She starts the poem with a "regretful" feeling line: "I should have caught my unicorn when I was sixteen." This line sets a mood from the beginning reflecting on how she missed out on something. ... She finishes the poem by saying that it is too late to catch the unicorn because she is " too old and caught- herself. ... This line is telling the children to most of all be true to love, because there is much time later on in life to be careful and sleep. ...

• Word Count: 1351
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

(l. 5-8) I wanted to analyze the word "recompense" (in line 8). ... " (l. 9-10) Shakespeare finishes the poem by using a metaphor that suggests that as long as the poem he writes to her exists and people can read it then she will keep on living too. ...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

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

Each line has ten syllables written with an iambic stress scheme making the work an iambic pentameter. ... The author finishes her work by insisting that the all sorts of men she speaks of are plagued by "fear, sorrow, envy, lust, revenge, and care," a host of feelings an honest man does not have to combat (58-59). ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8