In To a Skylark‚ the speaker‚ or in this case a man a in love hears the song of a skylark‚ and cannot begin to wonder of the birds vast beauty. He continues on in his poem about how this skylark is greater than all things‚ and how the speaker cannot fathom all of the birds features. In stanza one he starts by saying “Hail to the blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert‚ That from Heaven‚ or near it.” this is really when the speaker begins to shout and express about how the bird is more than a bird. He
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make people tremble and fear him and his kingdom‚ for eternity. However‚ none of this happens. He further says‚ “and despair!”‚ which also shows his pride‚ because he believes that people will become depressed and unhappy when they see what a great king he was and what great things he accomplished in life‚ and of course his statue. Moreover‚ the way that the sculptor sculpts the “frown”‚ “wrinkled lip”‚ and the “sneer of cold command” onto the statute‚ reveals that the sculptor could see the king’s
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reality of the poverty that gripped their lives‚ something of which they could not escape from. It reveals a number of indications directed towards Lizabeth’s childish personality before and after her adulthood transformation‚ as well as suggesting what type of environment in which she developed in through the author’s selection of dialect that the characters utilized throughout the story. It adds some insight regarding
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“Ozymandias”‚ is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley to tell its readers that wealth and materialistic pursuits are fleeting. The storyteller in the poem is a “traveller from an antique land”. This is a nameless traveler talking about the sights he is seeing. This produces a sense of mystery. Shelley is recounting something heard from another person. The statue is a manifestation of the artist who created it for Ozymandias. This poem celebrates the perpetual ability of nature and longstanding
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Carl Sandburg makes a profuse amount of points about his city in his poem‚ “Chicago”. He shows that although his city is known for being a rough city‚ there are still positive aspects of Chicago. He brings to mind the murders‚ and prostitution‚ and poverty of the city‚ but he also reminds his readers of the arts and the sports and how strong his city is. Carl Sandburg’s city is “alive and coarse and strong and cunning” (line 10). Carl Sandburg shows different aspects about his city and he uses literary
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Poe’s "The Raven" is a poem of 108 lines divided into eighteen six-line stanzas. If you were to look just at the ends of the lines‚ you would notice only one or two unusual features: not only is there only one rhyme sound per stanza—lines 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ and 6 rhyming—but one rhyme sound is the same in all eighteen stanzas‚ so that seventy-two lines end with the sound "ore." In addition‚ the fourth and fifth lines of each stanza end with an identical word; in six of the stanzas that word is "door" and in
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World War one can be classified as a highly literary war. Some of the greatest pieces of poetry and prose are a direct result of this horrific catastrophe. Larkin returned to the war‚ fifty years after it had concluded to convey his sentiments on the subject. Larkin entitled the poem‚ MCMXIV. These are the roman numerals used to represent 1914; the year the war was initiated. Our attention is captivated through the use of roman numerals as they are a foreign concept to the imperial numbers that
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you might come across this form in American English‚ and most probably in formal texts. Form In most cases‚ subjunctive and indicative forms of a verb are the same. So often you would not notice whether a verb is used in subjunctive or indicative mood. The only indicator for subjunctive is that no ‘s’ is added in 3rd person singular and that the verb ‘be’ remains ‘be’ for all forms in present tense and becomes ‘were’ for all forms in past tense. Use Subjunctive is used in some fixed phrases (formulaic
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The song “Amazing” by Kanye West describes my summer and my personality for a few reasons. First and foremost‚ the mood of the song reflects my personality to a decent extent. For instance‚ this song has a slower‚ more “chill” feeling to it. As a person‚ I am predominantly calm‚ but have occasional moments of intensity. The Young Jeezy verse reflects the intense side of me‚ as the verse suddenly lashes out at you with wrathful‚ raspy vocals‚ while my calm side is reflected by the Kanye West verses
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within the blare". The personification of the music adds to the imagery of the poem. The most compelling use of imagery in this poem is the description of what the two different people would see in a "box." The narrator explains with "as if some creature brooded underneath" and "where someone like me was walking and has gone". This helps create the mood of the poem‚ and the almost reflective state of mind the narrator is in. Use of hyperbole furthers the distinction between the two
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