Figurative Language in a Poem “All late readers know this sinking feeling of sinking of falling/ into the liquid feeling of falling asleep then rising again”(13-14). Late readers know how it feels when falling asleep‚ the pull of sleep‚ and the want to keep reading pulling you out. Sleep acts as liquid because you can sink down into sleep or rise up and out‚ as if in the water. In Billy Collins’s poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” He explains how on one dark night‚ with only a lamp for reading‚ he lies
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This poem is made up of four stanzas of five lines‚ each with a rhyme arrangement of ABAAB. In the first stanza‚ start of the poem‚ the two roads symbolize‚ the difficult choices that the narrator faces in life. He cannot take both‚ as much as he would want to‚ so he spends time in thoughts and observation. He can’t see far‚ not as far as necessary to make a confident choice as to the better nature of one over the other. The fact that it is a "yellow wood" possibly implies that‚ as fall is often
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Poetry is often able to relay messages in a significantly different ways than pros is able to. It is therefore used as an alternative means to get across a message. Two classic poems‚ “Driving Lessons‚” by Neal Bowers and “The Lanyard‚” by Billy Collin are able to do just so. However‚ even within poetry‚ different poems give way to different messages. The way in which the poem is engineered can relay the same idea from two very distinct points of view – such as the poems mentioned above. While
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Allusions in Bill Collins’ “Sonnet” By definition‚ an allusion is a reference‚ within a literary work‚ to another work of fiction‚ a film‚ a piece of art or even a real event and it serves as a kind of shorthand‚ drawing on this outside work to provide greater context or meaning to the situation being written about (Wiehardt). In poetry‚ allusion is a must device for it standard form. If using allusions is great‚ smart and economical ways for the author to communicate with the reader with least use
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What is time? Time is the‚ “Duration in which all things happen.”(dictionary.com) Billy Collins‚ in the book “Nine Horses” uses literary elements such as similes and metaphors to convey the motifs of time passing‚ pain‚ love‚ and reality vs. imagination. In the book‚ “Nine Horses‚”Billy Collins uses similes to convey the passing of time. When a person is missing from the world‚ such as Eric Dolphy‚ does‚ “Anyone sense something when another Eric Dolphy lifetime was added to the span of his life
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Additionally‚ the poet was able to connect to the readers with the use of images and comparison between the pencil and the world. Moreover‚ he used the white space to concentrated words and to allow the readers to reflect on the poem. The endings contained the element of surprise and engagement with the readers. For Example‚ the use of the line break in "-not pen. it’s got" was a cliffhanger. In other words‚ this ending and the white space provided time for the readers to predict the the structure or the trait
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Looking at the title‚ you can see that it is also the first line of the poem. I believe it sort of sets the tone and provides for a smooth transition into the poem. I personally find the phrase very calming and familiar‚ potentially the most important line of the entire poem‚ and most definitely the main line that sticks with you. If you look at the meaning behind the words‚ it’s possible for them to be referring to the lack of control we tend to have over our deaths. We cannot stop our lives for
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What Type of Reader are you? What is your favorite type of book to read? Or do you even enjoy reading? No matter how much a person likes or dislikes reading‚ every person in today’s society has to read at least once a day. There is so much material to read‚ one cannot avoid reading something. Not only are there many different types of material to read‚ but there are also many different types of readers. Readers can be labeled either by what they read‚ or why they read. There are the people
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bombed cities and destroyed buildings is nothing short of a courageous description. Billy Collins wrote one such poem‚ entitled‚ “Building with its Face Blown Off.” Collins’ poem is written in free verse construction and follows that characteristic throughout. The poem very vividly describes a blown up or destroyed building’s remains and ties in the emotion it has within it. The description of Billy Collins’ “Building with its Face Blown Off” is a detailed and involved summary involving many
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going or what their life will lead to. Billy Collins‚ the author of numerous poems including Introduction to Poetry and Schoolsville shows the aspects of this theory throughout his works. Collins provides enough details and description to let the reader know where they are when reading his poems‚ but not necessarily always where he is going with them. While most poets hide information or the fine points from us‚ Billy Collins does not. Instead‚ he indulges the reader with his clear topics‚ literary devices
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