“anyone lived in a pretty how town” E. E. Cummings’s poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is about a small town filled with people caught up in going through the motions. The protagonist is a man referred to as “anyone” who is different from the other townspeople. People shun him for his individualism. Cummings throughout the entire poem is stressing the importance of people being unique in their own way instead of conforming to others’ ideas. His sidekick and lover is “noone
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In "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home‚" Craig Raine uses many metaphors to describe what a Martian would see if he came to earth. In the first stanza Raine uses metaphors to describe what a Martian may think a book looks like. Raine makes reference to William Caxton‚ who was the first to print books in England‚ in the first stanza; "Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings / and some are treasured for their markings. A book would resemble a bird when opened‚ the wings being the many pages‚ and
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Enter Without So Much As Knocking (p 15 of Sometimes Gladness) "Remember‚ man‚ thou art but dust‚ and unto dust though shalt return." This is a translation of the quotation which begins Dawe’s poem‚ Enter Without So Much As Knocking. The quote reminds us that life is not forever; and that we are all faced with mortality. The poem itself is discussing a man’s journey from birth to death and how all around him life is interpreted by material possessions. At the beginning of the first stanza‚ the
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Its an analzis of a poem by William Wordsworth - Jennifer Lasky Ms. Grant English 10 per 6 April 7‚ 1997 The Solitary Reaper By William Wordsworth (1770-1850). "The Solitary Reaper"‚ is a poem divided in four different stanzas‚ and each stanza has eight lines. Throughout the course of the poem Wordsworth’s voice evolves from being an outsider voice into an insider voice; simultaneous‚ to the evolution of the voice‚ Wordsworth uses different ways and means to present the spokesman by itself
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The title of Rothenberg’s poem "In a Time of War" seems to encapsulate the poem’s subject-matter‚ written with uncomplicated words of the English vocabulary makes the poem stand out in a stark manner. This method is used by Rothenberg to illustrate to readers exactly how he sees war‚ as it is. One outstanding feature of this poem is its structure. Rothenberg appears to want to isolate the first stanza from the rest of the poem. At a closer reading‚ the first stanza is concerned with the poet’s thoughts
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Upon first read‚ Craig Raine’s "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home"‚ that was written in 1979‚ may seem to be a poem about random happenings on Earth. However‚ while reading the poem in depth and interpreting the poem it can be read as a Martian that was unfamiliar with Earth and its culture. This poem is filled with metaphors. In Craig Raine’s poem "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home" the very literal in essence it is a Martian writing to his people back home. The theme of difference is represented by
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Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem‚ Stealing. To begin with‚ I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership‚ it is essentially a political poem in response to a new culture of greed and selfishness that ignored the working-class. There were constant poll tax riots‚ miner’s strikes‚ homelessness
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“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” is a poem written by Dylan Thomas at the time when his father was at the brink of death. The piece is actually a villanelle where it consist of six stanzas‚ each with three lines except for the sixth stanza which has four lines. The rhymes on the first until fifth stanzas are aba‚ aba‚ aba‚ aba‚ aba. While‚ abaa is the rhyme for the last quatrain stanza. Thomas died a few months after his father‚ it is believed that this poem was written by him especially for
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Analysis of FOLLOWER By Seamus Heaney An analysis of "Follower" by Seamus Heaney "Follower" is a poem which relates back to Seamus Haney’s past memories which he had experienced when he was at a younger age‚ they are memories of him and his father and their relationship. From the poem we can interpret that he was brought up on a potato farm and in many of his other poems he relates to this‚ this suggests that perhaps he enjoyed farming or perhaps he is expressing the family’s traditions. "Follower"
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The poem An Ordinary Person by Rabindranath Tagore is about how humans do not appreciate the things around them and how they want the things that they do not have. The poem also shows how humans are constantly attracted to things that are foreign to them. The literary device allegory is very important to this poem. The poem could be seen as a poem a poem about a man simply going to the future and becoming the center of attention because he has been resurrected. However‚ the poem could also be interpreted
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