Jennifer must find her own way to deal with her unhappy submissive life‚ by sewing extravagant and observable tigers. She does this to portray what she wishes her life could be‚ which is the ability to live without fear and with freedom. In the first stanza the speaker opens the poem up with imagery that represent tigers literally prancing with freedom‚ the one thing Aunt Jennifer wishes she could have. “ Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen/ Bright topaz denizens of a world of green (1-2)
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circular time‚ will keep revolving‚ her own journey is destined to come to an abrupt‚ irreversible halt. It is here that the speaker realizes the significance of time‚ however she does not seem to view her demise as funereal. Dictional elements in stanza five hint at unpreparedness for death. She realises what time of day it is and experiences a chill because she is not warmly dressed‚ as she is adorned in a “sheer tippet” and “gown”. With the coming of evening‚ a coolness had fallen for which the
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Brooklyn Cop – Analysis and Evaluation Worksheet Stanza One 1. Look at lines 1 – 4. Do you think that this is a stereotypical image of a policeman? Choose two quotes‚ and explain why they make you feel this way. (3) Stereotypical – “built like a gorilla” = he is big and strong / “..but less timid” = brave Non-stereotypical – “two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble” = he is looking for trouble (1 mark for each quote and linked opinion) 2. Quote the line that shows that the divide
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first Stanza‚ the poem starts by telling his father‚ on his death bed‚ to fight for his life‚ or “Do not go gentle into that good night”. One should only die old‚ once their life is over‚ so fight the best you can against the “dying of the light”‚ meaning the will to live. In the second Stanza‚ he is making a statement saying wise men “do not go gentle”. Wise men know they must die natural growing old‚ because everyone takes them for granted‚ making their words useless. In the third Stanza‚ he
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situations. The structure of the poem is separated into four stanzas each one being an octet. Punctuation suggests that every two lines can be read as one‚ the metre of the poem is iambic pentameter‚ each line having 5 iambs and 10 syllables when two lines are read as one. The rhyming pattern in stanza one‚ two and four is ababcdcd but stanza three is ababacac. The poem mainly has a regular rhyming scheme but the ‘flow’ is disrupted in stanzas one and four lines five and six‚ I am not sure if this was
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imagery in the audience’s mind as it emphasizes the lack of movement in the first stanza. The use of enjambment further reinforces the sense of motionlessness of these animals. The tigers and lions‚ animals that are thought of as fierce and ferocious‚ as described here as sleeping and fatigued in order to create contrast with the jaguar‚ so that its brutality and energy is enhanced. The next stanza continues from stanza one and begins with ’lie still as the sun’. This phrase illustrates the ordinariness
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The Ruined Maid The “Ruined Maid” was written by Thomas Hardy in 1866. This poem has six stanzas‚ which consists of four quatrains each. In the beginning of each stanza the farm girl speaks‚ and ‘Melia‚ the “ruined girl” speaks just for the last line; however for the last stanza ‘Melia begins to respond to the farm girl from the second to last line. This paper will break down each stanza of the “Ruined Maid” for readers unfamiliar with this poem. Further‚ this summary will give information on the
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IOC OUTLINE: POETRY INSTRUCTIONS: Underneath each of the points below type your notes in blue font. Your analysis of tone and stylistic devices must be done in a stanza-by-stanza or line- by -line fashion‚ in as much detail as possible. Avoid robotic comments and consider how and why as you develop your analysis. Introduction 1. State your full name‚ course‚ level‚ and the school you attend 2. State the title of the poem as well as the full name of the poet 3. Contextualize the poem into the
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that death can be kind but also heartbreaking if the relationship was to end badly. The first stanza sets the scene as two lovers ride in the "Carriage" with "Immortality.". We get a sense that the speaker is reluctant to having immortality there from the use of the full stop however immortality is used to portray the chaperone who would accompany the two lovers on their day out. The second and third stanza imply that the death Dickinson is exploring is a slow and peaceful death‚ we get this from
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‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first stanza draws the link between western and Indian culture as Pan‚ the Greek god also exists through Indian gods and goddesses that roam freely. She points out the difference as well in the way Indians treat books with much respect‚ in order not to disturb or offend Sarasvati or the tree from which the paper comes. Stanza 2 returns to the idea of a foreign language; all languages‚ it says‚ have once been the language
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