks about Shakespeare’s sonnets‚ the instinctual response is the thought of romance. For instance the adoring lines‚ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou are more lovely and more temperate” (Sonnet 18‚ 1-2)‚ are thought to be the most famous words from a Shakespearean sonnet. However‚ instead of describing love in a starry-eyed fashion‚ Shakespeare discusses the punitive characteristics of love in Sonnet 147. The persona
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miss Antonios and my fellow classmates. Today I am going to explain to you how I used at least one form of intertextuality in my poem called ‘chilling with the boys’. I used various language techniques to create my rap poem; this includes juxtapositioning‚ hyperbole and a simile. The first technique that I am going to explain that I used to create my distinctive rap poem is juxtapositioning. “Dad comes by my room‚ and thinks I’m studying‚ quickly go to my desk‚ and act like I’m doing homework
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A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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The Ecstasy : John Donne - Summary and Critical Analysis The poem "The Ecstasy" is one of John Donne’s most popular poems‚ which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure‚ spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne‚ true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul. The fusion of body
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Death‚ be not proud: Death‚ be not proud Death‚ be not proud ©2011 eNotes.com‚ Inc. or its Licensors. Please see copyright information at the end of this document. The Poem Holy Sonnet 10 (in a series of nineteen) gets its traditional title from the first four words of the poem‚ in which the poet issues a challenge to death that it should not boast of its conquests of people nor take pride in their fear of it. The poet depicts death as a force that is supposed to be “mighty and dreadful” because
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Owen Rupert Brooke Poem: Dulce Et Decorum Est The soldier Similarities: - Theme - Period Theme: - War Period: - During World War 1 Differences: - Point of view - Style - Tone - Structure - Choice of Words - Description/Literary Techniques - Pace - Message to public - Impact towards humanity Point of view: - Negative towards war - Thinks that war is horrible and cruel as throughout the poem Owen makes disgusting remarks and descriptions of the war - War is horrible as soldiers
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Sonnet 30 by Edmund Spenser figurative devices theme My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: simile comparing his love for her to fire‚ hers for him to ice How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire‚ But harder grows the more I her entreat? Rhetorical question relating to her increasing coldness towards him the more he desires her Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not
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to last for eternity? I believe it can‚ and this is the concept Elizabeth Barrett Browning questions in her poem ‘Sonnet 14’. The idea that to be human is to experience the paradox of love and war is also explored in this poem. Barrett Browning delves deeply into the love side of this statement‚ although it is clear the persona is also undergoing an internal battle. The octet in ‘Sonnet 14’ describes the qualities that will fade over time‚ such as her smile‚ her looks and her voice. Her beauty
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the tide rises‚ the tide falls. The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls Stamp and neigh‚ as the hostler calls; The day returns‚ but nevermore Returns the traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something
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