Although there isn't necessarily a "clear" volta in terms of its use as a "twist," something Paul Fussell notes as "indeed indispensable" due to its lack of execution, we see the seventh and eighth line summarize the metaphors in just one line as opposed to it being spread over two as is the case for the rest of the octave, a "turn" of some sort. ... Even within the "volta," there is no solution to the argument at hand as its use would usually entail, but rather it offers us a kind of "warning" that "if we may not let the Muse be free, She will be bound with garlands of her own." ... Usin...

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Again, an idealization of nature combined with an open disapproval of conventional thinking in areas of technology and religious dogma, put together with a free flow of imaginative thinking, as well as the fact that God is mentioned in the poem easily qualifies it as Romanticism. Also, when combined with the unique way Wordsworth implements his more free-flowing poetic style in The World Is Too Much with Us, all these factors put together qualifies this poem as an excellent example of Romanticism in the 19th century. ... The poem begins on a depressing note, "Well, they are gone, and ...

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Through images of eyes and wealth veiled in double meanings, penned in the freeing and restricting form of a sonnet, we find that the subject's dual nature endows him with great power, yet the greatness of this power is what ultimately limits him. ... For one's eyes to be "bright" suggests one is free-spirited, lively and jubilant, unhindered by pain or hatred that might cloud the eyes. ... Indeed, the meter sets the melancholic tone of the poem, ending each line on an unaccented syllable and, quite literally, a "down note". ...

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The "tulips" of the first volume are free-verse lyric poems that present a nostalgic glance at his childhood. ... In his late verse--XAIPE: Seventy-One Poems (1950), 95 Poems (1958), and the posthumously published 73 Poems (1963)--Cummings effects a softer, more elegiac note, recalling his early affinity for New England Transcendentalism and English Romanticism. ...

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Now, if the lady is intelligent, as he seems to be, she will note the reference to the shame, sin, loss of virginity and the possible pregnancy. ... I think that another message within the context of this poem would be to allow all lovers to be free from the constraints of society. ...

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Here the sweep's unfeeling sanctimonious parents have clothed him in the clothes of death and taught him to sing the notes of woe. ... The children are free to leap and shout and laugh under the responsible care of the nurse, who watches over the children, indulging their desires, and yet taking care of their physical well being. ...

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Whitman's style of free verse develops in complex and expansive lines and stanzas, which are nevertheless visually descriptive, painting to the readers a clear picture of what he wants them to see through a direct and impacting tone. ... Her unique free style is due mainly to her peculiar placement of punctuation, such as dashes that break the lines keeping them open, unusual grammar and capitalization of seemingly banal words. ... Dickinson transcended not only poetry conventions of her time (by her free-verse, her particular use of punctuation and capitalization) but also epistolary on...

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Different authors use various figures of speech to present their characters in plays or poems. For actors, figures of speech usually help to determine the most prominent traits of characters. The first part one of this paper analyzes the character of Doctor Faustus who is the protagonist of Marlowe...

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Firstly, he is free to satirise the superficiality of the time without exposing himself to the imminent public outcry. ... We see them also in their role as followers, Belinda's army, just as an epic hero would have his faithful servants we see how "To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, / We trust the important charge, the petticoat" . ...

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