While the vast portion of student readers will give the poem a once-over and get to work, a genuine understanding and analysis takes a bit more time. To fully delve into Plath's intentions with Morning Song we will go through a full process of surface level reading, a number of essential observations and an analysis and interpretation of the full work. ... Analysis and Interpretation The metaphorical myriad that is Morning Song leaves much to be considered after reading. ...

• Word Count: 1571
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• Grade Level: High School

The Analysis of Blake's Structural Use In "The Divine Image" Blake created many visually driven works that incorporated his ideas as a philosopher and artist. ... If one takes a more in depth analysis of the uses of structure that Blake incorporates then they would notice the originally order of the words in the phrase and how Blake rearranges them to create a first to last order of importance in the last line of stanza four. ...

• Word Count: 1424
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• Grade Level: High School

To His Coy Mistress- by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). Analysis of figures of Speech and Poetic Devices. To begin, the title of the poem suggests that it is written by a man to his coy (shy) mistress. The poem is a metaphysical poem expressed in a romantic form, so it could be easily categorized as...

• Word Count: 1363
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• Grade Level: High School

In the poem previously mentioned by Richard Brautigan, I will show my analysis and I will explain the impact the context have in the meaning of the final message, although it can mean the opposite depending on the readers point of view. ... In the next three paragraphs I will present some of the elements found in the poem, a description of each verse and finally my analysis. ...

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Analysis At first glance, Hughes" "Theme for English B" seems to be simply the reflections of a young college student on his relationship to his school, home, and surrounding society. ... As this poem reflects an analysis of internal and external observations of what is ruled and what really happens we can observe that it reflects on the structure of the poem. ...

• Word Count: 1896
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Analysis At first glance, Hughes" "Theme for English B" seems to be simply the reflections of a young college student on his relationship to his school, home, and surrounding society. ... As this poem reflects an analysis of internal and external observations of what is ruled and what really happens we can observe that it reflects on the structure of the poem. ...

• Word Count: 1930
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As a matter of fact it has been said that "Nearly all of Rita Dove's poetry deals with aspects of history Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts - (Analysis). ... (Analysis). ...

• Word Count: 1934
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• Grade Level: High School

Thesis Statement: Robert Frost explores many different aspects of writing. An analysis of the astounding collection of poetry and stories by Robert Frost I find the themes of ironary, satire, and most of all nature to be present and pe...

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The poem is more about a conflict of the mother's individuality verses her duty to motherhood, and the reader will recognize this and conclude through close analysis of Plath's expert use of voice/sound, word choice and metaphorical figure of speech, "Metaphors" ultimately suggests a deep indecision about motherhood....

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The paper presents an analysis of Maya Angelou through researching her cultural context and how it helps readers to understand her work, influences among writers, her writing style applied to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her theories about literature and writing, and critical reception of the writers work. ...

• Word Count: 1524
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"She Walks in Beauty," The Analysis She Walks in Beauty is a poem in which the author speaks of the physical beauty of a woman; a female who the author encountered. This encounter lead him to visualize a great distinct physical image of her so he began to speak of this phenomenal attractiveness. A s...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through the history of the United States there have been a countless numbers of poets. With them came an equal number of writing styles. Certainly one of the most unique poets to write life's story through his own view of the world and with the ambition to do it was Walter Whitman. Greatly criticize...

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• Grade Level: High School

John Keats expresses his feelings on many matters of the complex world in which he lived in two of his poems, "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode on a Grecian Urn". Since the two have many similarities, as well as differences, coupling them can result in some overall conclusions. Within these two odes,...

• Word Count: 1754
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Derek B. comments, "To all who sincerely appreciate this poem (a large audience, I"m quite sure), I say this is a poem of that continuous self analysis that creeps into us when presented with two choices, sometimes optimum, many times bitter. ...

• Word Count: 1474
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• Grade Level: High School

At its most basic level, analyzing poetry typically begins with the immediate categorization by form. As quantitative as a mathematical problem, poems are formulaically distributed into piles with similar meter, rhythm, and rhyme. A poem with three quatrains of alternating rhythm followed by a coupl...

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Analyzing elements of poetic style is generally accepted as one method of exploring a poet's ideas and beliefs. How someone perceives the world is revealed in the way they speak. A poet's attitudes toward what poetry can and should be attempting to communicate are exhibited in style. In other words, the voice, use of images and figurative language determines how a poem is read and reveals what is being said. I have selected Hardy'sThe Darkling Thrush? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever ...

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As a little girl growing up, I spent a lot of time with a Hispanic lady because my mother worked all the time. She was like a grandmother to me. I loved to hear her speak of her late husband and how much she loved him. Her voice would change when she spoke of him. She described how she would sit and gaze at him when he perused the newspaper or how she would leave sweet notes in his lunch pail. ...

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William Shakespeare's classical play "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" begins with a prologue. Unlike most prologues this one is in the form of a sonnet. Sonnets usually consist of 14 lines, the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" follows this structure. In this sonnet the 14 lines are divided up into 3 sections of 4 lines and the last section is made up of 2 lines. This sonnet uses three different methods to separate the 4 sections from one another. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although defined differently by many, poetry can be viewed as a form of "literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm." (Britannica poetry) Poetry is a vast subject that dates back to thousands of years. In writing poetry, authors often incorporate or manipulate syntax, sound scheme, meter, and more to invoke certain aesthetics and meaning. One poet who became world renowned was Walt Whitman. Whitman broke the boundaries of poetic form and took a very ...

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W.H. Auden, the distinguished poet, playwright and author, was of the opinion that "a poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language" (W.H. Auden n. pag.). In his poem "Lullaby" (Auden 29), there is a clear focus on the expression of love. The speaker, who is talki...

• Word Count: 1813
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• Grade Level: High School

Robert Frost was considered the "most popular modern American poet of the twentieth century" (Literature Online 1). His use of natural images and traditional poetic technique give him a fashion that is desirable to the fictitious ears. Throughout his literary career, Frost had been both celeb...

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'You do not do, you do not do/ Any more, black shoe/ In which I have lived like a foot/ For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breath or Achoo', is the opening description provided by Plath of her circumstances in 'Daddy'. In this opening stanza, the familiar image of a foot ...

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Art is like a little society within the large society- a society of art within the society at large. Many artists have two ambitions – to gain artistic recognition within the society of art, and to have effects in the society at large social effects are also expected as part of art policy. The problem is that these ambitions are not easily reconcilable. The society of art has its own system of power,with norms that makes it difficult for artists to have effects in the society at large without its prior recognition. The society of art must balance its demand for full independence agains...

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l. Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. The transcendentalists A. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - American essayist and poet, a leader of the philosophical movement of transcendentalism. Influenced by such schools of thought as English romanticism, ...

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• Grade Level: High School