The poets of the preromantic age, in reaction to the reasoning turned again to nature, senses and sentiments. ... The world of innocence is painted through the perception of children. ... He believed that the innocence was the state of perfection similar to that of God. ... The key poem in the Songs of Innocence is The Lamb. ... In some respect the poet himself is participating in the state of innocence by having a child's nature. ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

One of the poems was in his poetry collection Songs of Innocence, and the other in the collection named Songs of Experience. ... As stated, both poems are about the unfortunate destinies of many little children who at a very young age were dressed in black and recruited as chimney sweepers. ... An element that emphasizes a degree of innocence in both speakers is an expression that is used in both poems. ... This of course tells us that both speakers are at a very young age, and could suggest that both characters still are innocent at some degree. ... It stands for happiness, playfulness, joyfu...

• Word Count: 2076
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School

He still stays active in the poetry world whether it be teaching, analyzing poems, or even writing poems at the age of 73. ... But the youth does not know of this tragedy, because Collins says the teacher wants to "preserves" the kids innocence. ... The theme then is youth innocence. Collins shows this in the essay multiple ways, but what the reader must decide is whether this innocence is good or bad for the adults of tomorrow. ... This essay is a message to all who deprive their children of the truth and try and put their innocence instead of their knowledge. ...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: High School

They revolted against the artificial declamatory speeches and formal language of the neoclassical age. ... The main theme of "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" is searching for comfort or peace while realizing the loss of childhood innocence and lack of constraint. 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...

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

In his best works, "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience," Blake uses his poetic talent to address the political and relgious ideas of his age. The poems "The Lamb" and "The Tyger," published in Songs of Innocence and of Experience, uses the symbolism of two different animals to explain how all things, good and evil, come from God. ...

• Word Count: 582
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In the second part he questions his memories because of age, he is not sure the feeling is the same. ... He first describes the innocence of his childhood, then his disparity and vanity of old age and lastly, the purity of his sister. ... Wordsworth used it to express innocence and purity. ...

• Word Count: 702
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A couple of days ago I was cleaning out my now unused study - recently I have been finding other places to write, my bed, the bathroom, even in the bath, as the portability of the laptop proves very convenient - and I stumbled upon a book, well read, yet discarded in my 'old age'. ... Here the persona is middle aged and is confronting her father"'"s age and mortality '"'your marvellous journey"'"s done'"'. Her reluctance to accept the closeness of her father"'"s death is portrayed through her yearning ...

• Word Count: 743
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... 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

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 are young. ...

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

He wrote poems reminiscent of his childhood and lost innocence. ... However Thomas's views of childhood in the first stanzas are "contrasted in the final stanzas with the regret of the adult as he recalls the loss of the innocence and splendor of childhood" (Korg 93). ... "Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, / And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way" means that these men have lived without any reserve in their lifestyle, but what they do not realize is they will soon age and die (10-11). ...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Though the structure of the two poems is virtually identical, they both illustrate that all humans regardless of age, race, or creed fall into one of these two categories. ... The speaker illustrates this through the celebration of love, youth, innocence, and poetry that stands as the underlying theme of the work. ... But could youth last, and love still breed, Had joys no date, nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To live with thee and be thy love. The nymph tries to communicate that should youth and love last forever and joy and age never mature, and the shepherd&#...

• Word Count: 1449
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

In April 1819, Byron met his last attachment Teresa Gamba Guiccioli who was married to a man three times her age. ... "A serious illness in February 1824, weakened Byron; in April he contracted a fever, treated by further bleeding, from which he died on April 19 at the age of thirty-six"(The Penguin Group, 4). ... The author seeks his own innocence through her beauty; this is the author's definition of ideal woman. ...

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

Using a physically shocking metaphor the poet has created the image of a cruel, callous hand violating the innocence of a girl. ... We know she is young by the phrase "full new breast" this enhances the horrifying image innocence being violated. ...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

"Dylan Thomas's poems are exuberant, often florid and occasionally obscure". a) How far do you agree with the above assessment of the collection in "Selected Poems"? Dylan Thomas's "Selected Poems" offers a wide magnitude of poetry, ranging from poems that are filled with exuberant, elaborate,...

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

This poem is about the child praying to his mother, God and society to make the world a better place for him to live in without the current hazards. The child represents society and so when he says "I fear the human race", he is showing that he is afraid of his own kind and of himself, "me", the mo...

• Word Count: 2163
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

At the age of nine she was unready for her father's death when she says, "You died before I had time- (line 7) which simply means that her father died before she had any reason to hate him or be angry with him, or realize that he wasn't perfect, good, or the honest person she made him out to be. ... 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