The Send off Analysis: * Owen does not experiment with language and structure in this poem. * The poem is about the experience of men being moved from their training camp to the trenches in France. The men would have come from a variety of places in the country to the training camp‚ and the town would therefore have little connection to the men (hence there being a small turnout of support). The poem highlights this sense of anonymity and the very low-key way in which the men are transported
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and confidence‚ whereas the protagonist in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ emerges as a depressed man with no apparent intuitions or social life. Browning uses different structural techniques in both poems to portray each character; there are contrasting rhyme schemes and meters to capture their complex mentality. The language and literary devices used to portray the speakers also differs with pathetic fallacy in ‘porphyria’s Lover’ and symbolism in ‘My Last Duchess’. The presentation of both these speakers
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William Shakespeare wrote one hundred fifty-four sonnets. A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry with fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme. (Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation.) .The topic of most sonnets written in Shakespeare ’s time is love–or a theme related to love. ........Poets usually wrote their sonnets as part of a series‚ with each sonnet a sequel to the previous one‚ although many
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much reflects the thing that it is describing‚ the room and even the life‚ (if you can call it that); of Mr. Bleaney seem dull‚ monotonous and bare. Even his name is bland. The poem reflects this not only in words but in its rhyme scheme and rhythm too. It has a rhyme scheme of ABAB and it continues throughout the poem and shows the predictability of their lives. The enjambment which continues throughout the poem shows how the monotonousness of his life runs on and on. The room doesn’t even have
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placed remote rhyming in this poem‚ as the final words of each second and fifth line (of each stanza) are whole rhymes. These rhymes are one-syllable ’masculine ’‚ which is strong to the ear‚ however‚ the rhyming scheme is less obvious due to Dobson ’s choosing: a reflection to the distant "Bystander" figure who is barely there in a painting. In order to emphasise upon the separated rhymes‚ they lie at the end‚ where the reader stops to take a breath. This pattern is echoed throughout all four stanzas
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treasures‚ such as gold or money. The poem is written almost as a prayer in the sense that the questions aren’t answered and the problem isn’t solved but instead is offered up to God. The poem consists of three stanzas‚ the first of which has a ababcb rhyme scheme. The first line presents a question “Am I Thy gold?” (1). It is widely agreed that gold is a valuable thing‚ especially in the time period the poem was written‚ so the real question is “Am I of value to you?” or “What’s my worth?”. It could even
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“Out‚Out-“ and Bredon Hill are two very different poems which both deal with the theme of unexpected death. “Out‚Out-“‚ by Robert Frost‚ is the story of the death of a boy caused by a buzz-saw. The title‚ “Out‚Out-“‚ was taken by Frost from Shakespeare’s Macbeth – these words were used to express Macbeth’s grief at the death of his wife‚ Lady Macbeth‚ saying “out‚out brief candle”‚ which enforces the idea that a life has prematurely ended‚ which echoes the theme and narrative of the poem. However
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quatrains in an ABAB rhyme scheme (893 lines 1-14). He writes of America as an omniscient narrator‚ however‚ after each stanza‚ he parenthetically places his own thoughts about how the legend of America never was what it was supposed to be to him. By doing this‚ he manages to subtly insert his opinion at first‚ allowing the reader to form their own‚ thus far‚ anyway. Later in the poem‚ however‚ Hughes breaks away from the simple quatrain. He slowly abandons the rhyme scheme previously mentioned
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“Which Path Should You Take?” Paul Arden once said‚ “If you always make the right decision‚ the safe decision‚ the one most people make‚ you will be the same as everyone else.” The truth of this quote not only applies to everyday life‚ but also compliments the poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. In this particular poem‚ the speaker of the poem must make a decision when he/she is faced with one road that diverges into two separate paths. They can either choose the path that has been heavily
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unloved all of her life. In keeping with the speaker?s revengeful tone‚ the diction Prunty uses is related to these ideas of the old woman?s cruelty‚ because such words connote the speaker?s strong opinion of how horrible and low the old lady is. Rhyme‚ imagery‚ and point of view produce this effect. In the second stanza‚ the speaker describes the old woman?s viciousness in detail: She drove a loaded V8 poweglide And would have run you flat as paint To make the light before it turned on her‚ Make
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