| | our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet. Its a perfect example of craftsmanship.In this poemToru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The poem begins with the description of the tree. The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree‚ like
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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Analysis Of William Blake’s Poems Infant Joy Notes This simple poem is two stanzas of six lines each. The two stanzas each follow an ABCDDC rhyme scheme‚ a contrast to most of Blake’s other poetic patterns. The rhyming words are always framed by the repetition of "thee" at the end of the fourth and sixth lines‚ drawing the reader’s attention to the parent‚ who speaks‚ and his or her concern with the baby. The infant’s words‚ or those imagined by the parent to be spoken by the infant‚ are set
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Narrative Poem #1 A girl in the woods was very hungry She went to the store but her coupons were expired She went down the produce aisle To get something healthy She could get what she wanted Because she was so wealthy Before she purchased her items She went to the side of the street To get the New York times With a couple of left over dimes Now she had no more expired coupons She went back to the store to buy her fruit That’s the end of my poem wasn’t that a hoot.
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Our Casuarina Tree | | Toru Dutt (1856–77) | | | LIKE a huge Python‚ winding round and round | | The rugged trunk‚ indented deep with scars‚ | | Up to its very summit near the stars‚ | | A creeper climbs‚ in whose embraces bound | | No other tree could live. But gallantly | 5 | The giant wears the scarf‚ and flowers are hung | | In crimson clusters all the boughs among‚ | | Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee; | | And oft at nights the
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While pride has the possibility to be beneficial‚ it also demonstrated through much humility that it has the ability to be detrimental. Where there is pride that comes from being pleased by hardwork that lead to achievement‚ there is also pride that originates from In Edgar Allen Poe’s work of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ Poe gives an account of a man by the name of Montresor‚ a clever and vengeful man‚ who seeks lethal retribution against his acquaintance Fortunato for causing him many injuries by
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Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the
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Sylvia Plath’s poem‚ "Medallion" is about a snake she finds dead‚ and the details of its body that she notices. Written in 1959‚ its form was strictly "controlled." Plath uses imagery‚ literary devices‚ and sensory details‚ especially colors. First‚ we "see" the image of a snake‚ bronze‚ lying in the sun near a gate with a "star and moon" design. By the gate with star and moon Worked into the peeled orange wood The bronze snake lay in the sun Next‚ Plath uses a metaphor
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occurred‚ but later reflections in adulthood led him to grieve for how much better his home life would have been if he had never had to live with a foster family (wiseGEEK..). All of Poe’s experiences are reflected in all of his works; including‚ poems‚ short stories‚ and tales. Edgar Allan Poe was taken in by a wealthy tobacco merchant‚ John Allan and his wife‚ Frances Valentine Allan on a farm in Richmond soon after the death of his mother. As for his brother and sister‚ they were sent to other
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Edgar Allan Poe According to ( Roy ) ‚ Edgar Allan Poe ( 1/19/1809 ‚ Boston‚ MA - 7.x . 1849 ‚ Baltimore‚ MD ) - poet‚ novelist‚ critic‚ editor ‚ "the man captive mysteries of life " and " covered the holy passion to understand his soul " ( M.Gorky )‚ one of the first U.S. professional writers ‚ who lived exclusively literary work : the artist although knowing tides popularity ‚ but not immediately understood and valued at home. INTRODUCTION CREATIVITY Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven"
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