the beginning. The speaker pleads to his audience about his honesty and his personal self-revelation to come. He tells of the limitless suffering‚ sorrow‚ and pain and his long experience in various ships and ports. The speaker never explains exactly why he is driven to take to the ocean. Lines 6-11 Here‚ the speaker conveys intense‚ concrete images of cold‚ anxiety‚ stormy seas‚ and rugged shorelines. The comparisons relating to imprisonment are many‚ combining to drag the speaker into his prolonged
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poem “Passed On” by Carole Satymurti‚ the speaker tells a story almost as in a novel of their mother and how she left them a box of index cards with advice on life when she died. The speaker’s gender seems to be female. In the poem‚ the poet presents the theme of growing up and becoming one’s own person through the maturation and acceptance process. She personifies the index cards themselves‚ comparing them to her mother. They also characterize the speaker and her mother and create a mood of sadness
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The Apparition Analysis The speaker conveys several attitudes towards the subject of “The Apparition” throughout the poem including a late shift of attitude between lines 13-14. “The Apparition” is a poem written by Donne about the relationship between a man and woman and how the woman has mistreated and abused the man and revenge is taken on the woman by the man’s ghost. John Donne‚ as the speaker‚ develops several attitudes towards the subject in “The Apparition” throughout the use of imagery
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Counselling is a process of providing the speaker with the time and space to explore and gain an understanding of their problems or of matters that may be causing concern. Through effective counselling the speaker is afforded the right environment to share their unique experience and will work towards either coming to terms with their problems or possibly over time resolving them completely. Counselling is more than offering advice or guidance to the speaker‚ counselling aims to develop and facilitate
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The speaker of the poem declares that unlike other misguided souls who choose a disciplined life‚ he prefers to be a rowdy rebel. The unfortunate choice of comparing himself and others to plants demonstrates the poet’s lack of skill in poetry composition. The poem consists of five uneven verse paragraphs‚ which regarding the subject matter makes a perverse kind of sense. That it is pretending to be a poem at all then balances the sense in the negative. First Verse Paragraph The speaker begins
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large sections‚ but after reading and thinking about it‚ you realize there are really six small sections to it. The poem opens by giving you a first impression about the person speaking throughout the song. Lines 1-3 of the first stanza show the speaker trying to escape his problems‚ so that he can be "free". He wants to be "Like a bird on the wire" (L1)‚ meaning he wants to be able to sit above and away from his problems. He also alludes to becoming "Like a drunk in a midnight choir". A drunk is
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feelings in the human arsenal. In Shakespeare’s sonnet 29 these emotions are presented though a man struggling with his lonesome and desolate life. The speaker in this sonnet begins by complaining about his life and envying other men but halfway through the poem there is a crucial change and he seems as though he is a completely new person. The speaker in sonnet 29 uses the theme of God’s wrath‚ exaggerated diction‚ and self-pity to illustrate the depths to which his life has sunk and to express his
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and rhythm‚ provide an especially chilling presentation of man’s powerlessness in the face of death’s random schedule. In the poem‚ death is portrayed as a gentlemanly suitor‚ who collects the speaker for a carriage ride‚ and sets her down in "Eternity" (24). For the enjoyment of Death’s Company‚ the speaker sacrifices her interests and activities. On the ride they pass schoolchildren at play‚ fields of crops‚ and then the "Setting Sun‚" before stopping at a house‚ which seems like a "swelling of
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There was not a precise speaker of this poem‚ which I sometimes enjoy but for this poem I feel like there should have a been a definite speaker. I found this poem to be rather a sad and depressing. The way the speaker describes this beautiful “girlchild” (1) is with such admiration and articulation. The speaker describes her as “healthy‚ tested intelligent / … strong arms and back / abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.” (7-9) It almost seems as if the speaker of this poem is someone who is
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life. The speaker of the poem is describing how he or she is going to take the night to listen to life around him at a tavern; this person is willing to learn about life in a quiet way. As you read the poem‚ you will discover that there is not a rhyme scheme. The poem consists of eleven lines in one stanza. In the simile‚ “I am going to cock my head tonight like a dog‚” (Jackson 1) the reader is exposed to the comparison between the speaker and a dog. The simile suggests that the speaker is going
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