In fact, throughout the entire poem, the Cid is portrayed as an exemplary hero and vassal; he is also an ideal lord himself. ... The Cid's central duty in the poem, however, is as a vassal and champion of Alfonso. ... The preceding analysis emphasizes the superficial level, on which the focus is on the Cid's loyalty and greatness as a vassal. ... Let us take the trial that ends the poem to illustrate this. ... The leitmotif of the poem is "What a worthy vassal if only he had a worthy lord!" ...

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In his poem "Lullaby" (Auden 29), there is a clear focus on the expression of love. ... The poem is without a doubt directly spoken to one specific person. This implies that the beloved is the addressee in the poem. ... An important question to ask when one analysis a poem, is whether or not the title is appropriate. ... The appearance of the poem; its metrical basis and rhymes, conforms to the ide...

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While the vast portion of student readers will give the poem a once-over and get to work, a genuine understanding and analysis takes a bit more time. ... The poem is chalked full of every metaphor you can possibly imagine. ... The poem comes to completion with the baby yearning to communicate. ... Analysis and Interpretation The metaphorical myriad that is Morning Song leaves much to be considered after reading. ... She displays this growth as the poem goes on. ...

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The poem by Billy Collins, entitled Days illustrates the same of feelings. ... In the introductory stanza of this poem time is portrayed in a fashion in which a supreme being is giving the most precious gifts of all: Life. ... In the final stanza of this poem, a sense of mourning, reality, and death is present. Sadness takes over the entirety of the poem, and humans are left scrambling as to how and who to spend the last days with. ... What we can learn from this poem is something that will benefit each and every one of us. ...

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It is possible to read this poem as a statement of some self-pity on the poet's part, a feeling, perhaps, that he has been cheated and misunderstood because he took an unpopular path. ... In the first verse of the first stanza, Frost says, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood," which is seemingly a very important part of the poem. ... The speaker ends the poem by stating that he chose the "road not taken," and that this choice has had a great significance in his life. ... This poem supplies the reader with a situation that each person has to face at least one situation in their lives. ...

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Analysis of figures of Speech and Poetic Devices. To begin, the title of the poem suggests that it is written by a man to his coy (shy) mistress. The poem is a metaphysical poem expressed in a romantic form, so it could be easily categorized as a love poem. The title addresses who the poem is from and who it is being addressed to. ... The usage of assonances also make the vowels in the lines of the poem correspond. ...

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The poem "What You Are Doing Now" by Gary Hyland, is a very peculiar poem. The character is "you" and the poem is about what "you" are doing now, which is reading the poem. At first, "you" dislike the idea of reading a poem, and then "you" begin to really like it. But then, "your" teacher tells "you" to write an analysis of the poem, and suddenly, the poem is not so nice anymore. "Then your teacher announces that you have thirty minutes to write an analysis of this poem and when you look the poem spits in your face and stops." ...

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Therefore, this paper will examine her background, provide a critical analysis of five of her poems, and a personal commentary will be provided. ... Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's poems were first published in abolitionist periodicals in 1839. ... The Dying Mother was a poem that dealt with a slave mother who became terminally ill. In the poem, the mother wanted her husband to hold her close until her last breath. ... The character in the poem wants her soul to be able to rest. ...

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The Analysis of Blake's Structural Use In "The Divine Image" Blake created many visually driven works that incorporated his ideas as a philosopher and artist. ... When these things are brought into the world poetry the elements and principles are adapted to what makes up a poem's structure .The elements become relative to poems and thus are meter, punctuation, and word choice and placement. ... The capitalization technique is a thoughtful process in which Blake applies to this poem in a rather blatant way. ... His choice of writing the most memorable words consistently create...

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Because this poem is widely known, containing themes and symbols easy to follow, I would expect a published analysis of the piece to introduce new and more in-depth topics, rather than to restate the obvious. Unfortunately, Erica Smith's analysis of "Go Down, Moses" does just that (restate the obvious), and when she does briefly introduce new points, they are weak and not useful to her overall argument. ... Contemporary spirituals can be found in the works of Langston Hughes, more specifically in his poem "Negro". ... We know that the poem rhymes. Smith should have introduced answers as t...

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An analysis of the astounding collection of poetry and stories by Robert Frost I find the themes of ironary, satire, and most of all nature to be present and persistent. ... From his poem "The Mending Wall" to his poem "In a Disused Graveyard" he has shown several themes to his style of writing. ... In the poem "Mending Wall" the direct comparison is that the speaker Frost is once again using satire and ironary "Good fences make good neighbors", his neighbor from the poem says. ... In the poem "To E.T." ... I feel the arrogance in this poem reflects in some of his other works. ...

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"She Walks in Beauty," The Analysis She Walks in Beauty is a poem in which the author speaks of the physical beauty of a woman; a female who the author encountered. ... The poem speaks through the usage of imagery. The poem is highly rhythmic with meaningful tones. ... The development of the poem clearly shows the voice through which the poem is spoken, This poem was written as a final product showing how her presence provided for inspiration. ... Thus making of this poem...

