... be very convenient for him to watch the snow as he continues traveling, however he finds it necessary to stop his wagon. This shows that the speaker is willing to pause his life in order to entirely absorb the tranquillity of the snow falling in the woods. The appreciative tone appropriately expresses his purpose for stopping. He wants to truly appreciate this moment. “The darkest evening of the year” (8) “The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake” (11) “The woods are lovely, dark and deep” (14) Most people would find woods that are quiet, dark and deep to be frightening. The positive appreciative attitude of this poem makes the woods “ ...
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... experiencing that love. The poet refers to her as "The whitest pouring of eternal light." She was like a small shaft of light pouring into the dark room of his life. A reoccurring image is found quite often throughout the poem which adds a crisp flavor to the piece. The word "gold" is used frequently. This image refers to the princess. It reflects and portrays everything about her. She is gold; a rich, precious gem, unavailable to the poet. The continued reference to this image symbolizes everything he lacks, but yearns for. The poet elevates the princess to the value of gold, depicting exactly how out of reach she is. "My thought is all of this gold-tinted ...
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... each line, while the sentences end at each quatrain. The rhyme scheme is consistent throughout the piece and each line rhymes with every other line. For example, in the first line ‘whiskey on your breath’ rhymes with ‘but I hung on like death’ on the third line. The words breath and death are dominant words that reveal a somber tone, which runs throughout the piece. In the second line, the words ‘dizzy’ and ‘easy’ are paired as sight rhymes. Although the rhyme scheme is entertaining, the late night waltz between father and son is serious. The poem is told by a boy who remembers waltzing with his father. The first stanza reveals that the father has been drinking a ...
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... of the imagery is with sight and sound. For sight they are “Close to the sun”, “Azure world”, azure mean the blue color in a clear daytime sky. “ Wrinkled sea beneath”, and “mountain walls”. The only one that was imagery of sight & sound was “like a thunderbolt he falls”. The figures of speech are “wrinkled sea”, which means the waves in the ocean. And one simile is “like a thunderbolt he falls”, it is saying how fast a eagle dives. The poems theme is how an eagle can fly so high and dive so fast. And how free an eagle is. I thought that this was a nice poem. I like the way he uses the words. I think the rhyming scheme he used was appropri ...
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... young age. He was separated from his land, his family and all that he knew. He was treated as mere chattel when he was forced to carry a 25-pound grinding stone on top of his head at the age of six. His master, Robert Mumford, tried to break his pride constantly by exerting harsh and swift punishments. He possessed no civil rights and in the eyes of the law he was not a “person”. His masters were oft to treat him with inhumane cruelty. Similar to Venture Smith’s life growing up in the slavery system, Douglass witnessed brutal beatings given by slave owners to women, children, and the elderly. Young Frederick was grossly mistreated and it did not get any bet ...
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... “Oh, you sweet thing!” All that for just one crummy line!! I guess it was not in Jane's mind, That her figure was so well defined. So she went to health clubs, For health food and back rubs, Now look; if you do, you'll go blind!! I guess it was not in Jane's mind, That her teeth were poorly aligned. The boys did not go near, For, her chops they did fear, Till she had her mouth re-designed. I guess it was not in Jane's mind, That a job she needed to find. When they cut her welfare, She just didn't care. Till her waist was thin as a dime. ...
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... way like cutting onions Brings water out of no where.( ll.1-5) We have all experienced the burning and the tears brought to our eyes by the sting of an onion. By use of this comparison Rios has given the reader an everyday event that describes the uncontrollable up-welling of emotions one experiences when visiting the wall. Rios uses this technique frequently and effectively throughout this poem. “The Vietnam Wall” tells the story of the poets visit to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D. C.. Rios takes the reader with him on his journey down the wall explaining each detail as he goes from the shape of the wall to the physical appearance of it. An ex ...
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... message for the reader to cogitate. After reviewing the circumstances and issues concerning the speaker’s life, the reader forms a moral approval or disapproval. Thus, the dramatic monologue has a central objective: The reader must determine a final judgment of the speaker. In his dramatic monologues, Browning expresses his own convictions through the use of grotesque art. As the term implies, vile, rebuked, heartless, and failing human beings are presented in Browning’s glaring poems. “He often selects the eccentric, the morally deformed, the man with a grudge, a guilt, a secret or a crime to his credit. He chooses them for effect.”(Schmidt 380) Althoug ...
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... his first, then ultimately conclusive belief, one must delve into his earlier works. In the first poem of "Drum Taps", "First O Songs For A Prelude" the poem indicates to the reader that Whitman is staunchly enthusiastic towards the first battle: The tumultuous escort, the ranks of policemen preceding, clearing the way, The unpent enthusiasm, the wild cheers of the crowd for their favorites…War! Be it weeks, months, or years, an arm'd race is advancing to welcome it. As we can see, like most Americans, Whitman was proud of the engagements to come because at the time, war was only viewed by those who had never seen the ugly side of it. Like a diary of pros ...
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... of chivalric conventions of the surrounding social climate. He demonstrates throughout the work a need for balance. As symbolied by the pentangle worn by Sir Gawain, representing the balanced points of chivalric virture, each being codependent of the other in order to remain a whole, the narrative could be considered as a What accompanies an appreciation for the seemingly sudden shift from the typical romance at the end of the piece is the raised awareness that the change does only seem to be sudden. Careful exlporation of the plot, setting, and character descriptions illuminates several deviations from the established convention of the ideal society existing w ...
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