Sestina In ’Sestina’ Elizabeth Bishop tells a painful story of a grandmother and a child living with loss. The story‚ set in a kitchen on a rainy late afternoon in September‚ features two actions: having tea and drawing. Although the woman tries to remain cheerful and thus protect the child‚ her tears give away her sadness. The child‚ meanwhile‚ not only observes these troubling signs but also draws a house that makes her proud. By the final nine lines of the poem‚ a surprising thing
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THEME The poet explores the relationship between cultural identity and language. When you speak a language you also learn its culture. Lines 19 and 20 sum up the theme. Which language has not been the oppressor’s tongue? When another country is the conquerer‚ that country brings its language and culture to those who are conquered. SUMMARY ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first stanza draws the link between western and Indian culture as
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Poetry analysis: Skunk Hour‚ by Robert Lowell In beginning of "Skunk Hour" (the first four stanzas to be more precise)‚ Robert Lowell gives the sense of a Maine sea town that is slowly declining. For example‚ lines 4 through 6 state the following: "Her farmer / is first selectman in our village; / she’s in her dotage." With the usage of the word "dotage" in line 6‚ it clearly suggests that the condition of Maine is in its declining years. For a better understanding of its poor state‚ stanza
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Hide and Seek How does the poet bring the subject matter “to life” to the reader? The poem shows that the child is just starting out in life‚ and as the poem progresses‚ he learns something new about it; that he is actually vulnerable in the real world. The poet manages to bring the subject matter to life by using a set of language and structure that intensifies the reader’s participation in the poem. As seen‚ the poem consists of only one‚ long stanza‚ which simply creates the vision of a flow
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The Flea 1. What has been the past relationship of the speaker and the woman? What has she denied him? How has she habitually “kill[ed]” him? What is his objective in the poem? 2. In many ways this poem is like a miniature play: it has two characters‚ dramatic conflict‚ dialogue (though we only hear one speaker)‚ and stage action. The action is embedded in the dialogue. What happens preceding the first line of the poem? What happens between the first and second stanzas? Between the second
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The Passionate Shepherd to His Love By: Christopher Marlowe It is a beautiful example of pastoral love poetry. This poem depicts love rural countryside setting. The entire poem is an entire invitation‚ spoken by the shepherd‚ who pledges to his beloved‚ a shepherd who is eager to give everything‚ opposing the fact that his offerings are transient‚ if only “His love” will accept his pleas to “Come live with me and be my Love.” The shepherd promises that if his beloved will come live with him
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1. What metaphors does Holmes use to describe the ship in stanzas one and two of "Old Ironsides"? “The meteor of the ocean air” in stanza 1 and “The eagle of the sea!” In stanza 2. 2. In 1830‚ the 44-gun American warship Constitution‚ the inspiration for "Old Ironsides‚" was scheduled to be scrapped - that is‚ stripped of everything valuable or reasonable. What proposal is put forth by Holmes‚ in the last stanza of his poem? In the last stanza he states that if the ship should “die” in a sense
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Where I Come From - By Elizabeth Brewster The poem ‘Where I Come From’ by Elizabeth Brewster is about how a person is influenced by the environment he is brought up in‚ and how urban life and rural life differ from each other. The poet has used a very critical tone in this poem to convey how people are influenced by the places they have come from rural or urban. She has used a lot of visual imageries and metaphors to convey the busy lifestyle of the city. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem
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How are relationships presented in ‘My Last Duchess’ and one other poem of your choice? Firstly‚ the presentation in ‘My Last Duchess’ is a relationship that has no equality between the Duke and the Duchess. This is shown through the title of the poem. The word ‘my’ is a possessive pronoun and it connotes with the fact that someone has ownership over something else; in this case the Duke has ownership over the Duchess. The Duke is objectifying the Duchess and the word after is ‘last’ this suggests
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Summary of each stanza 1st Paragraph in ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’‚ the poet writes about the idea of death‚ and what dying men should do in their last moments. He does this through the frequent usage of imagery‚ illustrating to the readers the final moments of various people’s lives‚ and what they should do in these moments. 2nd Paragraph The writer creates the impression that we should not let death take control over us‚ and that we should fight even in the very last moments of
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