opening stanza of "The Brain- is wider than the Sky-"‚ Dickinson contrasts the human brain with the sky. In the first line Dickinson sets the tone of the poem and states‚ "The Brain - is wider thean the sky-". I usually view the wide sky as being almost limitless‚ but here Dickinson is saying that the brain is even beyond the limits of the sky. In the second line‚ "for- put them side by side-"‚ Dickinson asks the reader to compare the brain with the sky. In the third line of the first stanza‚ she says
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lines and message of Invictus. While some aspects of the poem may be understood denotatively‚ Henley primarily intended for the reader to take the poem connotatively‚ such as the first line of the poem “out of the night that covers me.” The first stanza mainly introduces Henley emotionally. The meaning of “night” in the first line is the representation of Henley’s emotional state and depressing obstacles he overcame individually. In the third line‚ he “thanks whatever gods may be” for his “unconquerable
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star)—the speaker feels that the skylark is always flying high above. Even if we do not see it‚ or even hear it‚ “we feel it is there.” The speaker admits to not knowing whether the bird is happy‚ however‚ or from where it receives its joy. He puts five stanzas in the middle of the poem in metaphors‚ comparing the skylark to other living objects in nature (poets‚ a maiden‚ worms‚ and roses)‚ which express love‚ pain‚ and sorrow. None of them‚ however‚ has the expressive ability of the singing bird. The poet
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The second stanza is a witness to the winds legacy. The magnitude of the winds power is illustrated with “the hills had new places”. The ultimate measure of the winds potency is that its changed the environment which we would normally imagine reassuringly permanent. The personification in the “wind wielded blade-light” makes the wind dangerous and randomly spiteful. I think the “ black and emerald‚ flexing like the lens of a mad eye” refers back to the sea metaphor in the first stanza. A stormy sky
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going to be late. The mood all through the poem is down beat and this poem also has a regular rhythm. The third line in stanza one is “Impatience frets at him” this shows that the man was so unsettled and was scared his girlfriend wasn’t going to show up. The first line of the second stanza tells us that the poet is referring back to his feelings in stanza one. In Stanza two on the first line the word “Perturbation” this means that an unhappy and worried mental state has happened. Then in the
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Country School - Allen Curnow By Abdulla Al-Muhannadi In this poem ‘Country School’‚ Curnow basks in reminiscence of his old school where he drifts away in recalling his childhood. As this poem reflects childhood reminiscence‚ the narrator seems to realise that things aren’t as dull and bad as they seemed before‚ along with the portrayal of the overall issue of ageing. However‚ the tone of the narrator seems to sway between enthusiastic and apathetic as there are many times when the tones seem
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the poem. It contains four movements in imitation of the four stanzas of "The Bells‚" as translated into Russian. Yes‚ the poem is musical. However‚ it is not true that it lacks substance‚ as the analysis on this page attempts to demonstrate. *Theme: Death ultimately triumphs over life (or‚ life is a journey toward death). The bells ring joyfully in youth. However‚ even as they ring‚ death lurks in the background. For example‚ in Stanza 1‚ the narrator hears the tinkling sleigh bells at night (Line
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from the perspective of the involved fictional characters. It is as if the reader is in the presence of these characters as they introduce themselves. They speak with confidence and defiance‚ describing their actions and self-ideals in a rhythmic stanza form. We are not presented with any specific character ethnicities or backgrounds‚ nor year or time‚ but we are provided a fictional setting of a place called The Golden Shovel. Containing only ten sentences‚ “We Real Cool” begins with
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interpreted by material possessions. At the beginning of the first stanza‚ the sentences have been made very short and simple‚ as if to demonstrate the thoughts of a new born child. The first voice that the baby hears when he is born is Bobby Dazzler‚ one of Australia’s first game shows. The very first thing that the baby hears is not the voice of his mother‚ nor the voice of his father‚ but the voice of materialism. This first stanza instantly creates the feeling of a home in the 1950s‚ where television
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the moment when they reflect themselves in first stanza‚ when we recognized it is time to rest their body and away from something that makes us tired in second stanza. And then‚ the third stanza talk about the final was ourselves‚ and no one around us. Usually‚ many people get afraid to go forward if they have done lots of works and no time for rest in the past. That’s why Pandora’s box is metaphor of the stressful circumstances of us. The first stanza narrates
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