Hobsbaum’s design of structure‚ punctuation and rhyme establish the furniture’s’ personified being. The poem is divided into nine stanzas‚ each consist of four lines enclosed by quotation marks to show a different speaker in each stanza. In the first‚ eighth‚ and ninth stanza the second and fourth lines rhyme‚ and these stanzas are spoken by the gods as a group. In stanzas two to seven‚ they speak as individuals‚ the first and third lines rhyme as well as the second and fourth. This personification
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the Paper” consists of four stanzas that harshly mock the cold and unfriendliness present of politics and conflict. In my opinion this poem is about war‚ revealing the speakers disgust for political leaders overall. The poet makes audience feel as though the hand that signed the paper is worthless or despicable. These overpowering figures with in the poem seem to be important and arrogant for putting themselves in a powerful‚ life or death situation. The first stanza is notifying the audience that
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“It’s the Journey‚ not the destination” Essay relating to “The Road Not Taken” “It’s the Journey‚ not the destination”‚ we have all heard this saying many times. Though not many people recognize how true this statement is. It is very common to imagine the “end” of the journeys we go on‚ no matter how important or insignificant they may be. But what does not come to mind‚ is that the journey is the most important part of the destination‚ as the experiences and lessons one takes away from the pathway
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adds to the theme of power and perfect balance in the hawk. The punctuation is equally tight‚ with many sentences contained within the line‚ which gives an abrupt‚ sharp‚ controlled feel. However‚ there is some enjambment‚ which breaks free of the stanza to run across the line break‚ as if the hawk can disregard the rules‚ creating a flowing effect as he lists his powers. “I sit on the top of the wood‚ my eyes closed.” – this is the first line of the poem. The first word in the poem is a sign that
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Josh Mclawhorn Eng 232 Professor Etheridge 9/24/2012 Emily Dickinson’s “The Snake” “The snake” by Emily Dickinson is a 24 line poem describing an encounter with a snake in the grass. The six stanzas of the poem flow together in an ABCB rhyme scheme yet are not formalized into any specific meter. “The Snake” says that Dickinson shares a friendly and appreciative connection with a snake because it is being of nature‚ just as she is a being of nature; but even while she appreciates this creature‚
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a recurring point throughout the poem‚ one which I will look at in more detail later. Another theme in this poem is‚ of course‚ sadness. This is most effective when Tennyson is talking about the happy things he can see at the seaside in the second stanza‚ for example ‘O well for the sailor lad‚ That he sings in his boat on the bay!’. The effect is created that although these cheerful things are going on‚ they have no effect on Tennyson‚ and that he cannot appreciate them because all he can think of
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crescendos each stanza to create a firm foundation for the dramatic conclusion‚ and incorporates expressive words throughout the poem to illuminate the last stanza’s attitude shift from that of carelessness to seriousness. The villanelle form is a type of love poem and Elizabeth Bishop’s use of this is appropriate for her poem about lost love. The first five tercets (three lined stanzas) begin by speaking of small objects (keys) then grow to large items (continents). The final stanza is a quatrain
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compliment the religious content of this morally ambitious poem. The poem’s rhythm and flow seem to capture the same sensation of a church sermon. The diction used by Hopkins seems to indicate a condescending attitude towards society. The first stanza states that we are "charged with the grandeur of God"‚ or the direct quality of God’s being. This statement begins to express the overall feel or idea of a lecture by stating that society will be held accountable for its actions. Hopkins exhibits
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to think perspicuously. One thing that stood out in Charles Simic’s “Butcher Shop” was his usage of similes‚ imagery‚ and shift of pronouns. Stanzas one and three exemplify the general theme of darkness‚ while stanza two creates a gruesome image; finally‚ the last stanza alters in the usage of pronouns. Written in free verse form‚ his four‚ four line stanzas are introduced by an average‚ simple title which hold explicative meanings throughout the poem. It is exemplified in lines three and four that
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The poets (and scholars based on my research) who I will discuss in this essay have chosen to re-examine and transform the traditionthe scholars by studying the texts again in their original languages and contexts‚ and the creative writers by re-imagining the lives of women in the Bibleto discover the "creative power‚ dignity‚ and goodness" of women in their texts. Their work on the character of Eve‚ the archetypal woman in Western thought‚ as she appears in the Genesis accounts of creation and
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