The poem "Cross" by P.K.Page describes the sorrow of witnessing a stony couple who can barely remember why they are angry with each other after a week-long battle. They won’t discuss it or resolve it because "neither/can come to that undemanded act of love-/kiss the sleeping princess or sleep with the frog--/and break the spell which holds them each from the other." So the couple ends up like "two on a desert island‚ back to back‚" an emotional chasm dividing them which neither is willing to bridge
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| | 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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miss Antonios and my fellow classmates. Today I am going to explain to you how I used at least one form of intertextuality in my poem called ‘chilling with the boys’. I used various language techniques to create my rap poem; this includes juxtapositioning‚ hyperbole and a simile. The first technique that I am going to explain that I used to create my distinctive rap poem is juxtapositioning. “Dad comes by my room‚ and thinks I’m studying‚ quickly go to my desk‚ and act like I’m doing homework
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A Poem For Best Friends This is a poem for best friends. You © Margery Wang I still remember the first day we met We were too shy to say much at all It’s funny to think back to that time Because now we’re having a ball! They say that true friendship is rare An adage that I believe to be true Genuine friendship is something that I cherish I am so lucky to have met you. Our bond is extremely special It is unique in its own way We have something irreplaceable I love you more and
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Task 1 LITERARY ANALYSIS: READING POETRY AND WRITING THE ESSAY Pre-writing exercise 1 • Man: This primarily mean adult male but can designate any human being regardless of sex or age. Wikipedia (2011) • Wall: This is an upright structure of wood‚ plaster or any building material serving to enclose‚ divide or protect an area. Wikipedia (2011) • Berlin Wall: This is the wall that separated East Germany from West Germany. Wikipedia (2011) • Wailing Wall of Jerusalem: It is the remnant of the
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traveler to the shore. And the tide rises‚ the tide falls. Pee Paragraph : I think this poem is trying to tell us that when you have got ups or downs in life‚ you can’t do anything to change what has happened and you just to just carry on. I thought this because when he uses ‘The tide rises‚ the tide falls’‚ it makes me think of something that has ups and downs because the movement of the tides at sea is being compared to how humans like us have similar ups and downs. Sometimes we feel very happy
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unconditional love towards her through strong diction which creates a passionate form of image. In the poem‚ such words as “lying” (1)‚ “asleep” (1) and “night” (1) implies the speaker is in his bedroom‚ creating a lonely‚ quite atmosphere. In this immersive atmosphere‚ the writer strikes a chord with the readers and graphs the sorrow and yearning incisively and vividly. Moreover‚ the word “saw” (2)‚ being past tense‚ reveals that his lover who used to lay by his side is not with him‚ which is why he feels
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Teds Hughes and mark doty poems are written in animals point of view ‚ Showing each unique animal character and their point of view about this world from their perspective. The poet uses literary devices in their poems using tones‚ personification ‚ and visual imagery to evoke the reader’s emotions and to make the poems more comprehensible. In this two poems the poets made a unique quality of personifying the hawk and the dog because they cannot articulate their thoughts and emotions into
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poem entitled “Curiosity” written by Alastair Reid is a symbolic poem that uses cats as a metaphor for humans. It relates felines to people in the sense of curiosity‚ and what could be considered actually living life to the fullest. Essentially‚ this work contradicts the popular phrase‚ “curiosity killed the cat” by placing it within a broader context. Instead of discouraging curiosity‚ Reid explains why people should embrace it. In the first stanza‚ the author argues that the cat may have died
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Shaista Khalid “POEM ANALYSIS” Life leads us to excessive wishes that often result in a man’s downfall. Sir Philip Sidney in “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” portrays his hypocrisy towards desire and shows how it influenced to their downfall and destruction. In his sonnet‚ Sidney uses metaphor‚ alliteration and repetition to convey his feelings for desire. Throughout “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” Sidney uses metaphors that clearly illustrates the effects of desire on ones life. He begins with the
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