The whole poem is a metaphor. ... The third poem is written quite different from the others. ... The theme of this poem links very well with all the other poems because it explains how no matter how good adulthood is, there will always be those little parts of childhood that are missed. The last poem is called "The Key of the Kingdom" and is by Ed Reed. ... There are many metaphors within this poem, most important being the "key". ...

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Question A great poem puts into words what we already know but had not thought of saying. ... In the poem, "Ambulances," Larkin speaks of death and how it is inevitable to all. ... This poem puts into words the thought of death as being an unyielding force that we are all aware of. ... In this poem specifically, Larkin puts into words his perception of death as something to be feared of. In both poem, Larkin uses a momentary observation and explores the meaning behind how people interpret these observations. ...

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The poem by Billy Collins, entitled Days illustrates the same of feelings. ... In the introductory stanza of this poem time is portrayed in a fashion in which a supreme being is giving the most precious gifts of all: Life. ... In the final stanza of this poem, a sense of mourning, reality, and death is present. Sadness takes over the entirety of the poem, and humans are left scrambling as to how and who to spend the last days with. ... What we can learn from this poem is something that will benefit each and every one of us. ...

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The poem is written in five quatrains. ... This is reflected clearly at the end of the poem. ... The first two words of this poem reveal strong feelings. ... The word "finished" is emphasized like other words throughout the poem, but the use of "finished" at the end of this poem fits accordingly. ... Emily Dickinson's views on death changed from poem to poem depending on her mood. ...

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This is a perfect example of symbolism because the poem is symbolizing hope. ... The narrator treated that poem like if it was his religion. ... The poem brought hope, happiness, and joy to the narrator's life. ... The poem is supposed to symbolize hope and happiness but it is not. ... This is why the narrator burns the poem in a very compassionate way. ...

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To make it easier, I will from now on refer to the poem from Songs of Innocence as poem 1, and the poem from Songs of Experience, poem 2. ... In the last line of the first stanza in poem 1, we as readers become involved in the poem: "So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep". ... Through both poems, Blake uses very simple, every day language, and the form of the poems is a typical nursery rhyme. ... Both poems have the same theme. ... from poem 1, and the line: "Crying " 'weep, 'weep," in notes of woe" from poem 2. ...

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In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" the quotes "The woods are lovely, dark, and deep" add to the darkness of the poem. ... Robert Frost uses nature to see the tone of his poems. ... " In this poem he uses a moth killing and eating a moth to give the poem a dark tone. ... The poem begins with an extremely dark tone. ... This poem brings up a large issue in Frost's poetry. ...

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Frost is a poet of sadness, and in this poem, he is exploring his own psyche. ... I enjoy this poem, because it displays Frost's capacity for independent thought. ... It is notable that the poem is written in blank verse. ... However, Frost's use of tone is an appealing aspect of this poem. ... However, like all of his poems, this poem can be read on a metaphorical level and beneath the cynicism lays truth and reason. ...

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He wrote poems reminiscent of his childhood and lost innocence. ... The poem is broken down into three different stanzas. ... Nothing in this poem is actually based on Thomas" experience, unlike the next poem, "Fern Hill." ... Thomas" childhood on the farm is directly related to this poem. ... The third poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", is a poem about dying. ...

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Robert Frost's "After Apple Picking" is a poem that depicts the natural order of human life and the creative minds we as humans possess. Frost composes his poem in a way that allows the reader to understand the main point of this poem, relating nature to humanity. ... Thus Robert Frost is successful in creating two distinct but equal ideas, between death and sleep, within this poem. Through analyzing the poem, a reader would be able to pick up on several concepts almost immediately. ... This poem touches on several key topics that elevate the poem much farther than just a simp...

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His poems were also often in first person. ... This poem is full of nature as a conveyance of emotions. ... Frost chose something so common in all of us to convey his poems with. ... Frost poems speak volumes to readers with their portraits of nature. ... Frost never gave the reader much of a sense of closure in either of these poems. ...

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When Johnson wrote a poem of praise or to express emotion he would still convey his message beyond reality. ... It is a poem of praise to the actions of the nephew of a friend of Johnson. ... In doing so he writes in the poem that his death is a release from a life spent in service. ... This is a different view of death than in Vanity of Human Wishes, a poem written earlier and discussed later. ... In shorter poems he utilized different techniques for a momentary escape from reality. ...

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Solaris, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is arguably the cinematic incarnation of the Pearl poet's literary poem, albeit with a more existential twist. ... Through his first person point-of-view, we see him lamenting a loss similar to the poem's narrator, that of his wife, Rheya. ... The poem's narrator and Kelvin both greet their respective pearls with a line of questioning. ... The Pearl Maiden provides a glimpse of heaven for the poem's narrator, New Jerusalem. ... But the poem's narrator will only truly earn his place in the kingdom when he begins to value t...

