Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Essentially the female in this poem is evaluated in terms of the physical world. ... It is also romantic in the way that he talks of the beauty of a woman in terms of the beauty of the night, a clear and starry night. ...

• Word Count: 1724
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In lines 1-2, Duffy presents somewhat of a literary crescendo. ... Duffy is world-renowned for her skilful intermeshing of intertextuality in her literary works, and, in this specific poem, we can assume that she alludes to Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "Starry Night". ... The first line of the stanza is confronted with another large interval, which seems to protectively harness the terms "towards me," between lines 13-14 whilst simultaneously facilitating an enjambment between said lines. ...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate