“Harlem” * Of the six images, five are similes. Which is a metaphor? Comment on its position and its effectiveness. “Or crust and sugar over-“ The metaphor helps create the shift in the poen and also gives a deeper meaning of what the poet is trying to say with greater impact. * What specific denotation has the word “dream”? Since the poem does not reveal the contents of the dreams, the poem is general in its implication. What happens to your understanding of it on learning that its
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The poem, “The Raven” written by Edgar Allen Poe is a very exceptional poem with several poetic devices like Alliteration, Personification, Metaphor, Connotation, and Foreshadowing that all work together to create an effect based around several themes such as Sadness, love and depression. “The Raven” uses musical sounds and rhythmic pattern style of writing. To carry out this musical effect, Poe uses internal rhyme “Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December” (Raven: 7). He
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Literary Analysis Paper COURSE #: English 102-CO1 COURSE TITLE: Comp & Lit Writing Style Manual Used: MLA Thesis Statement: “The Chimney Sweeper” written by William Blake can easily be confused as to whether it is a poem about how hard work and faith can bring you to the Lord or how being naïve can be extremely foolish. Outline I. Introduction a. Discuss what the poem is about b. Thesis statement II
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The Tyger-William Blake I chose the poem “The Tyger” by William blake to showcase that this poem shows how different sound devices contribute to the meaning of this poem. In “The Tyger” William Blake essentially questions god and his nature, using the tiger as the grounds for his examination. In the first quatrain, the line "what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry?" refers to why god would create such a creature both good and evil? This poem has a heavy rhyme scheme and consists
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Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer Tigers" is a poem that concerns itself mainly with a woman struggling to accept the indignities of her daily life while being insatiably focused on attaining some sense of immortality once that life ends. Aunt Jennifer must find a way to deal with her unhappy and submissive station in life, and she does so by sewing exciting and memorable works of art. Sewing is her escape and in this case she's escaping to a jungle where wild animals rule the land and
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In Life, we are all faced with what I like to call the choice of chance. Every decision we make has a consequence. Whether it is negative or positive is the chance we take when we chose. Some decisions take longer to decide and the outcome could linger forever and some decisions can be quickly decided and may be easily changed if it is deemed necessary. In “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost speaks of a situation in which a traveler makes a strong decision on which path to take using a composed
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reach the heart of the readers. The poetry of Jibanananda has become the defining essence of modernism in twentieth century Bengali poetry. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry. Towards the later half of the twentieth century the poetry of Jibanananda has become the defining essence of modernism in twentieth century Bengali poetry Surrealism was one of his tools that
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LEAVING BELFAST Leaving Belfast is a poem by Andrew Motion (1952 - …) an English poet, novelist and biographer. The story seems to be situated in Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, which had been the scene of various episodes of sectarian conflict between its Roman Catholic and Protestant populations at that time. These opposing groups in this conflict are now often termed republican and loyalist respectively, although they are also referred to as 'nationalist' and 'unionist'. The
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Essential Questions to ask yourself about every poem: 1. Read the poem aloud, slowly and thoughtfully. 2. Re-read the poem. Underline aspects of the poem that stand out upon reading. 3. How many lines and stanzas make up the poem? What is the structure? Is the poem rhymed, blank, or free verse? Explain your answer. 4. Literal - paraphrase the poem, line by line. Explicate each line for meaning. 5. Figurative – what are the deeper meanings of the poem revealed through the poet’s
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O Book of Poetry Nursery Rhymes “Rock-a-Bye Baby” b Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop[pic] When the wind blows, the cradle will rock When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall And down will come baby, cradle and all [pic] Three Blind Mice Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see
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