The alternation in style and mood was most likely due to his immigration to America in 1939. ... Shortly after in the eighth stanza Time begins to also represent aging and death. In addition, the twelfth stanza Auden alludes to nursery rhyme, "Jack and Jill," to refer to a loss of innocence and offer an insinuation towards Heaven. ... Auden uses his characteristic style to intertwine the theme within imagery and metaphors. ... For example, " The years shall run like rabbits, for in my arms I hold the Flower of the Ages ." ...

• Word Count: 685
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They revolted against the artificial declamatory speeches and formal language of the neoclassical age. ... Another way in which these writers rebelled in their writing styles was their lack of conventions and rules, such as the three unities, in their works. ... Wordsworth saw the purity and innocence in children and illustrated it in lines 63 through 67. ... Wordsworth also saw, however, how this innocence and purity was corrupted by civilization. ... Stanza VII continues illustrating this corruption and loss of innocence by describing some of the roles that the child will play throughout lif...

• Word Count: 956
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Each of the five poems is written in a different style; however, they each have something in common. ... In five different styles the poets portray this theme very powerfully. ... Witt throws in words to suggest the trust, beliefs, love and innocence of a child; however, the mood is untouched because it is made so clear from the beginning. ... The poem is full of personifications of age and life: "Never fear, Age will catch you, slow down, ere it dispatch you." ... These lines show how eventually age will get the better of you and you will not be able to do the things you can when you ...

• Word Count: 1351
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Plath's use of imagery and the style in her poems have intrigued the thoughts of many critics. ... Plath's unique style is interpreted by Caroline King Barnard Hall in "Sylvia Plath, Revised- as being child-like. ... The style of "Daddy- has consistent end rhyme and rhythmic regularity from beginning to end. ... She's talking about her father and saying how his innocence separated him from everyone else, including her husband. ... At twenty years of age she tried to commit suicide to be with her father, since she couldn't find anyone as trustworthy as him. ...

• Word Count: 2858
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

The poem shows the uniqueness of life and the power that is possess, "The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees". ... "The spire cranes" is a very fantastical poem with the fantasy style birds coming to life. ...

• Word Count: 2553
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School