‘ T H E S U N L I G H T I N T H E G A R D E N ’ ‚ A C O M M E N T A R Y. Guiding Questions for the commentary: How does the use of setting contribute to your understanding of the poem? Comment on the poet’s style (For example‚ language‚imagery‚ diction‚ form‚the use of a quote from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra) In the the poem ‘The Sunshine in the Garden’ written by Louis MacNeice‚ the poet is a prisoner of war and is close to his death. The line ‘We cannot cage the minute’ and words
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Throughout the poem ’In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ by Carol Ann Duffy‚ the themes of innocence‚ happiness and fragility in childhood overlap with those of confusion‚ growing up and the threats of adult knowledge. The poem evokes feelings of nostalgia through its use of language and presents the classroom as a sanctuary. It is set out in four stanzas‚ the first two consisting of eight lines and the last two of seven. This change in form could be representative of the changes that children undergo when
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“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath is a poem narrated from the perspective of a mirror. Within this poem‚ there is a clash between truth and perception. This idea is first presented through the form of the stanzas where the mirror is “silver and exact” (Plath 1) then when the mirror is “now [...] a lake” (10). The poem then illustrates how even the truthful mirror has preconceptions. Then finally how the woman‚ who comes every morning to look in the mirror often deludes herself with “those liars‚ the candles
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Part 1 1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? - The last two lines of stanza one: comparing the ship to the visual & physical force of a meteor which sweeps all before it. The EAGLE OF THE SEA: the ship symbolizes the strength & dignity of the eagle which is also the nation’s symbol. The eagle is commands the sky; the ship commands the sea. all is subject to the strength of the ship. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American
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This poem is a poem that describes the life of a retired miner‚ how he faced the close encounter of death and lived through that experience to have a long fulfilling life. In my opinion this poem is a poem of a young aussie man who was born poor and wanted better for his family in the future‚ he wanted his grand kids to be wealthy and not fight for survival day by day as he did. From the beginning up until Stanza 4 the poem is depicting Harrys past life in the mines. The first 4 stanzas to me
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Elizabeth Bishop is an American poet‚ who has suffered many losses throughout her life. She has lost her father‚ mother‚ lover and much more. This poem‚ “One Art”‚ is a way for her to express how she copes with her losses. She uses real life examples that she has personally experienced to give the reader an image of what she is trying to express. She also occasionally uses metaphors and sound devices‚ to convey what she means. Throughout the poem‚ she is trying to convince herself that since loss
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‘The Farmer’s Bride’ by Charlotte Mew is about a farmer who marries a girl that is too young and she gets terrified of her husband on their wedding night and becomes withdrawn. Although this is a love poem‚ the themes are of madness and unbearable emotions. The farmer’s longings for his new bride are unfulfilled‚ whilst the terrified bride appears to be on the verge of madness. Looking at when the poem was published‚ 1916‚ makes it easier for us to understand the themes of the poem. At that time
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Father Returning Home – Dilip Chitre Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics of the post Independence India. Apart from a being a writer‚ he was also a painter and a filmmaker. Father Returning Home is a short and appealing poem about an old man in a cosmopolitan city where his own sons and daughters treat him as an alien. He himself is estranged from the man-made world. Through this poem‚ Chitre has denounced the urban rootlessness and alienation. The first
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The Hurricane. The poem ‘The Hurricane’ creates a tense and fearful atmosphere to such an extent that the reader is made to feel as though they have lived through the hurricane themselves. The poet also uses many poetic devices to express this feeling‚ as well as almost exaggerating the aftermath. All of this creates the vivid atmosphere of the ‘roaring‚ screaming and returning‚’ that was so relentless in the poet’s eyes on the day of the hurricane. The scene of the poem is set in the first line
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From my point of view‚ remaining hushed and away from the scene is a necessity; in a like manner‚ the speaker in Emily Dickinson’s poem appears to stay away from the soul although the speaker expresses their views on the factors affecting the soul. In “The Soul Has Bandaged Moments”‚ a person who is observing the soul gives their analysis of the cycle of the soul‚ beginning with bandaged moments‚ moving to freedom moments‚ and finishing with retaken moments. Dickinson incorporates repetition‚ simile
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