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    Three Page Analyses on Imagery The use of imagery is one of the most commonly used techniques in poetry. Poets create an image in one’s mind through descriptive language‚ similes‚ and rhythm. Their words flow off the page to appeal to our senses. Those who have perfected this art let us see exactly what they see in their minds. William Carol Williams‚ David Solway‚ and Amy Lowell’s poems are perfect examples of imagery. William Carol Williams wrote poems about everyday scenes‚ but with his

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    What is now will soon become what once was. The key is to not allow yourself to develop an unhealthy attachment to what once was and to develop an anxious desire that anticipates what will be. Sharon Old’s poem‚ "My Son The Man‚" features a mother that has unhealthily attached herself to what once was‚ which she admits to having‚ but also longs to adjust her mindset and adapt to what will be. This past and future state of being refers directly to the mother’s son and his natural transition into adulthood

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    influenced by the imagery involved throughout them. The forms of the poems help to convey the themes of each‚ as well as highlighting their major points. The four poems I’m going to look at are “The Red Wheelbarrow”‚ “Portrait of a Lady”‚ “Danse Russe”‚ and “This Is Just To Say”. Each of these poems has specific examples of William Carlos Williams use of imagery and form. The poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written in 1923. Although the poem is only eight lines‚ it has very clear imagery throughout

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    W.B. Yeats has created rhythm in his poem "When You Are Old" by using a familiar meter‚ simple rhyme scheme and by enhancing these forms with effective poetic devices and substitutions. Almost everyone who has studied English has read a play written by William Shakespeare. Yeats uses the same form‚ iambic pentameter‚ to create a steady rhythm that is familiar to many readers. He uses substitution feet to deviate from the regular meter and emphasize the parts of the poem he feels are important. For

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    “How to Be Old” It is easy to be young‚ (Everybody is‚ at first.) It is not easy to be old. It takes time. Youth is given; age is achieved. One must work a magic to mix with time in order to become old. Youth is given. One must put it away like a doll in a closet‚ take it out and play with it only on holidays. One must have many dresses and dress the doll impeccably (but not to show the doll‚ to keep it hidden.) It is necessary to adore the doll‚ to remember it in the dark

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    Focus Journal # 20‚ Sharon Olds‚ The promise‚ 591 May 2‚ 2012 I. Understanding: In this poem Sharon Olds wishes the reader to believe that when terminally ill a man should have say in whether he continues to suffer in pain while useless‚ or to keep living. II. Analyzing: In this poem Olds does a great job painting a visual picture in the readers mind. “We are also in our/bed‚ fitted naked closely/ along each other¸half passed out/ after love‚ drifting back and/ forth across the border of

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    Sharon Olds‚ the author of “on the Subway” shows us two different worlds coming together. Both poems have been explicitly implied‚ to demonstrate the differences and similarities. This is why theme and imagery help the reader better understand this poem. Sharon shows how both worlds are in reference to one another‚ but at final time they come together.     At the beginning of the poem there is two boys that are both from different races. They both sit right across each other and observe each other

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    Poetry Analysis

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    Poem Analysis Born January 19‚ 1809‚ Poe never really knew his parents. His father left the family early on‚ and his mother passed away when he was only three. Separated from his siblings‚ Poe went to live with John and Frances Allan‚ a tobacco merchant and his wife‚ in Richmond‚ Virginia. Poe published his first book‚ “Tamerlane and Other Poems” in 1827‚ and he had joined the army. Poe went to West Point‚ but before doing so he published his second book “Al Aaraaf‚ Tamberlane‚ and Minor Poems”

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    Poetry Analysis “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” by‚ Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by‚ Sir Walter Raleigh are both pastoral poems that tend to basic human desires in a simplified country life of beauty‚ music‚ and love. “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” idealizes the shepherd’s country life to try and win the love of his lady. On the contrary‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a parody to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Sir Walter Raleigh pretends

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    conveying the message that the rushed leisure of her time is hardly leisure at all. She accomplishes this by using several stylistic devices‚ including personification‚ imagery‚ and diction. <br> <br>The most obvious stylistic device used by Eliot is that of personification. She uses this device to create two people from her thoughts on old and new leisure. The fist person is New Leisure‚ who we can infer to be part of the growth of industry in the 19th century. He is eager and interested in science‚ politics

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