environment are portrayed with the use of personification and apostrophe to instil a sense of life in the landscape. This is displayed throughout the poem‚ where observations of Australian landscapes are seen from the position of the train. In the first stanza‚ the personification “out of the confused hammering dark of the train” highlights her difficulty of staying awake‚ proving that the majority of the poem is a dream. The simile “...like poetry moved‚ articulate and sharp” gives a sense of rhythm
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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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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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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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special. When finishing the first stanza‚ I thought to myself‚ "Who is this man and why are they so star-strucked by him?" After reading it again‚ I found that maybe the "people on the pavement" worked for a low salary and rarely saw anybody that looked‚ dressed‚ and conducted themselves in a pleasing manner. The bystanders are probably questioning what a man with such taste and an aristocrat would be doing in that part of town. <br> <br>When I read the second stanza‚ I could hear his deep smooth voice
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is an ode‚ a lyric poem characterized by lofty words‚ elaborate style‚ and expressive emotion. The poet achieves this style with use of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and a personification of the urn. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” keeps to the standard stanza structure of an ode‚ but the rhyme-scheme varies in each stanza’s last three lines. Each line has 10 syllables and consists of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables. This type of meter is called iambic pentameter and lends to the songlike
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Henry Ford‚ the automobile magnate‚ once stated that the "world was built to develop character‚ and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward" (Daily Quotations Network). Man has always struggled with uncontrollable aspects of his environment‚ but his ability to overcome these seemingly indomitable obstacles has earned recognition from numerous classical writers and poets‚ including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "One of the real American Poets of yesterday"
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to. For this poem‚ I decided to use tercets (and couplets‚ in a way) to give the poem a quirky meter which made it more fun and entertaining to read. The first two lines of every stanza were focused on external observations‚ and the last line of every stanza was an italicized‚ internal thought from the narrator. The stanzas were written in this fashion such so that the poem could be read multiple ways and be just as funny and entertaining however it is read. For example‚ if the reader wanted to skip
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