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Anyone can write a poem, but when do you become a poet? ... As a matter of fact it has been said that "Nearly all of Rita Dove's poetry deals with aspects of history Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts - (Analysis). ... The poems portray many Civil Rights issues, but they are not the only ones. ... (Analysis). ... Such is the case in the poem "Parsley-. ...

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In the last analysis, the Harlem Renaissance ended when most of those associated with it left Harlem or stopped writing, while new young artists who appeared in the 1930s and 1940s never associated with the movement. ... "Mother To Son- is a poem and "Thank You M' am- is a short story. ... The poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers displays his uses the imagery of rivers to demonstrate the connection with the earth and nature in his poem. In this poem, the speaker in the poem has known rivers; he speaks of rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. ... I...

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Also, the poem uses soft alliteration "little lamb- which gives a much softer feel to the poem and some might mistake it for children's poem. "The Lamb- is a very symbolic poem. ... Songs of Experience consist of 26 poems. According to recent collection of "The top 500 poems- as determined by computer analysis of hundreds of anthologies, the now most published poem is "The Tyger-. ... But the poem remains an enigma. ...

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In a thorough analysis, one can clearly justify that the two poems, "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," by Robert Herrick and "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell are works from that period, which deliver a clear theme of "carpe diem." ... Time is essential in this poem. ... The footnote from the poem refers to "him" as time. ... Both poems go into great depth over the struggle of time. ... Both poems also use imagery by referring to the sun. ...

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as a representative poem for this discussion. ?... is a poem occasioned by the beginning of a new year and a new century. ... Although the situation of the poem is given to the reader in the past tense as a memory, we experience the poem as something the speaker is experiencing in the present. ... emanating from a concrete reality is where the poem becomes the most humane. ... The speaker in the poem is taking a look at the worst. ...

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Let's analyze the first two lines of the poem, "How Do I love thee? ... I read this poem a few times before realizing that the poet is speaking of the love that he has for his lover will be immortalized in the poem he has written for her. This poem speaks of his lover almost like she is the perfect woman. ... All four poems are similar because they all deal with love. ... Out of the four poems I analyzed, Bradstreet's poem moved me. ...

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The first draft of "Thanatopsis," his most famous poem, was written when he was 16 years of age, and he was only 27 years old when his first published volume, Poems, appeared in 1821. Poems included, in addition to "Thanatopsis,", "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," "Green River," and "To a Waterfowl." ... Emily Dickinson- Heralded as one of the most gifted American writers, Emily Dickinson authored nearly 2,000 poems. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) attracted little interest. ... In 1917 her collection Renascence and Oth...

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It wasn't until 1894 before Frost began to publish his poems. ... The Road Not Taken was one of many poems that Robert Frost wrote. ... He believes that Frost's meant for the poem to be falsified. ... By his analysis of The Road Not Taken, Parini portrays his own cynical outlook on life. ... Although Edward Thomas may have inspired the poem, the poem was not written as a portrait of brotherly love. ...

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As the title indicates the central theme of this poem is choices. ... In the poem there is never just one road to take. ... Once again at the end of the poem the traveler expresses regret. ... One may also look at this poem to represent a passage in the bible. ... Derek B. comments, "To all who sincerely appreciate this poem (a large audience, I"m quite sure), I say this is a poem of that continuous self analysis that creeps into us when presented with two choices, sometimes optimum, many times bitter. ...

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No wonder he demonstrated such an insight for life in his poems. ... The large number of new poems in the second edition must have kept Whitman busy as a poet the full year preceding its appearance. Twenty new poems were present, with several bordering on an almost obscene emphasis on sex. In the final analysis, it is perhaps impossible to say whether Whitman's sexual imagery derives from one unconscious or the other - or, indeed, from higher levels of consciousness. ... He had a unique style- the "lyric epic"- by which he made long poems stay alive. ...

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Just as there are different forms of love; there are different types of love poems. Poems may be the most romantic of writings, or are typically viewed as such. ... Thomas' "All Right " are two different types of love poems. Both poems are thematic; both poems have a theme surrounding an inflected word. ... Although, the types of aforementioned love can branch across a broad spectrum and can influence several forms of arts including poems; but, not all types of love poems are the same. ...

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The poem "Oranges" uses imagery and strong concrete words to create meaning in his poem. ... This poem is written in first person and is narrated by a boy who is a reliable source. ... An orange can symbolize many things, but in this poem it symbolizes color and a child's joy. ... The descriptive words in the poem "Oranges" provide the reader with a sense that the events being described are of great importance to the young man narrating the poem. ... Again the orange is significant in the poem as the boy uses it to purchase his girl a gift. ...

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The poem "Ulysses " is a dramatic monologue written in 1833 by Alfred Lord Tennyson. ... Tennyson wrote this poem as a means to cope with the death of a dear friend. ... This is where the poem begins. ... The meter of this poem is simple and fairly consistent throughout the poem. ... Although this poem is about the Greek mythological hero Ulysses, the overall significance of the poem relates more personally to Alfred Lord Tennyson. ...

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