COMMENATRY/ ANALYSIS ON THE POEM “THE PIKE” BY TED HUGHES: The poem begins with a description of a baby pike, and we are given the impression that right from the very moment of birth this creature is in possession of some pretty chilling characteristics. “…Killers from the egg…” In the first three stanzas, the persona sets the scene and describes the voracious, ruthless nature of this fish. In these stanzas, the fish and its environment occupy the center of attention. “Pike, three inches
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Egg Horror Poem What is an egg’s greatest fear, Laurel Winter the author of “Egg Horror Poem”, writes about the eggs expressing a form of fear, and showing the likes of Personification. The story also shows a series of Repetition which is repeated over and over, and Diction is also shown when the eggs make movement in their compartments. The story starts off with the eggs in the cold, dark of the fridge huddling in their carton. Which “in the cold, in the dark” (line 35-36, 44-45) is a form of
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Comparison of the poems “The Flea” and “If we must die” Many authors use images to convey a message from their theme in their work, as well, to enhance the meaning behind their theme. In the poems “The Flea” by John Donne, and “If we must die” by Claude McKay, both authors use images of animals to convey the theme of death, but each poem uses a different approach to death, one being symbolized by two lovers being united through a flea using a metaphor, and the other being introduced by the brutality
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This poem as well as the author has left me in a confused state of mind. I enjoyed the poem, but I didn’t really comprehend it as well as some of his other work. I was rushed and confused when I picked this poem, I definitely feel like I picked a horrible poem for this particular assignment. It had its ups and downs, Henley is a fantastic writer, and I just feel as if I picked a poem that was way too short. The strengths of this poem was that, he expressed himself in a way where he felt completely
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Mirikitani’s” Suicide Note” are both poems that deal with the subject of suicide. The characters in both poems are different in many ways, yet at the same time, very much alike. Both poems contain different twists and turns that seem to teeter on engaging. The wording and tone leave the reader wondering of the choices that the characters chose, the circumstances that lead up to their deathly kiss, and the psychological state of each respective character. Looking at both poems side by side, we come to the
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experienced having a hard time because of his poetry so they decided to go together on it. In 1967 he married Edith Anne Crunk who was “Annie” in several of his poems, afterward. Wright wrote many books and poems before he passed away on March 25, 1980 due to chronic sore throat, which revealed the diagnoses as cancer to the tongue. In James Wright’s poem, “Beginning,” Wright describes seeing a woman laying back on a tree, looking up and only seeing the darkness of the sky.
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Explication: Elizabeth Bishop's poem “One Art” was published years after her death in 1994. There are six three-line stanzas in this poem. The first stanza provides the entire poem with a rhyme scheme consisting of two rhymes, which are rhyme A and rhyme B. The poem begins boldly with rhyme A, “the art of losing isn't hard to master”, stating that some materialistic things are just made to be lost so losing them would not be such a big deal. Bishop then continues with rhyme B, “so many things seem
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“PoMo” Nights by Kevin Hart Analysis by Sarrah Taouil This poem is about the struggles in life, the ups and downs, the side to side, the zig zags, and twirls, the wind that knocks you down, the hands that help you up, it is in all about life, and that whatever life throws at you, you should never give up, no matter if you think there’s a path for you or not, because truly, there is always a path for you, this poem teaches you to still be positive about life even when it gets hard, and
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years of the war, the poem “for the fallen” ultimately explores and amplifies the common romanticised perceptions of the war held by those at home, through successfully integrating positive connotations in order to portray the patriotic soldiers fighting in the war, as hero's and, nobles and conveying their deaths, as an honourable one. The romanticized perception of war, more specifically the idea of a noble sacrifice and patriotism, can be most seemingly seen in the poem “for the fallen”, where
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Together Forever There is complexity in any relationship, that’s just human nature. Within the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike, the speaker uses a bond between the novelist and his characters to create a relationship. The novelist focuses on the willingness and submission his character does, but in hope the characters' want to be made a certain way with compassion which can be misleading because they are completely controlled with no say at all. The way Updike conveyed this message
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