His vivid descriptions, his grace with words, his forceful vocabulary . His manipulation of words and at the same time manipulates his audience's mind. ... Romeo is being very moody, he is expressing his feelings to Benvolio in rhyming couplets. Rhyming couplets tell the audience of Romeo's strong feeling of wanting to be left alone. ... When Shakespeare manipulates words it helps us understand and causes us to think at the same time. ...

• Word Count: 1012
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

A great deal of emotion is conveyed through Betjeman's word choice, however subtle the words are. In stanza two the words "blow to smithereens" reflect the feelings he has towards the town. ... He uses many repeated words and alliterations. ... The last word of every line rhymes except for the last line of every stanza as this has a different pattern. ... This word doesn't fit in with the rest of the rhyming scheme, however it does rhyme with the last word of the second stanza, which is "Breath" and all the last words rhyme and fit together. ...

• Word Count: 1282
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I chose this poem because in so little words it says so much. ... His choice of words and rhythm is not what I would expect for such a serious topic. The rhythm of the poem is almost like a nursery rhyme. ... Cullen's selection of words is what I liked most about the poem. ... The young boy who said the racial slur at the poem's speaker may not have even known the impact of his words and actions. ...

• Word Count: 617
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

There is some rhyme scheme in each stanza (seen, green, door, bore, and briars, desires) pg. 56. I feel that some words have a deeper, more deceiving meaning, like the word midst. ... The words "thou shall not" are a direct quote from the ten commandments, which were eternal sins. ...

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It includes the full gamut of all human experiences, from war poems and epics, through psalms of worship, love sonnets, to nursery rhymes - anything people think about or sing about. ... Anna Kamieñska, for example, thinks that poetry is like "the magic of words-, "a game between intellect and imagination- and "a philosophical musing upon life anoneself-. ... "The moment you feel, you're Nobody-But-Yourself". (1970) According to Harmer poetry are the words that together leave us a little wiser after we have read them. (1996) Kamieñska reminds that poetry is also a questio...

• Word Count: 799
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Today some people talk in ghetto slang with words like "Homeboy, thug, gangsta, yo, or fershizzle." ... Author Ann McClintock explains this in her essay called "Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising" when she illustrates with "A childhood rhyme claims that "names can never hurt me," but name calling is an effective way to damage the opposition, whether it is another car maker or a congressional candidate." ... Words can be a very strong thing, and can make people either touched, or incensed, or they agree with it. ... Another serious problem is when language is used to encou...

• Word Count: 708
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

It includes the full gamut of all human experiences, from war poems and epics, through psalms of worship, love sonnets, to nursery rhymes - anything people think about or sing about. ... Anna Kamieñska, for example, thinks that poetry is like "the magic of words-, "a game between intellect and imagination- and "a philosophical musing upon life and oneself-. ... "The moment you feel, you're Nobody-But-Yourself". (1970) According to Harmer poetry are the words that together leave us a little wiser after we have read them. (1996) Kamieñska reminds that poetry is also a quest...

• Word Count: 752
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

John Keats only lived for 26 years and faced harsh criticism to his poetry during his time but is now considered by some as one of the great Romantic poets of the 19th century. He was born in Moorfields, England in 1795. By the time he was fourteen, both his parents had passed away leaving him with ...

• Word Count: 529
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It is the essence of words that flow forth freely to land on paper or linger on lips. ... Painting pictures with words is not impossible. ... Not only did it relax me but my words seemed to have an effect on others when read. ... It seems on occasion that there is no method to the madness and that there is no rhyme or reason, but this is just one persons opinion and another person can quite easily see the passion and the effort. ... Do you see the lines and curves of my words and thoughts? ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Henley crafts a distinctive image to the responder by projecting his emotions visually through words. ... Henley's completes his discourse of fate, fortune, suffering, consequence and Death by utilising the anaphora to distinctively conclude his poem with the rhyming couplet "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul....

• Word Count: 857
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

She also differed from them in style, using different meter and rhyme while adding unique style of punctuation. ... Dickinson's capitalization of "Man,"" and "Glee,"" allow the reader to put further emphasis and importance on those words. ...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School