Sonnets are rhymed poems consisting of fourteen lines‚ it is divided into two different lines‚ the first eight lines making up the octet and the other last six lines being the sestet. The Shakespearean sonnet however differs from the Petrarchian sonnets and the Spenserian sonnet‚ it ends with a rhymed couplet and follows the rhyme scheme. Therefore‚ the octet and sestet structure can be unconventionally divided into three quatrains with alternating rhymes concluding in a rhymed couplet. Till present
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Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins This beautiful poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins runs on a single theme- Nature and its creator‚ God. He writes about the diversity and beauty of nature and how it changes everyday. Hopkins sees the power and creation of God through nature. This poem describes his wonder and awes at the creation of such an extraordinary and ever changing course that is nature. ‘Glory be to God for dappled things‚ For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow‚’ He uses
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The poem “The Mouth” written by bpNichol is littered with ambiguity. You could pick any line in any stanza and find something with a double meaning. In the second stanza‚ Nichol writes: “You were never supposed to talk when it was full. It was better to keep it shut if you had nothing to say. You were never supposed to shoot it off. It was better to be seen than heard.” Besides the obvious oral fixation he has‚ what does he mean when he says this? It seems as though he has been silenced before in
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The Worship of Nature John Greenleaf Whittier‚ famous poet in the ninetieth century‚ has shown throughout the poem‚ The Worship of Nature‚ a splendid explanation of how the natural world relates to us in both a physical and a spiritual sense. A spiritual sense that the word “Worship” deals with the ideal belief that there is or was something in which created all things. Also‚ society and order can be compared to nature in such a way that nature is everything that is‚ was‚ or will be created.
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Whitman and Dickinson are very different in their poetry styles. Both authors break their writing into stanzas; blocks of lines similar to paragraphs in poetry. Dickinson is fond of quatrains or stanzas of four lines whereas Whitman ranges from 5 to 29 lines per stanza. Whitman (1856/2013)‚ uses imagery in a lengthy description on how he feels connected to the other passengers on the ferry in his poem Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. “It avails not‚ time nor place – distance avails not‚ I am with you
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TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis Title: What predictions can you make from the title? What might be the theme of the poem? The poem might have to do with plastic surgery. It might depict what women immediately pursue once they’ve reached the old stage in their life. Women tend to seek for youth all the time‚ because society has made women think that in order to get what they want in life they must look young and radiant. Paraphrase: In your own words‚ describe what happens in
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What do you think are the feelings about marriage in this poem and how does the poet present those feelings to the reader? (18 marks) The poem ‘A marriage’‚ by Michael Blumenthal presents feelings about marriage in many different ways‚ A feeling that the poet clearly outlines about marriage is that it provides help and support‚ this is shown when he says “You are holding up a ceiling” and “to the ceiling beside you”‚ this reference to foundations suggests that marriage is a support mechanism and
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“In literature there can be great admiration for a skilled individual” Lots of authors and poets in Literature like to write about skilled individuals and there works. This is exemplified by Seamus Heaney and Gerald Manley Hopkins in their respective poems “The Forge” and “Felix Randall”. Gerald Manley Hopkins’s poem “Felix Randall” does show great admiration for skilled individuals and it does in many different ways. Firstly the poem itself is about a priest and Hopkins almost glorifies this
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I Have a Rendezvous With Death - By: Alan Seeger Vincent Lee Analysis "I Have a Rendezvous With Death” by Alan Seeger informs of the poet’s mind-set towards death. In the start where he uses the word "barricade‚" he is representing war to begin the poem. His poem goes on to develop on the concept of death through war and battle with the use of terminology such as "disputed" to recommend issue. The poet‚ returning to the trenches‚ connects a certain elegance and respectability to the concept
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This is a good essay as a base for ideas‚ just needs to be expanded further. ‘Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden’‚ written by Keith Douglas is a poem about the connection between man and woman. Describing and interpreting the relationship between the genders sense of hierarchy‚ beauty and character. This could be analysed in the strange title; the fish (man) is mesmerised by the Garden’s (woman) setting‚ because it is metaphorically abnormal yet unusually attractive. This draws the fish
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