In the first stanza, we're greeted with a "lantern that wouldn't burn" (1), which Frost could have used to foreshadow that the poem, or 'night' is not off to a good start – and that things will get infinitely worse from here. ... However, in comparing the second stanza to the third, the third one is broken into two sentences. ... In the first sentence, it signals the conclusion of the story told up to that point, where "the ponderous beast" (9) has been killed. ... The automatic connotations that we associate with the word 'crack', is...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poet uses various poetic devices but the recurring use of enjambment suggests that the poet is having an outpouring of emotions and is not able to decide where to end his sentence. ... The poem follows the effects of the storm on various objects observable from the house, starting with a metaphor comparing the house with a ship far out at sea at night and stuck in a storm. ... The wind again picks up speed and is now so powerful that the fields start quivering and the sky seems like it may vanish any moment with a bang. ... The poem follows a very well structured timeline beginning with th...

• Word Count: 788
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the use of similes, symbols, meter, structure, rhyme, connotation Rich created her poem, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers. ... In terms of the meter, structure, and rhyme of the poem, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers Adrienne Rich utilizes quatrains, consisting of couplets, for a total of six sentences in twelve lines. ... By starting the poem with the tigers and ending with the tigers, the poet is containing the real life within the fantasy life, the reverse of what we know about Aunt Jennifer, whose inner life is in fact contained within her outer life. ... Death is eternal and the idea of her...

• Word Count: 1074
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mrs Midas' life and relationship with her lover have been changed suddenly and against her will, and all because of one thoughtless wish made by Midas.  ... She feels that because of this her partner, with his "Greek god" appearance, is straying away from her and towards women who are younger, "girls". ... In the last line Medusa instructs to "look at [her] now", which is ironic in reference to the Greek myth, as anyone she meets eyes with will turn into stone, but this also works as a compelling finishing sentence. ... However, in the last stanza Duff...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate