poems structure is ten and five line stanzas. The first stanza begins with two short sentences to establish and emphasise the feeling‚ sadness and
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is divided into eight stanzas with each stanza containing four lines (quatrain). Each stanza has an identical rhyme scheme (abcb). The poem is written mostly in iambic tetrameter‚ though some of the feet actually transition from an iamb to a trochee and back. For example‚ the second line of the third stanza is a trochee when the daughter says‚ “Other children will go with me‚” obviously referring to the Freedom March. The poem is written in the third person. The first stanza is spoken by an innocent
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feelings‚ identified as the author’s. The lyrical poem includes three main subjects: setting‚ serving as a correlative to these feelings‚ Swans as the trigger‚ and the poet himself. Written in loosened iambic pentameter and consisting of five six-line stanzas rhymed ‘abcbdd’‚ the poem’s reflective and melancholic mood reflect the time of the poems first appearance. During the year of 1916‚ Yeats’ spirits were low and embedded in this poem are the emotions he has towards the rejection‚ failure‚ and loneliness
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would think that the mother would be the one to go march to free her people not the child (123helpme). In the first stanza the speaker is allowing the reader to make a specific picture of the march in Birmingham (mannmuseum). This stanza consists of dialogue between the mother and daughter. The daughter expresses her wishes to march the streets of Birmingham in a freedom march. In stanza two her mother said no‚ “for the dogs are fierce and wild” (6) this line uses imagery to make a mental picture of
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How do the Poets McCrae‚ Kirkup and Owen Present their Opinion of War? Through the poems "No More Hiroshima’s" and "Mental Cases‚" the poets convey their views on the impact of war‚ and the devastation it can cause; Owen’s powerful account of the effect of war on the soldiers‚ and Kirkup’s poignant description of the destruction of Hiroshima‚ is in stark contrast to McCrae’s patriotic language and use of euphemism in the poem "In Flanders Fields. Written from personal experience of war with Owen
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first stanza‚ the speaker says wistfully that there was a time when all of nature seemed dreamlike to him‚ “apparelled in celestial light‚” and that that time is past; “the things I have seen I can see no more.” In the second stanza‚ he says that he still sees the rainbow‚ and that the rose is still lovely; the moon looks around the sky with delight‚ and starlight and sunshine are each beautiful. Nonetheless the speaker feels that a glory has passed away from the earth. In the third stanza‚ the speaker
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everything else. To begin‚ the structure of this poem is entirely about the narrator attempting to convince themself of the idea that loss has no importance; then coming to the conclusion that losing one’s love is of utmost importance. In the second stanza the narrator of this poem reminds themselves that to “Lose something every day. [One must] Accept the fluster” (line 4). In this quote‚ they are reminding themselves that losing things is common and inevitable. In the same light‚ this person is feverously
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Not a Noun‚" I had different reactions. In the first stanza‚ the author explains that the word‚ "Mexican‚" is not a "noun" or "adjective." I believe this is a statement used to shock the reader. I mentally trying to see why it was characterized as either. It made me want to continue to read to understand his explanation of the word and the meaning of the poem. In the second stanza the poet attempts to tell what his idea of Mexican. This stanza has short statements that describe how the Mexican person
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past as not “fresh‚” but “sad” and strange. As such‚ it resembles the song of the birds on early summer mornings as it sounds to a dead person‚ who lies watching the “glimmering square” of sunlight as it appears through a square window. In the final stanza‚ the speaker declares the past to be dear‚ sweet‚ deep‚ and wild. It is as dear as the memory of the kisses of one who is now dead‚ and it is as sweet as those kisses that we imagine ourselves bestowing on lovers who actually have loyalties to others
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In this poem‚ a more realistic‚ dismal attitude towards going off to war is taken. With elevated language and the haphazard rhyme scheme within the short stanzas‚ the poem nearly possesses a standard format‚ however the deviations match the message of a sort of reluctance to going off to war‚ and the war as a concept. The first short stanza opens with a hard “d” sound of “down” almost immediately setting a dark atmosphere‚ and sets the scene for going off to war. With the description of “darkening
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