The garden, "loved like an only child," is a symbol for Poland, the homeland of the persona's father. ... This attachment, as the audience is told that the poet's father has, "swept its [the garden's] paths ten times around the world." Such a hyperbole emphasizes Feliks' strong connection with his garden, the only place he truly belongs... Through the simile, "I'd ravage the backyard garden like a hungry bird," Skrzynecki compares himself to a fledgling bird safe in the security of his nest. With another simile, "rows of sweet corn: tended...

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In the soliloquy hamlet refers to his world as useless or disgraceful His speech is full of words that suggest rot and corruption which is shown with words like "gross" (I,II, 138) and he also refers to his world as an "unweeded garden" all this shows how unstable hamlets state of mind is since he can't seem to think of anything good about the world he lives in which is caused by his fathers death and his mother remarrying so quickly to King Hamlet's brother which disgust Hamlet and makes him disgusted by the weakness of his mother. ... When Ophelia will reject Hamlet's love it ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate