Poem in October: Analysis Dylan Thomas In his “Poem in October” Dylan Thomas describes in great detail his thirtieth birthday‚ which he celebrates in his hometown of Swansea‚ Wales‚ a small fishing village. He walks through the town very early in the morning‚ while its other inhabitants are still asleep‚ heading for the hill. He reflects on his life so far‚ marvelling the nature around him and is content to stay there‚ on the hill‚ observing nature around him‚ taking joy in it‚ till the weather
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In Wilfred Owen’s "The Dead Beat" poem‚ Owen speaks from a one sided opinion of a helpless trooper who let his emotions affect his fight at war. His problems from home transferred to the ground of a battlefield‚ making the poor soldier appear weaker than everyone else. His soldiers whom are on the same side as the trooper fail to make an effort to stand by and support the man‚ which completely contradicts the whole concept of fighting as a team. A war with soldiers is like a sports team with supportive
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Questions for the poem Daddy 1. Discuss the poet’s use of apostrophe in its direct address to the father figure. How does Plath stage that address as a kind of declaration of independence in the decisive tone with which she at once judges and dismisses the father? The poem Daddy‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a text which reveals to the reader‚ the nature of the persona’s relationship with her father as well as the impact that her father’s death had on her. Being a confessional poem‚ the reader
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parting‚ it is never easy to express the emotions one feels at that moment‚ let alone transform it onto paper. Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson writes a poem entitled “Break‚ Break‚ Break”‚ suggesting a theme of loss and heartache; Anne Bronte writes a poem called “Farewell”‚ which shares the same emotions and central theme as Tennyson’s poem. In both of these poems the speakers reflect on heartbreak through excellent lyrical techniques but have very different ways of relaying how they handle heartbreak to
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Yeats • Critical Study → Your personal response‚ how you respond to the poem‚ through the form‚ the language‚ the imagery etc. What values you think are portrayed through poems You need to know at least 2 – 3 poems How you find meaning in the text What is significant and why? Why are the poems universal/timeless/enduring Why universal concepts are represented effectively →fsd‚ For me personally a text that has had a profound effect upon my understanding of the global village is the film
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In the poem “Sestina‚” the author‚ Elizabeth Bishop‚ depicts a painful story of a grandmother and a child living with loss. Most readers who have some knowledge of Bishop’s biography would assume that the poem reflects the time in her childhood when she lived in Nova Scotia‚ after her mother had been committed to an asylum (Sanger 47). The story begins in a kitchen on a rainy afternoon in September‚ with both the grandmother and the child having tea and reading the almanac. While the grandmother
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strong meaningful poem illustrating the pride and confidence that pours out of the city of Chicago. Throughout the poem he points out the shortcomings of the city‚ but at the same time challenges the reader to find another city as majestic despite its flaws. He admits that first impressions of the city are negative‚ but there is more than meets the eye. Behind all its smoke and arrogance is a city built upon a foundation of confidence‚ pride‚ and creativity. Sandbur’s peculiar use of figurative language
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devices and themes between ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ Both ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ were written 500 years apart‚ yet both of these poems explore the significant characteristics of love and time. Both poems explore that time and love does not match. But in ‘Sonnet 116’ love is the dominant figure from time and in ‘Hour’ time is the dominant figure from love. In the poem‚ ‘Hour’‚ Carol Ann Duffy is talking about how one ‘Hour’ of their day can be spent as if they have all the time in the world. Using
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The Poems analysed are: The City Planners‚ Margaret Atwood and The Planners‚ Boey Kim Cheng. These are taken from the IGCSE Cambridge Poetry Anthology‚ but may be interesting for unseen poetry too. Question Set How do these poets use language and structure to get across their theme? I wrote this in about half an hour. Both poems are very similar‚ and have the same topic - City Planning - as shown in their titles. Structurally‚ they are different though‚ and the tone differs in places. I’ve
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Richard Cory is a poem written by Edwin Robinson‚ he uses a variety of poetic elements. Poetic elements are imagery‚ rhyme scheme‚ symbolism and hyperbole to name a few. Robinson’s most common elements used in this poem are rhyme scheme and hyperbole. Robinson uses many elements‚ you can tell though out his poem that he’s trying to make the ’flow’ of the poem easy for it’s readers. He makes the poem string together‚ he makes it come together but he gets the story across. His first use of elements is
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