The Seafarer poem 1) The seafarer is a melancholic poem, which shows two opposite sides. ... A young man wishes adventure, hopes to know new countries, encounter treasures. 4) Using your own words, express your opinion about the poem. The poem is very interesting because it describes the life of the Anglo-Saxons, the Anglo-Saxons habits as the feasts on the king hall where the warriors sang and played stories of the great feats of the Anglo-Saxons. ... In relation to the structure of the poem, with its powerful descriptions, metrical charm, we can realize flowing emotions hat I cannot...

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The poem is divided into five stanzas all of which have four lines. The identical formation of each stanza makes the poem easy to read. ... Another way in which Dickinson uses form is when she ends the poem with a dash, which seems to indicate that the poem is never ending, just as eternity is never ending. ... The contrasting views of these poems leads to their being equally effective. ... Emily Dickinson's views on death changed from poem to poem. ...

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"The dark qualities of a Frost poem, however, do not necessarily determine that the poem without humor .. Frosts" poems are tricky out of a mischievous sense of delight". ... This poem does not rhyme. ... This is a rhymed poem. The setting of this poem is in the woods. ...

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This theme is emphasized through the poem's structure and Thomas" uses of figures of speech, particularly metaphor, throughout the poem. The poem is written as a villanelle, an old French style of poetry. ... These comparisons help set the tone of the poem. ... Since lines close the poem perfectly by underlining the speaker's message and the theme of the poem, they accentuate the importance of the structure of the villanelle to the poem as well. ... The theme of the poem, to leave this world fighting, is emphasized through the poem's structure and Dylan Thomas" uses of figu...

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In the poem "Out, Out-"the boy is the victim of civilization. ... In this poem the corrupt technology would be the car. ... Similarly both poems use the concepts of technology versus nature. ... Between both similar poems, lies a difference. ... The poems relate from the same theme but differ in other aspects. ...

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Poetry Selections on Values In the poem "Is My Team Ploughing" by A. ... The language used in the poem is not common, and as I read the poem it seemed to transport me back in time to a small farm where life was good and simple. ... The purpose of the poem is to show that money and wealth are not everything. This poem may also teach that appearances may be deceiving. ... There are two different patterns in this poem. ...

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Many critics believe Charles was what her love poems were based on. After she had a large amount of poems she decided to have her poems published. After 1682 she was against publishing her poems and as a result of this, she only published seven poems in her lifetime. ... Through her entire life she wrote very influential and famous poems. ... This poem talks about her. ...

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Gwen's poems are based on her Christian beliefs and society's beliefs. ... Now, it's my pleasure to present and analyse one of her well-known poem Father and Child. The poem Father and Child is actually made up by two poems in narrative style; it tells the story of a young child whose journey from total innocence to the brutal death is the major thematic concern. Because it is made by two parts of poem, we can easily compare these two and also to understand how author portray the difference perspective in these two poems. ... In Harwood's poems entitled "Father...

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The mood of the poem is calm, but at the same time rich. ... The rhythm scheme of the poem may be shown as: aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dded. The poem reflects tranquillity, as the words used are very simple and straightforward. ... My favourite part of the poem, is "and miles to go before I sleep" (lines 15-16), as it symbolises that there are many more adventures and good times to live through, in the poem known as "miles" before he dies, "sleeps". ... A very emotional and interesting poem. ...

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In the book In Cold Blood, Truman Capote used the first four lines of the poem "Ballad of the Hanged Men". ... The poem "Ballad of the Hanged Men" was written by Francois Villon. He wrote the poem while in prison awaiting execution. In the poem Villon acts as though he were already executed and asking for forgiveness from his peers. ... The poem is an excellent way to start off the book because it fits the tone of the rest of the book. ...

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The poem is written in ballad stanza, a form that's meant to be said aloud or sang like a song. ... Secondly, there are dashes all throughout the poem disrupting the flow of sentences. These two aspects of the poem make it more of a narrative story than a song, and switch the mood of the poem from lively and joyous to solemn and ominous. Since the speaker of the poem is beyond the grave, "when I died" "(line 1), the effects of the dashes in the poem add to the visualization of a recently deceased narrator, with a connection to the former world not completely severed. ... Through the poe...

