lash of coming rain; and this feeling seems to the poet to be “poised like a cobra”. These are original similes; and these are followed by a series of metaphors based on serpent-behaviour. These are only a few of the examples. Actually Daruwalla’s poetry contains an abundance of similes and metaphors. Daruwalla finds that there is violence in the very air‚ and that this violence is an indication of the mass hatreds drifting across the moon and hovering‚ poised like a cobra. He looks for a fang
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Close Reading In the poem‚ “Happiness”‚ the poet‚ Priscilla Leonard‚ illustrates for the reader that happiness cannot be contained and that one human cannot own all happiness. The poem happiness is about how to live life to the fullest. In the first two lines of the poem‚ ”Happiness is a crystal/ fair and exquisite and clear” the feeling and emotion that the poet gives the reader‚ is peaceful and tranquil(1-2). Leonard throws a different perspective at the reader when she write ‚”broken in a
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The Goose Fish by Howard Nemerov This poem dramatizes the conflict between appearance and reality‚ particularly as this conflict relates to the central symbol of the poem‚ the goose fish. The speaker relates the tale of two lovers who encounter a dead fish on the beach after sharing their affection with one another. While looking at the fish‚ the couple ponders the meaning of this fish. Taken figuratively‚ the goose fish occupies many roles. As the speaker overlooks the events taking place
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1 Hope by Emily Dickson Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul‚ and sings the tune--without the words‚ And never stops at all‚ And sweetest in the gale is heard; and sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm. I’ve heard it in the chilliest land‚ and on the strangest sea; yet‚ never‚ in extremity‚ it asked a crumb of me. Analysis of the poem In first stanza Dickson defines hope by comparing it to a bird‚ which
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Asleep in the Valley by Arthur Rimbaud The poem starts with a blissful scenery. The mention of flowers‚ streams‚ mountains‚ the valley‚ and how the rays of the sun reached the mountaintop emits cheerful thoughts from the readers. By reading the first paragraph‚ readers would want to go to the place the author described. They would also have their own conclusions that the poem would end in a happy note. In the second paragraph‚ a young soldier is being introduced by the author. Readers would
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The main relationship in the two poems “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath is portrayed by the bond between a father and his child. Though both poems have the same overall subject‚ they can be perceived differently. In “Daddy”‚ Sylvia Plath represented the relationship through a dark demeanor. While in “My Papa’s Waltz” it had a lighter perception. In “Daddy” the poem goes through stages of dislike and anger. It starts off as if saying the child is done keeping the
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As a person discovers more about there past‚ they ultimately unravels their own identity‚ as shown in the poem‚ "Digging" by Seamus Heaney‚ were the narrator‚ through digging through his own family roots‚ comes to acquire his or her own heritage and family traditions. In this poem‚ the theme of heritage and family traditions are most clear. The narrator describes two relationships in the poem‚ and through examination of the two relationships; one between father and son and one between grandfather
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON Self-Reliance 1. In Self-Reliance‚ what does Emerson mean by saying "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"? In what ways does he associate being misunderstood with greatness and wisdom? 2. 3. DISCUSS THESE PROPOSITIONS AS TO THEIR VALIDITY. "The power which resides in him (any individual) is new in nature..." "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members." Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of
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The Cockroach description by Mrs.Wright ’The Cockroach’ by Kevin Halligan is a poem about reflection on life through watching the movement of a cockroach. Through the use of structure‚ detailed description of cockroach as an extended metaphor of the persona‚ the theme of confusion and realization of life is well conveyed. Halligan describes a frantic movement of the cockroach throughout the poem. The title foreshadows and reveals that the poem is about a small and trifle insect- a cockroach. However
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Humans and the natural worldA.D. Hope * Australia Les Murray * The quality of sprawl * Bat’s Ultrasound * Inside Ayers Rock * The Dream Of Wearing Shorts ForeverMark O’Connor * Turtles Hatching * A Queenslander Remembers the Twentieth Century * Rainbow Lorikeets * The Beginning * Moon Over Mindil Beach‚ N.T. Bruce Dawe * Search and Destroy * Advice to an Interplanetary VisitorHenry Kendall * BellbirdsMidnight Oil * Kosciusko * Blue Sky
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