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Water is a symbol that is used extensively in the poem "The Waste Land" as it is a basic requirement for all life. ... Water is almost definitely the main symbol within the poem and it is the lack of water that devastates and indeed creates the waste land. ... As the poem develops, T.S Eliot begins to show a way out for the Waste Landers and water becomes a desire. ... Religion therefore is a strong link into the poem and in relation to the importance of water. ... These are the final two sections of the poem. ...

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The Whore and The Child I have chosen to analyze two poems by Rita Dove. ... In the poem "The Bistro Styx- we find Rita Dove working with the ideas of home life. ... She ends the poem with two wishes that sound like prayers. ... This poem is not only advice for Sophie; it is advice to us, the readers. ... I hope that you have found a better understanding of these two poems....

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The Realizations Of Life The poem I chose to write about is William Wordsworth's "Ode : Intimations of immortality from Recollections of early Childhood" .The poem is about a man that is explaining his enlightenment in his mortality. ... The speakers imagination plays a big role in the poem. ... The speaker ends the poem pretty much as he started the poem with images of the things he will miss. ...

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"The Death of Marilyn Monroe" Each poem that is written holds a feeling to it only the author can experience from writing it. As each reader picks up that poem and reads it, it can be interpreted as a memory or a feeling only that person is familiar with. No person can relate to a poem the same way the person before them did. ... In a poem by Sharon Olds she explains the feeling around Marilyn Monroe's death. ... Like in the poem by Sharon Olds, I too had a "dream boy". ...

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The poem presents the door as a symbol. ... The gentle, flowing rhythm of the poem reassure the reader that changes is a positive aspect of life. ... No matter what we find and how we perceive it, the poem emphasises that "even if" we think "nothing/is there! ... The poem, Crossing the Red Sea is about migrants crossing the sea to enter a vibrant Australia from dark, cold Poland. ... Peter wrote this poem about his father, Feliks, who came to Australia with old Polish values and Peter changes his own values inorder to integrate into society. ...

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", This poem holds, as its main theme, the premature death of a young athlete as told from the memories of a fond friend serving at his funeral. ... These lines of the poem, being of an optimistic nature, denote the athlete's positive impact on the narrator's ideals and memories he has. ... The persona in this poem is not the poet but the widow whose soliloquy reflects clearly her state of mind through simple diction and irrational transitions. ... The poem contrasts spring and all of its beauty, to death and all its heartache. ... By setting the poem in the springtime, Williams i...

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In her poem We Two she says "God's will is-not mine. ... (804) However, In Piatt's poem Giving Back the Flower, she writes about a married women who falls in love with another man. ... In the first stanza of this poem, before you know she is married, but romantically involved with someone else, Piatt's words show that there relationship is doomed. ... In this poem, God's will was the death of her lover. ... In her poem In Kittery Churchyard, she sets up a graveyard scene with vivid detail. ...

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This idea is presented in the poem "Dear Friends."" In the poem the speaker explains to the reader that his "friends- make fun of him for wasting his life away "For bubble-work that only fools pursue."" ... The poem that exemplifies a person who awakens to understand this and has to face its implications and consequences of it is "Richard Cory,"" Robinson's most well known poem. ... The thought that a person cannot live alone and ever truly be content is furthered in the poem "Aunt Imogen."" ... Later in the poem, she fulfills her desire for "something of her own."" ...

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In the first poem "Death, Be not Proud" John Donne takes the power away from death. ... In the second poem, "Do not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" Dylan Thomas encourages people to live complete lives before death comes and to fight death. ... By contrasting images of light and darkness in the poem makes the warmth of living and the coldness of death that encourages people to fight against death. ... In the poem he is not only telling to his father, he also encouraging to a larger audience to "rage, rage" against death. ... At the same time, Thomas also proved ...

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I believe that the poems "Greed" by Philip Schultz and "The Secretary Chant" by Marge Piercy are contrasting deeply in the sense that "Greed" shows the rollercoaster effect maintaining a sense of hope and understanding of happiness while "The Secretary Chant" shows the dark side of society as rock bottom - a place where there is no light at the end of the tunnel. ... In his poem "Greed", Philip Schultz tells a story of someone who seems to be affected greatly by social class in a negative way. ... In his poem "Greed", Philip Schultz ...

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Agee's Elizabethan poem, Permit Me Voyage, received its title from Crane's "Voyages III" (23). There are also many prevalent qualities that you could find in Crane's works that are easy to find in many of Agee's poems such as the constant theme of the ecstasy and omnipotence of love (23). ...

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem from the Mesopotamian Era that tells the story of two companions: Gilgamesh, the powerful and tyrannical demigod who rules as the King of Uruk, and Enkidu, a feral man who is created as an equal for the king by the gods, lifted out of nature and civilized by the touch of woman. ...

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