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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When reading the poem "The Bait- by John Donne, one may initially interpret the poem to be one about fishing. Overall, this poem could have a lot of meaning to a fisherman. ... Here, Donne gives his first clue that this is actually a love poem. ... Much of this poem is reminiscent of a song. ... The structure of this poem leaves the reader with a feeling of deliberation. ...

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Sonnet 130-Analysis and Summary The poem begins in describing a woman, his mistress to be exact. ... On the other hand he may just be making fun of the infinite number of love poems being produced in the Shakespearian era. ... clearly states his affirmation of disgust toward other writers and their ridiculous poems of beauty and delight. ... He uses a simile and many metaphors as the core of his poem. ...

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His sonnet also has a similarity to Donne's poem in the fact that it uses the same iambic pentameter. ... After the first line, we never hear from the first speaker again throughout the poem. ... However, the last six lines describe the emptiness that surrounds the great sculpture and bring out the moral of the poem. ... " – has an ironic significance in the poem. ... This is the beauty of a poem. ...

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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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Reader Response critics can sum up their analysis by answering this question: What is the reading process, and what happens during it (Bressler, Literary Criticism An Introduction To theory and Practice, page 62)? ... Donne's poems primarily dealt with love. His piece "The Flea," written in 1633, depicts a typical renaissance love poem (Kelly, The Seagull Reader Poems, page 50). ... He is speaking directly to her in the poem. ... The entire second stanza of the poem is somewhat sketchy. ...

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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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It is effortless to deduct from reading of the poem that the passage of time is a major theme in this poem. ... By this use of alteration the author is able to add depth in the poem and create complexity. ... The structure of the poem is also noteworthy because the poem begins with the author pondering on the passage of time, "When I think of ..." ... He ends the poem with the claim that the only way to triumph over the passage of time is by having children. ... By positioning the reader in such a manner the author is able to not only add complexity to the poem but also enhance the affe...

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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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Onomatopoeia is also evident in the poem, "More pity unto me; but Love, alas! ... The speaker uses worthy diction to conclude the poem and his argument. ... Images, an underlying theme, comparisons and much more structure the poem. ... The third stanza uses the speaker's personal experience and repetition for better understanding and a stronger impact from the poem. ... The poem expresses how a broken heart impacts one and the purpose of it, however has an ending with a tragic twist in which one learns they cannot love again....

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(Sparknotes.com, 2003) Form This poem consists of: • Fourteen lines • Written in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet • The octave follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA • The sestet follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD • The octave proposes a question or an idea that the sestet answers, comments upon, or criticizes. ... This relatively simple poem heatedly states that human beings are too preoccupied with the material ("The world...getting and spending") and have lost touch with the spiritual and with nature. ... Detailed Meaning The world is too much with us; ...

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In one of Keats" most famous poems, "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to be- Keats explains to the reader his fears of dying before he is able to share with everyone all that he knows. ... Everyone has a need to be remembered and that universal appeal is clear in this poem. ... John Keats has a very pessimistic view in this poem. ...

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Sonnet 18 is, at its clearest, a poem about how art itself can give value to human life. ... Man, in the natural world, can't avoid being subject to time, but it is through literature, through this very poem, that he can free himself. ...

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