The beginning of this poem is very unique but we have to note that Eliot was "the master of right beginnings" (Thompson 86). ... The first three lines are ambiguous and the consequence of this meditatory sentence can be that "there is no real present or free future, only a recurrent past" ( Thompson 87). ... At this point, we have to note that, as Thompson pointed out: The "rose garden" is not the specious center that "time present" is, but the "eternal in time." ...

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Whitman's style of free verse develops in complex and expansive lines and stanzas, which are nevertheless visually descriptive, painting to the readers a clear picture of what he wants them to see through a direct and impacting tone. ... Her unique free style is due mainly to her peculiar placement of punctuation, such as dashes that break the lines keeping them open, unusual grammar and capitalization of seemingly banal words. ... Dickinson transcended not only poetry conventions of her time (by her free-verse, her particular use of punctuation and capitalization) but also epistolary on...

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The poet compares himself to the yews and so to the death, I think because these animals live underground, and as human being they born and die; moreover he envies "the sullen tree" and "for thy stubborn hardihood" because the tree does not die and in my opinion he imagines to free himself from hishuman nature, represented by the blood, and therefore incorporating himself into nature. ...

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Different authors use various figures of speech to present their characters in plays or poems. For actors, figures of speech usually help to determine the most prominent traits of characters. The first part one of this paper analyzes the character of Doctor Faustus who is the protagonist of Marlowe...

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However, he also notes that nature is indifferent to his needs and therefore his desire is unobtainable. ... This makes nature seem free and something without boundaries, reinforcing the idea that it is ultimately unobtainable. ...

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Many 20th century poets have attested to the freeing effect that Ginsberg's poetry had upon them in the late fifties. ... Wordsworth along with Emily Dickinson pioneered the free verse style of poetry, that pushed the boundaries of what the cannon considered to be poetry and laid the foundation for the artists who would emerge a century and a half later in the United States, who were referred to as the Beats. ...

• Word Count: 4095
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• Grade Level: High School