In the second line the comparison starts to favor his beloved: his beloved is more beautiful and less extreme than summer. ... Starting from the ninth line Shakespeare shifts his tone with a great passion: "Thy eternal summer shall not fade." ... Line ten and eleven give an answer in comparison with line six and seven: The summer's fair declines, but the fairness of his beloved will be everlasting. ... In line twelve the "eternal lines of time" not only refers to lines of poetry but also to lines of beauty. The poem finishes with a triumphant couplet, which explains and summarizes the th...

• Word Count: 665
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Sexton expresses her poem through an ABABCBC pattern, which is different then your normal six or eight line stanzas and is instead seven. ... She changes the second to last line in every stanza but only a little to summarize what she was saying in that specific stanza. ... The second line just adds to the creepiness and darkness the witch brings. ... Line eighteen brings us back to the first stanza where our speaker is being compared to a witch. ... I wrote about how I interpreted the poem but then once I finish I asked my friend how she did and it was totally different then me. ...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With the second and third line, it is revealed that the fishermen have "Netted an infant last night/Along with the salmon" (2-3). ... In line six, the "But" indicates a shift in focus from the setting to the mother and sets up a contrast in the remainder of the second stanza. ... In line twelve, the last line of the third stanza, Heaney says the infant was "Tearing her open." ... This ensures that the poem finishes effectively in its purpose with strong emotions. ...

• Word Count: 1097
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Have you ever wondered what makes someone happy? When a person wakes up each morning, it's a new day filled with endless opportunities. For most people, the day is going to go just as one plans, but for some people not as well as they hoped. One would wonder, if this is pure optimism or pessimism? I...

• Word Count: 1180
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Cohesiveness: The factors that caused these people to finish the experiment was the money received and data that was collected. Social Facilitation: The guards worked better to keep the prisoners in line when more where on duty. ...

• Word Count: 738
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

After ten long years, she finally finishes by positioning the tree in the middle of the painting. The concluding brush stroke is a line going straight down the canvas's center. ... The vertical line ultimately represents a division from the old system of male supremacy into a more embracing society of female independence....

• Word Count: 1013
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the poem, "Home Burial" by Robert Frost, the use of dialogue creates a movie-like reading, engaging the reader in a new approach to experiencing poetry. Through the dialogue the reader is able to intensely feel the emotion between the two speakers. Rather than circuiting around the issue being ad...

• Word Count: 1183
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I will give a basic summary of the story line, and I intend to show the omniscient narrator's point of view in analysis of the characters. ... She wants to finish high school, go to college, then get married and have children. ...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School