In the poem “When You Are Old‚” by W.B. Yeats‚ the speaker is addressing a bygone lover of his. Through the poem the speaker is both loving and haughty towards the woman. The speaker appears to be very fond of the woman‚ but he is also somewhat vain and self absorbed. He speaks to her with love and sincerity at some points in the poem; then he also addresses her in a tone that is far from love and is bordering on haughty disposition. The diction and imagery play vital roles in creating the tone
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Poetry comes in many shapes and forms. Some are short yet thought provoking‚ others are long and amusing. With such a diverse range‚ poetry is a form of art that can stir up so many different emotions and reaction. The poems that are being evaluated here are no exception. Do Not Go Into That Good Night is cautious‚ The End and the Beginning has a wiser tone‚ Hate Poem‚ and Invictus has a surge of determination. However‚ while these poems are admirable‚ Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep by Mary Elizabeth
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“You may forget but let me tell you this; someone will think of us in the future”(Top 25 Quotes). This line was stated by Sappho one of the world’s first poets who originated in lesbos and one that indeed was thought of in the future (Meet Sappho). She shows that something so small now could mean a lot more in the distant future. Infact people still talk about sappho and her information for writing. Research shows us that sappho acquired information for her poems by her rejected love life‚ everyday
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“An Analysis of Sonnet” An introduction should keep a reader’s attention for more than one sentence‚ hopefully. It should aim to have more sentences than the amount of letters in “should.” It should explain in a paragraph a brief summary of what’s to come. It should…shouldn’t it? In the same way an introduction can be referenced sarcastically‚ Billy Collins uses several techniques to mock sonnets. In “Sonnet” Billy Collins uses speaker‚ external form and tone to mock the traditional sonnets. The
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The first stanza of this poem illustrates life is a lonely cycle‚ and as a child Young-Lee learned to be hopeful for a better future. Lee Young-Lee is left alone as a child. This loneliness is reflected through the verb tense of words within the first stanza‚ for example the word ‘alone’ comes before ‘time’ which suggests that Young-Lee as a human being is alone‚ but in time he is also alone because even if he has his parents for some time in his life‚ he will eventually have to live life independently
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Quickdraw is a poem based on the breakup of a couple. It uses extended metaphors to describe what it was like in the most heated parts of their argument. Praise Song for My Mother is a poem about the love between mother and daughter‚ using multiple metaphors to distinguish the relationship. Both poems use metaphors to describe the speaker’s feelings towards the other person in the relationship‚ for example in Quickdraw “And this is love‚ high noon‚ calamity‚ hard liquor in the old Last Chance
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In the first stanza MacCaig examines the world around him. While this examination can be viewed as a mere description of a setting for the poem‚ it also speaks for the thought process of the narrator (MacCaig). He considers the vast scale of the world but also its detail and preciseness. Poetic Devices/Techniques • MacCaig uses two similes in the first stanza to create a detailed image in our minds as to what he is seeing. “Straws like tame lightnings” creates the image of the sharp crooked
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On your ride to work this morning‚ did you drive in silence? Have you ever been to a wedding reception to eat and leave? Or ever been to a bar to have a drink hen leave right after? Sounds pretty odd‚ right? Sometimes a good beat in the background is all it takes to keep you entertained‚ or a loud track to get you and everyone up and on their feet. Listening to a good story or song on the radio really helps the time pass during a car ride‚ and a good beat can keep you dancing for hours at a club
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Wanyi Zhang Poetry Close Reading Paper Assignment November 19th‚ 2012 The piece Uniforms written by Barbara Schmitz‚ contains numerous elements of poetry‚ utilized in a beautiful way‚ it is not wonder that the piece is famous. A topic as simple as the dress of the people at the super market can be made into something beautiful through creative writing. Some of the elements used in this piece include; alliteration‚ assonance‚ interesting strong word choices‚ all bringing about a strong tone
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Do not read this paper it it not trueThe poem takes the form of a dramatic monologue in the voice of the returned soldier. It has five stanzas each of four lines which follow a regular metre and an ABAB rhyme scheme in each stanza. The first‚ second and last line of each verse is about six syllables long‚ while the third line is slightly longer at eight syllables. The regular metre gives the poem a ‘chatty’ tone‚ which helps to set the scene‚ as well as delaying the realisation that this is actually
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