Yeats" often drew parallel's between ideas within his poems, and also, between poems. ... This idea is paralleled with the image of a tiny fly riding the incredible natural force of a stream, which appears in the. ... "Long-Legged Fly" is clearly not a purely emotional poem and the unmistakably systematic structure of the poem, indicates that perhaps although all poetry may, on first reading, seem like a page of random emotion, it clearly does involve a number of ideas conveyed through poetic techniques such as imagery. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The seventh stanza is set in a series of four strong parallel functions (key, turned, free, world) that point to an effective, persuasive device, allowing for both repetition and enlargement of the theme. ... The secondary imagery of the telephone is depicted by a parallel structure of spiritual connotation; this is recognizable in the terms "haunted" and "ghost". ... The poem is structured to draw on specific representations to re-create symbolic images through our senses, fluctuating from visual (birds), to physical (books), to hearing (laughing and crying). ...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The reader knows that around our bones we have flesh, and draw a parallel between the years of stories and the flesh of old Dan. ... Having no rhythm either, the reader perceives that the poem is not about structure or arrangement but instead about the wild beauty of the outback as portrayed by Wright. ... Although Woman to Man also purports to be a speaker, it is more formal and structured in its delivery, representing a clearer, more distinct view of events, if somewhat clouded by the language used. ... The "intricate and folded rose" is nearer to a conceptual imagery, used at this junct...

• Word Count: 1399
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The seventh stanza is set in a series of four strong parallel functions (key, turned, free, world) that point to an effective, persuasive device, allowing for both repetition and enlargement of the theme. ... The secondary imagery of the telephone is depicted by a parallel structure of spiritual connotation; this is recognizable in the terms "haunted" and "ghost". ... The poem is structured to draw on specific representations to re-create symbolic images through our senses, fluctuating from visual (birds), to physical (books), to hearing (laughing and crying). ...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This man, was Count Leo Tolstoy, who went on to change his belief structure, values and to convert his religion from Russian Orthodox to Christianity. ... The images of blindness, like '"'eyes that did not see'"', parallel the child"'"s lack of understanding of the consequences of death. ...

• Word Count: 743
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This clearness does not always mean the poem is easy to understand, but it does serve to create a sober mood that parallels the radical simplicity of each piece and draws out their serious, more complicated aspects. ... The Lamb has a simple form that reflects the structure: one longish, 10-line stanza of questions, and an equally long second stanza of answers. ... To transform complex issues into a simpler structure, Blake successfully uses various language and construction techniques. ...

• Word Count: 1014
• Approx Pages: 4

Love is a common theme in many poems written by many different authors. There are many different types of love and love can be conveyed in many different manners. Courtly love is a common theme in many medieval writings. Courtly love is a different type of love, as it is not based around sexual s...

• Word Count: 1060
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

" Thus the reader can therefore draw parallels between the definition of empathy and the intertextuality that Duffy is perceived to have employed in the poem. ... Perhaps the structure and diction of the poem, which Duffy retains incredibly succinct, can be equated to represent the unusual mechanism of time in a dream, and how it seems to lose its normal gist of fluidity in the context of a dream. ...

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