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. ... 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!" The first level of the poem emphasizes the Cid's worthiness, and the second level the worthlessness of Alfonso. ...

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A Married Woman's True Love Brief excerpt of the poem: It is true love because I do not resent watching the Green Bay Packers Even though I am philosophically opposed to football, It is true love because If his mother was drowning and I was drowning and he had to choose one of use to save, He says he"d save me. ... Literary Response: It is a modern poem written by a married woman, and every single word in the poem reveals her deep emotion inside about her husband and her family. ... The poem emphasizes on one topic that what the author's true love is. ...

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In this poem, Anne Bradstreet says that she values the love of her husband more than gold. ... The last two lines of the poems read, "Then while we live, in love let's so persevere / That when we live no more, we may live ever." ... If Anne Bradstreet had lost her husband in the fire, the poem may not have been as calm and tranquil. ... She expressed how much she cared for him in the previous poem, and would have been very upset to have lost him in the fire. 5. From this poem, I have learned that Bradstreet's life was full of hard times that she had to get through. ...

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The poem Title Divine-is mine! ... The poem begins, "Title divine-is mine! ... Another instance where the poem refers to religion is when the poem opens with, "Title divine-is mine!... Using allusion in a poem builds on the tone to help decipher the meaning of the poem. ... This explanation of the poem is one of many interpretations one could come to when reading this poem. ...

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Hardy presents his feelings of loss through the tone of the poem, the structure of the poem, the setting of the poem and the language techniques used. ... This helps the poem become more interesting to read as we can picture Hardy on his walks whilst reading the poem. ... The poem is set shortly after Hardy's wife passed away which gives the poem more impact. Knowing the poem was written just after she died adds to the sad feeling and emotion given off in the poem. ... I found the poem very successful at exploring loss because the techniques I mentioned above were very powerful and effect...

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In 1867 Arnold wrote his most famous poem "Dover Beach". ... The image of the sea is seen throughout the poem. ... At the beginning of the poem it starts off "calm"(1). ... This point is also the climax of the poem. ... On one hand some might call "Dover Beach" a love poem. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 1336
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From start to finish, this piece is gripping, allowing the reader to become part of the poem. Frost throws the truth of the poem in the reader's face rather than alluding to the meaning of the poem. ... It prods at the reader to push further on, deeper into the poem. It becomes overwhelmingly tense as the poem progresses from here. ... I, as a reader connected with this poem and its variations of tension and style. ...

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The internal struggle that the narrators are going through in the poems, "Marriage" and "To a Stranger", help the authors get their points across. The poem, "Marriage", by Gregory Corso, the internal struggle the narrator is going through is one of whether or not to get married. ... In the first three lines of the poem, Corso already has the narrator beating himself up over this decision he has to make, "Should I get married? ... Already Corso sets the tone for the poem. ... In conclusion, both Corso and Whitman use varying types of internal struggles displayed by the narrators in the po...

• Word Count: 848
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Using tone and diction and imagery/symbols, the poems "Mending Wall", "A Hundred Collars", and "Home Burial" (among all the other poems) convey a unified theme of the book. ... But there is a lot of ironic tone used in this poem. ... Furthermore, there is a constant usage of the word arfraid in this poem. ... The idea of being open with each other is evident in this poem. As in all of the other poems there lies a sense of some separation. ...

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Both Marvell and Herrick's poems are in the form of an argument, they are trying to convince the young women in the poems to forget their morals and live life like it should be lived. ... Although both poems had the same ways of getting their point across, the writers were trying to convince their readers of different things. ... Marvell's poem is trying to convince his girlfriend that she is his only true love and he wants to be with her forever. ... Marvell's poem is a declaration of his love to her. It is a truly heartfelt poem that was written to show his undying love for he...

• Word Count: 738
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Both Marvell and Herrick's poems are in the form of an argument, they are trying to convince the young women in the poems to forget their morals and live life like it should be lived. ... Although both poems had the same ways of getting their point across, the writers were trying to convince their readers of different things. ... Marvell's poem is trying to convince his girlfriend that she is his only true love and he wants to be with her forever. ... Marvell's poem is a declaration of his love to her. It is a truly heartfelt poem that was written to show his undying love for he...

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The subject of the poem is a mother's son leaving his childhood behind and getting married. ... This can be referred to as a lyrical poem because it is a short poem that expresses the feelings of one speaker, the mother. The words soap, ring, and boots are repeated in the poem. ... The tone of the poem seems to be one of helplessness and nostalgia as the mother of the groom has to let go of her son and let him move on with his life. ...

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Throughout the poem it is apparent that casual sex is not her cup of tea. ... The very first line of the poem asks a simple question, "How do they do it, the ones who make love without love". ... The informal diction in the poem allows us to get a straightforward answer. ... The most interesting literary device in the poem was the use of open form. ... In a short poem Sharon Olds makes it clear that she feels love should have everything to do with it. ...

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The metaphors used within the poem are generous, using the flea as the most dominant repetitive image throughout the poem. ... During the Renaissance when this poem was written, the flea was used in many poems about intercourse . ... In the era when this poem was written, people believed that every time a man engaged in intercourse his life was reduced . ... In the poem the speaker is not very considerate of the lady's feelings and morals, he is pursuing. ... In the poem the flea, blood, and death of the flea are all used as metaphors for intercourse. ...

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In the poems "Home Burial"" and "Death of a Hired Man"," Robert Frost wrote of family, friends, betrayal and death. ... However, although both poems have many similarities, they're also very different. The first difference between the poems is the element of communication between the spouses. ... The second difference between the poems is the person who represents death. ... The third difference between the stories is the overall theme of the poems. ...

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The poem takes place in the early 1900's in the home of the husband and wife. ... The poem states that he "mounted until she cowered under him" (l. 11). Later on in the poem, the husband says "I"ll follow you and bring you back by force. ... Symbolism in this poem also strengthens the theme of misunderstanding between a husband and wife. ... When the poem opens, they are standing at opposite ends of the stairwell. ...

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Around 1678, a second edition was published after she revised and added some new poems. ... Anne Bradstreet is famous for her use of plain style in her poems. She has many poems, all of which are done in this style. All of her poems have a clear story and lesson to them. ... The poem that plain style is very evident to me is "To My Dear and Loving Husband." ...

• Word Count: 559
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"The Going" by Thomas Hardy is one of many poems written by Hardy after his wife's death. Between 1912-13 Hardy wrote many poems addressing the loss of his wife with whom he seemingly had a tough and strained marriage. ... In the fourth stanza, the tone of the poem changes as Hardy remembers the time the two spent together. ... This contrasts from the earlier part of the poem which is very macabre. ... The poem is slowed by Hardy implementing an ellipsis; "To sink down soon". ...

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This is a conceit, or complicated comparison that is carried throughout the poem. ... The marriage idea is a metaphor and another conceit that Donne uses in the poem. ... The language of the poem is often sexual. ... The poem is a sonnet with three quatrains, or four-line stanzas, and a rhyming couplet. ... The final couplet is the most dramatic part of the poem. ...

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Michael Lassell's poem, " How to Watch Your Brother Die," brings a lot of different issues to the table. ... The issues that are discussed in this poem are those of which that hit very close to home in today's society. ... The next issue that is brought up in the poem is one of hate. ... That issues that Lassell discusses in this poem are those of which take place everyday in our world. ... In conclusion, I would like to quote a phrase from Lassell's poem. ...

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God's Gifts Analysis of the poem The Flea John Donne, a poet of the renaissance has produced many lusty and sexual poems. One of his many poems is called "The Flea" which introduces a character whose main goal is to bed his mistress. The poem implies that the woman is a proper lady, and does not condone premarital sex. ... Symbols are another device that the character uses throughout the poem to represent desire, and to appeal to the desire of his mistress. ... John Donne's character in this poem is very determined to bed his mistress by applying his wits instead of by force. ...

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Anne Sexton's "Cinderella" is a fairy tale poem about the life of Cinderella. ... There are a couple different themes in this poem, one of them are luck. Luck is shown in some of the stories that Sexton told in the beginning of the poem. ... Throughout almost the entire poem it talks about going from poor to wealthy. ... She is older and wiser and as the way the poem is written, we get a sense that she learns it is not a happy ending after all....

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Gender Struggle "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich is a poem on an outside perspective of a woman who is going through a marriage without love and is being held back by her husband. ... In a time where women could not verbally speak up against the daily tribulations Rich wrote a poem in the mid-nineteenth century standing up alone in what she believed in. ... The poem does not refer to Aunt Jennifer as an individual but rather as women as a whole by placing Aunt Jennifer in a separate generation from herself. ... In the poem the death of Jennifer still will not bring closur...

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Emily Dickinson's, poem, "The Wife" reveals the poet's concerns for domestic femininity in middle-class families through expressing the gender roles of females and using the term "wife" frequently. Although she could never be a wife in her lifetime, the reflection of self-private and the domesticity of household females could be seen in the poem through the contrasts in the three stanzas. Evidently, the persona of the poem is female, and conventionalities of marriage are expressed from the perspective of a female. ... Pick out the last word of each line, that, sta...

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• Grade Level: High School