The second is his determination to finish climbing the mountain. ... We can clearly see hints of the first thought all throughout the poem, when Noyce is questioning himself in line 6 "why at all?... In line 36, "dragging feet" indicates his extreme weariness and that he doesn't want to move forward anymore. ... In line 17 to 20 and 29 to 32 the poet tries to mechanise his body to force himself to move forward. ... Ultimately, the poem is about the poet's feeling of exhaustion due to the difficulty of the mountain climb, battling with the determination of finishing t...

• Word Count: 1072
• Approx Pages: 4

The second line finishes off by saying "Love is not love." ... The firs line calls it an "ever-fixed mark" unchanging. The second line says love is not shaken by temptation. ... This line compares love to the North Star for a ship (bark). ... The second part of the first line and the second line says, although time can affect beauty it will not affect love. ...

• Word Count: 669
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Lastly, Blake finishes by questioning the very existence of the "Tyger.... The second stanza uses the word "he" in the third line again hinting the creator is God, or some "higher power.... Blake ties this metaphor into stanza two where in line two he asks how the creator "burnt the fire of thine eyes", where burnt could mean to forge from fire. ... Line three and four most closely relates the word "he" to God by asking, "did he who made the Lamb make thee?... This line ties into stanza two line four where Blake asks, "what the hand dare seize...

• Word Count: 681
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Owen finishes this poem by saying to not tell children who want glory that to die for your country is not as sweet as it may seem. ... He ends with the line "Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori." rightfully. ...

• Word Count: 381
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The poem is concerned with the way society behave "lovable" (line 1) Lawrence appears to be very discontented with the way society is artificial and desires people to change. ... "Elemental" has many references to the "elements" (line 4) and how they act. ... Lawrence finishes this stanza by writing humankind off with the line "Man is lop-sided on the side of angels" (line 8). ... The way society behaves derives from their youth and Lawrence knows it can change because the water cycle does and does not "lose its head" (line 14) therefore mankind can change. ... Lawrence has finalised his poe...

• Word Count: 926
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• 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

John Agard addresses the issue of racism in "Half-Caste," and it is obvious from the beginning line of the opening stanza, "Excuse me," that the narrator in the poem is confronting the audience about being labelled in society as "half-caste." ... This shows the division between how he is perceived and how he views himself as the third stanza finishes with the word "yu" and the forth stanza begins with "I"m." ...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4

(line 56) In the first quotation, repetition of the word "the" followed by a noun is used along with alliteration using "m" sounds to make the communication more effective. ... when I"m skinned to a finish I"ll pike to the Yukon again." ... (lines 69-72) Service riddles this final passage, with parallelism, alliteration and mid-line rhyme to end the poem on a memorable note. ...

• Word Count: 1127
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School