Poem Analyzed: Niggerlips, by Martin Espada Upon simply glancing at the title of the poem, intrigue immediately draws the prospective reader into reading it - and in my case, analyzing it. ... This content of Espada's poem is further enhanced by the way he uses language. Upon completion of my analysis, I thought of the author as a chef who sprinkles just the right amount of various ingredients (in this case, elements of craft) into his dish, with the finished product coming out just right. ... While staying concise, the poem surprisingly provides stunning imagery. ... Espada did no...

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English Assessment Poems: Clothes, It Will Not Change The poem "Clothes" by Elizabeth Jennings portrays the change of fashion and clothes over the years and the future. ... With the other poem I find that I don't see any pictures but rather think about what the poem is talking about. ... In the first poem the author uses a simple ABCB rhyming pattern. ... The second poem differs from the first one quite a lot. ... Like the first poem it flows very nicely but due to a lack of paragraphs it is not quite as snappy, so one would rather read it slowly, also to take in everything the po...

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His poem is a parody of "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams. ... The poem consists of four stanzas of three lines each. ... It is not like most poems. ... It's funny how Koch's poem comes off. ... I never knew people did parodies of poems. ...

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Poetry Analysis of Robert Browning's "Porphyria's Lover" While reading "Porphyria's Lover" the main idea that stood out most in the poem was love. ... The theme of love appears to be simple, but is actually complex in Browning's poem. "Porphyria's Lover" is not a sensitive love poem; it is a poem that shows what love can sometimes do to people. ... The speaker of the poem basically remains unidentified. ... The third B flows with the poem, yet appears slightly out of the ordinary. ...

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An Analysis of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" It is difficult to depict a primary poetic technique within this poem. ... The tigers obviously have a very significant symbolic purpose in this poem. ... Adrienne Rich expresses some feminist concern in this poem. ... The style and format of the poem is symbolic of Aunt Jennifer's reality. ... This poem expresses itself with a sort of confidence that is rare. ...

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Analysis of "The Unknown Citizen" We are just a number according to the government, we are not referred to as a name at the IRS, but a simple nine digit code with the pattern of ###-##-####. The Poem "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. ... "The Unknown Citizen" is a poem that is written in free verse. ... It is a poem because it is structured like a poem. ... The main idea of the poem is the opposite of what the poem literally states. ...

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Almost all of Dickinson's poems develop more meaning with deeper analysis. Her poems are devoted to the reflection of the thoughts and feelings she experienced over the course of her lifetime. In the poem "I Heard a Fly Buzz-when I Died" Dickinson uses situational irony to question what happens after death. ... In the poem "Wild Nights-Wild Nights" the persona is questionable. ... The slant rhyme of this poem adds a lasting motion to each quatrain, and the connotation of "Ah- the Sea!" ...

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With the use of similes, symbols, meter, structure, rhyme, connotation Rich created her poem, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers. Adrienne Rich uses a number of similes and symbols in the poem to convey her theme. ... In addition, the verb prance' is also used symbolically in the poem, both in the first stanza of the poem to describe the tigers in Aunt Jennifer's screen, and in the final line of the poem to create a proud, strong image of the tigers; so fittingly symbolic of Aunt Jennifer's dreams and desires for herself. ... The rhyme scheme in the poem is very basic: AABB CCDD E...

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ANALYSIS OF SOUND AND FORM IN JOHN KEAT"S "ODE ON A GRECIAN URN" THEME In John Keats poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Keats paints a verbal portrait of a man looking with admiration at an urn. ... (Lines 21-30) Keats's choice of Iambic pentameter gives the poem a smooth rhythmic flow. At first, I found the flow to make the poem readable, but soon I found the flow's lack of subtle changes in meter to make this poem more of a chore to read and comprehend than an enjoyment to read and comprehend. ... I felt that the rhyme patterns related to the theme of the poem in an abs...

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Both poems have two very different perspectives on their settings. Also, the speakers in each poem have very diverse attitudes. ... In the poem, "The Ecchoing Green" from Blake's Songs of Innocence, there is an overall happy tone throughout the poem. ... Finally, the contradictory rhyme schemes in "London" and "The Ecchoing Green" provide further proof of these poems being companion poems. ... It gives the reader a sense of contentment while reading the poem. ...

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William Wordsworth's poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is considered one of the best poems in history. The story that the speaker tells in the poem portrays all his emotions brought from nature. ... However, this poem does not consist any slant rhymes that can trick the reader. ... The language that Wordsworth used in this poem, is very simple yet very powerful. ... " Sound devices are included in this poem too. ...

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In the poem, "After Apple-Picking," by Robert Frost, a man has been picking apples all day on a ladder. ... The writing style of this poem is very odd. ... There also seems to be no rhyming scheme in this poem. ... The theme of dissatisfaction is very prominent in the poem. ... You can also see the theme of dissatisfaction in the poem Acquainted with the Night. ...

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Plath's imagery throughout the poem is extremely vivid. ... Towards the end of the poem, the speaker begins talking about freedom, in a way. ... Like much of Plath's poems, "Daddy" is encased in metaphors and hyperboles. ... The method in which the poem is written hides a very subtle, but yet meaningful, message of the poem: the rage, disappointment, and bittersweet emotional state of the speaker. ... Sylvia Plath is a writer who conveys meaning through vivid poems, and "Daddy" is no exception. ...

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His poem "Sleep" can be interpreted mainly in one of two ways. ... The poem's textual integrity allows for both interpretations to be supported through techniques founded within the text. ... " begins to point to the poem being an illustration of the process of childbirth. With solid evidence for both interpretations of the meaning behind the poem, one could find themselves lost in trying to understand the poem. ... Slessor's poem Sleep is written in such a way that the reader can interpret it in more than one way. ...

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Contrasting themes of both poems are sorrow and patience. ... With the close evaluation of both poems, there were themes that differed. ... Additionally, the structure of the poem differs to John Milton's poem since it is has an irregular rhyming pattern although the last words of the first and last lines of each stanza rhyme like 'been' and 'been'. ... With regards to tone, both poems are similar. ... With relation to figurative language, both poems are laden with metaphors and alliteration. ...

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Poem description and background information The poem "A World Where News Travelled Slowly" is a rather modern Poem written by Lavinia Greenlaw in 1997. ... Shape and Structure The poem is divided into three verses. ... This perhaps reflects the subject of the poem as it describes how long it took for news to travel. ... Sound When reading the poem, it is very hard to get into the rhythm, as there is no rhyme. ... The poet also uses vivid imagery to make the poem come more "alive" to the reader. ...

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This is a short, single stanza poem with a rhyme scheme of ABAB. This poem tells us of a break-up between two lovers. The title for this poem does not give us much, but it basically gives us what we will expect the poem to read. ... This poem is quite sad and you can't help but feel sympathetic. ...

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The poem can be divided into two parts; the first two stanzas, describing the other animals in the zoo, and the last three, where the jaguar is both introduced and described. ... The writer also makes use of alliteration, enjambment, caesura and rhyme to create moods in the poem. ... Alliteration can be found in both the first and second parts of the poem, playing with different consonants and creating different effects. ... The overall narration of the events in the poem is fragmented, giving the reader flashes of the experience to consider rather than a full beginning-to-end narration. A d...

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