The relationship between nature and beauty is a distinct, if not the characteristic that defines modern poetry, and the theme is present in both Frost and Steven's works. ... Stevens answers the woman's hypothetical questions in the poem by explaining that every time spring returns it is more beautiful that the spring before, simply because it has been absent from the physical world for nine months. Thus, we have forgotten what the beauty of spring really looks like and when it returns we are even more amazed at its physical beauty. ...

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The characteristic elements of John Donne's poetry are plentiful. ... Many of his poems have distinct characteristics coming through, such as a persuasive argument. ... Donne celebrates the physical side of love when he tries to convince his beloved to sleep with him. ... Donne mixed ideas of the physical and the spiritual, expressing both realms. ... This poem also mixes the spiritual and physical elements in Donne's poetry. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shows restraint himself, by adopting a simple poetic form and manner which invites none of his characteristic flamboyance. For "dull sublunary lovers", cannot reconcile themselves to parting because for them, bodily separation is absolute, as hey know nothing beyond physical love. Interassured of the mind: lovers form a single being, sharing a single soul; and their unity is not to be fractured by physical separation, rather their shared soul will extend itelfs as the gap between their bodies widens. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shows restraint himself, by adopting a simple poetic form and manner which invites none of his characteristic flamboyance. For "dull sublunary lovers", cannot reconcile themselves to parting because for them, bodily separation is absolute, as hey know nothing beyond physical love. Interassured of the mind: lovers form a single being, sharing a single soul; and their unity is not to be fractured by physical separation, rather their shared soul will extend itelfs as the gap between their bodies widens. ...

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These characteristics are regular rythmic patterns, carefully constructed stanzas, and simple yet eloquent language. ... The speaker feels that physical imprisonment does not necesarily mean emotional imprisonment. ...

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In this case, the woman's eyes aren't used as a physical feature, but more as a window into her inner self, revealing what's in her heart. ... The soft cheeks, the winning smile, the tints in the skin eloquently express not only physical beauty, but they also compliment her morality. ... (Appendix I) The physical beauty, the speaker can conclude, reflects days spent doing well, a mind at peace, and a heart whose love is innocent. ... George Byron's poem would have been a plain love poem, but because the forces are so pronounced by his use of colorful language, rhythm, ...

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These characteristics, influenced by his Scottish background, are easily identified in his classic poem To A Mouse. ... ""Cowrin" conveys, in both Scottish and English, the state of fear and the physical position assumed in fear" (Kalasky 80). ... Hence the word conveys both the physical state of the shelter and the farmer's compassion for it, while demonstrating the continuity of the two. ...

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For over half the length of the poem, the poet is seen writing in the grip of physical loss. ... When he looks around, he spots the lilac bush blossoming in the dooryard and feels its physical appeal strongly. ... The lilac bush, with its rich colors and scent, represents physical life, while the hermit thrush bodies forth spiritual life. ... Elegiac feeling in American literature does not, in fact, characteristically take for its occasion the death of an individual. ... The sun, day and land suggest life and the physical, while the moon, night and sea represent death and the spiritual. ...

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Cohen has made it clear that the main character's relationship with Suzanne is not a physical one. ... The relationship between Suzanne and Jesus has many of the characteristics common to any courtly love relationship. ... The relationship between Suzanne and the main character is not based on sexual satisfaction, which is another characteristic of the courtly love relationship. ... The most dominate characteristic of courtly love poetry is that love conquers all. ...

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Chance Meeting or Meant to Be? Like the movie created in the late 1990s, Thomas Hardy created a poem entitled "The Convergence of the Twain" to describe the sinking of the grandest ship ever created, the Titanic. In his poem, Thomas Hardy addresses that in April 1912 the unsinkable Titanic was de...

• Word Count: 1030
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• Grade Level: High School