Owen further emphasises this idea of war killing the young with his use of "boys" and "girls" in the poem's conclusion The final metaphor, which completes the poem, is that of the "drawing down of blinds", this very ordinary image is dramatic in its simplicity. The end is so final. ... This appalling picture expressed through simile and metaphor accentuates the terror and dismay of the war and the impact on the soldiers. ...

• Word Count: 696
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another form of irony often found in poetry is situational irony, occurring when the final outcome of a poem is incongruous with the reader's expectations. ... The first stanza serves to paint an optimistic, colorful picture of the tigers Aunt Jennifer sews as "Bright topaz denizens of a world of green" (2), confident and fearless, "They pace in sleek chivalric certainty" (4). ... The final stanza serves to emphasize the irony between Aunt Jennifer and her tigers, tying together their contrasting realities. ...

• Word Count: 1245
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Feminine liberation, a concept which secedes much of Plath's poetry is explored in the final stanzas of 'Lady Lazarus'. ... In the poem's final stanza, Plath again plays on a familiar allusion to explore the concept of individual liberation. ... Hughes, known until the publication of Birthday Letters as a somewhat impersonal poet uses his final work to explore an unfamiliar theme of guilt and culpability. ... Hughes use of the familiar to heighten such an idea is continued in 'A Picture of Otto', a poem at the end of Birthday Letters. ...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It also marked a distinctive break with the bourgeois morality of the Victorian Age, rejecting 19th-century optimism and presenting a profoundly pessimistic picture of a culture in disarray. ... Therefore the end of the war brought no sense of moral relief for either side, and a great many people, like Oswald Spengler, even argued that the European culture had entered the final stage of its existence. ...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This final version includes a "Dedicatory Letter" to Miss Fermor, which serves the purpose of excusing the previous "imperfect" draft, with which the lady was less than pleased, as well as introducing the theme of the poem: the "little unguarded follies" of the fair sex. ... When we look at the language used by Pope in any sequence concerning the sylphs we can certainly picture these " lucid squadrons" . ...

• Word Count: 2068
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As a result, the reader alongside the poet is drawn back to the realities of everyday life, picturing the frailty and weakness of man's estate with far more conviction and an overriding sense of grief. ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate