Both poems are related to baseball and poetry in a sense of being "misunderstood.... The third thing in common within the two poems of Francis is the deception of baseball and poetry. ... In baseball terms that means throw a fastball and then throw a change-up. ... Poetry is manipulative and really is quite tricky. ... Baseball and poetry are both deceptive in their own respective ways. ...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Even though death is hard to come to terms with, everyone must realize that God do not make mistakes. ... The line "Ben Jonson, his best piece of poetry"(quoted in Approaching Literature, 828) has some significance, comparing his son to his poetry. ... He will never be forgotten, and there will always be someone that knows of him around, like his poetry that will live on through the ages. "Rest in soft peace, and asked, say, "Here doth lie Ben Johnson his best piece of poetry.... No matter how much he hurt or grieve, there will come a time when he come to terms and accept the situati...

• Word Count: 1007
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As long as power can be envisioned only in terms that are culturaly depicted as masculine, the revolutionary vision of Aunt Jennifer, which is all confined to a highly mediated and symbolic plane, will remain insufficient. ... Adrienne Rich has done a wonderful job of incorporating the style of poetry into the central idea. ... Her genius incorporation of a conventional format into the theme shows greatness in the field of poetry. ...

• Word Count: 855
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Essentially the female in this poem is evaluated in terms of the physical world. ... Lyric poetry is often short, expressing the intense feelings and thoughts of the speaker as clearly shown throughout this poem. ... It is also romantic in the way that he talks of the beauty of a woman in terms of the beauty of the night, a clear and starry night. ... For example the author says, "she walks in beauty like the night" here he is saying that she is beautiful in the same way the night is beautiful (Poetry Series Supplement, 3442). ... In it can be found the highly rhythmic characterization of the ...

• Word Count: 1724
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Hardy tends to use many of the literary techniques, but mostly those of kennings and aprorias in his poetry (poems). ... Another technique that Hardy used is an enjambment, which is a line of poetry where the thought does not end at the end of a line, but continues onto the next. ...

• Word Count: 2972
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School