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He writes about his experience in the poem, "The Cross of Snow". He sets the poem in a serious mood. ... Both authors create a set mood in their poems. ... This sets the mood for the poem. ... Both authors portray opposite moods for their poems, even though both poems are on the same subject. ...

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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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This poem gives strange haunting feelings. In the poem Because I Could Not Stop For Death, there is much feeling in the way the poem is read, in signs, and in the use of imagery. One might agree to the eerie, haunting, if not scary, tone in this Dickinson's poem. ... The poem put ideas on a track heading toward a happy atmosphere. ... Her poem brought to light the life cycle. ...

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The poem, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," descried how a boy walking on Long Island beach hears the cry of a bird. ... Also, Whitman told us this poem was his experience in his childhood and it causes him to become a poet. ... The realism in this poem was the descriptions of the nature and the losing of he-bird. ... It is hard to tell which is real and which is dream in this poem. ... The realism mixes with the dream making the poem "like real, like dream." ...

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" is an initially morbid poem. ... The poem is dark and creepy at first. ... In a way, the poem is sad and depressing. ... The poem isn't completely hopeless. ... Thomas Hardy's use of fate as a reoccurring theme in his poems is important in bringing light to his otherwise dark poems. ...

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Although Dickinson wrote both poems, their ideas about what lies after death differ. The poem "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died," points to a disbelief in an afterlife. In this poem, a woman is lying in bed with her family or friends standing all around waiting for her to die. ... The idea of immortality is the first indication that this poem believes in an afterlife. ... Even though the poem does not come out and say it, it is likely that this grave is the woman's own. ...

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The most apparent feature in the poem is the writer's use of rhythm. ... Another important feature in the poem is the author's use of tone. The tone of the poem is set right from the beginning with the line "Do not go gentle into that good night." ... During the middle part of the poem, the author tries to find the good in death. ... This poem is an example of one person taking nothing for granted. ...

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He didn't come into fame until 1842 when he published Poems after his "ten years silence." ... In poem 7 from In Memoriam, there are images of darkness and loneliness. ... In this poem he is missing someone that has passed away. ... In Memoriam is a collection of poems that all deal with the subject of death. ... This shows in the different tones in each of his poems. ...

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Almost all of Plath's poem's have the same theme: death. ... Nothing in this poem is positive or upbeat. ... Throughout the poem she discusses other suicide attempts. ... The poem too is about a woman who can die and rise again. ... The whole entire poem has many forms of ambiguity in it. ...

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The true meaning of this poem is one that can be easily overlooked by many readers. ... In the poem the readers is shown the sorrow of the narrator because he or she is deceased. ... Rossetti places many images of life throughout her poem. ... I personally feel that this poem can be interpreted in several different ways. ... My opinion of the poem has changed over the span of a two-week period. ...

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Almost all of Plath's poem's have the same theme: death. ... Nothing in this poem is positive or upbeat. ... Throughout the poem she discusses other suicide attempts. ... The poem too is about a woman who can die and rise again. ... The whole entire poem has many forms of ambiguity in it. ...

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The poem tells the story of a dog who is digging on a grave. Throughout the poem the dog has a conversation with the person in the grave. ... The poem is about a young runner who has died at a young age. In the poem, Houseman's view can be seen in on stanza. ... The third poem is by William Wordsworth. ...

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Noll's title choice for the poem," Lunch on Omaha Beach" ,is a stark contrast from the actual text of the poem. ... The title of this poem is obviously used to express the lighter, post D-Day side of the contrast. ... Noll wanted to startle the readers of this poem with his provocative and alarming contrast. ... It seems as if the speaker in the poem has come to the beach for closure. ... The wording in this poem often seems to be cold, clinical, and devoid of emotion. ...

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The Civil War offered him an opportunity to use the elegy as a form for new poems of his own. ... Death is a permanent theme in literature, especially for poems. ... Not only his elegies, but also other poems of his reveal his view of death. ... In the poem there are two sets of symbols. ... In Whitman's poems such symbolism is frequently employed. ...

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