It seems as though Baudelaire is bragging about how good of a writer in saying that he is God of the vision, and his work is a perfect art. ... This poem is kind of a reflection on how Keats feels about art, and in this poem, the art on a Grecian Urn. It also appears to be a journey into the world of art, aspired by an Urn, which is what the poem is based upon. ... He is speaking of the unheard melodies that are implicated on the Urn's art, and it seems like he views art as something that is eternal. ... Keats seems to imagine these painted figures as real people, like they were living in...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

By addressing the urn the speaker suggests "its changeless ungenerative descent through the ages...but it remains itself and transmits itself and its meaning directly. " Additionally, Keat's use of the word "bride " is a perfect illustration of "the inviolate, undisturbed sanctity " of the "urn-bride" (Patterson 210). ... As Patterson says, "The hint of disparagement in the earlier silence, the foster parent of the urn, has now become unmistakable, though reluctant, derogation; for here 'thy streets forevermore will silent be'" is equated with 'thou art desolate'. We...

• Word Count: 1262
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her ability to always create the perfect poetic structure was a necessity, not a luxury. ... And though the correct answer is infinite, for poems are pieces of art and the theme or conclusion of art is dependent on what the reader discovers within him or herself, my theory is that Bradstreet wants to say something more but cannot because of the time period and her status as a woman. ... In "Here Follow Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House," Anne Bradstreet creates a work of art that has many similarities to the previously discussed poem. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Poetry is a form of art that is used to put the author's emotions and stories on paper. The author uses this art form to get his or her points across and allows the reader to feel what the author is feeling. ... She shows how love is a perfect match of two individuals but it also shows the pain that love can bring with it. ... With all of these thoughts reviewed I came away with the idea that a poem should be taken for what it is and that is what you the reader gains from the art work. ...

• Word Count: 1276
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• Has Bibliography
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(Wadsworth 517) This girl has got it bad, it sounds like she is saying they have the perfect marriage. ... This is starting to seem like a not so perfect marriage after all, one-sided. ... This poem speaks of his lover almost like she is the perfect woman. ... Thou art more lovely and more temperate....

• Word Count: 1336
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Langston Hughes is considered by many readers to be the most significant black poet of the twentieth century. He is described as the adored author of poems steeped in the richness of African American culture; poems that display Hughes affection for black Americans across all divisions of region, cl...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In formal prose the simile is a device both of art and explanation, comparing the unfamiliar thing (to be explained) to some familiar thing (an object, event, process, etc.) known to the reader. ... A perfect rhyme is one in which the two sounds correspond exactly ("by hook or by crook"). ...

• Word Count: 1599
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Empathy is perhaps the most powerful tool of the poet. A poet can use empathy to build a bond between the reader and their work; but a quality poet can use empathy to tear that bond down as well. Throughout "A Prisoner in a Dungeon Deep," poet Anne Brontë effectively wields empathy, pity and estran...

• Word Count: 1959
• Approx Pages: 8