The translation of this poem has been very difficult since it has a definite rhyme scheme and by trying to maintain the scheme in the translation I might alter the meaning of the poem. ... At the age of ten he started to translate poems from Latin and at age 12 Lope wrote his first play. ... The work of translating the poem, took me a while, since I had to look real hard inside my head for words to rhyme and all types of words so that I could get the sense that I was not damaging the meaning of the poem and yet also I still think I missed some of the meaning to the words. ... I think it was b...

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• Grade Level: High School

The word "England" or "English" occurs six times in this poem. That's a lot for a poem that is only 14 lines! ... Nature Imagery SYMBOL ANALYSIS There's a lot of nature in this poem. ... Let's start with the overall form of the poem, shall we? ... And yet this poem isn't exactly, 100% in the English style. ...

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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. ...

• Word Count: 751
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• Grade Level: High School

Anyone who has experienced a break in a relationship that results with a broken heart can empathize with John Donne's poem "The Broken Heart" after some thought. A somewhat bitter poem, Donne fills the verses with similes and metaphors that compare love with the uncaring yet destructive items he chooses. Specific comparisons made in the poem show how the author sees love as it treated him. ... Many poems are flowery, romantic poems on how love makes the world beautiful, but Donne says, "They come to us, but us Love draws./ He swallows us and never chaws." ... War and illness also play...

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Despite this, the tone of the poem seems bitter. ... The Turn of the poem, when we realize he is scared, is when Drayton talks about love dying as if it were a person. ... The tattoos in the poem can be compared to the permanent committed love she wishes she could attain. ... The turn in the poem comes in line thirteen "Such permanence is terrifying.... I feel that both of these poems are good poems. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

As one of the greatest wordsmiths of all time, William Shakespeare made powerful use of imagery to convey the themes and subject matter in his poetry and plays. This is displayed well in two of his more famous sonnets,My Mistress? Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun? andThat Time Of Year Thou Mayest In Me...

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Four of Cummings' poems - l(a, mortals), !... In fact, the whole poem is shaped like a '1' (200). ... blac, a very interesting poem. ... Through the poem's shape, !... swi( is another poem of Cummings' ideogram form. ...

• Word Count: 1411
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Four of Cummings' poems - l(a, mortals), !... In fact, the whole poem is shaped like a '1' (200). ... blac, a very interesting poem. ... Through the poem's shape, !... swi( is another poem of Cummings' ideogram form. ...

• Word Count: 1396
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 635
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• Grade Level: High School

The poem "Poetry" (Moore 146) began to answer my question what is poetry. In the beginning of the poem she describes how poems should balance the figurative and the literal world in order to help the reader's understanding. ... In the next line it describes a poem as a "globed fruit" (MacLeish 138). ... Throughout the rest of the poem she describes how a poem should not be over analyzed but more experienced. ... The next poem was "You Fit into Me" by Margaret Atwood. ...

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"The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by McKay in which many different poetic apects emerge as we read the poem. ... People might think that this poem is a story of a dancer from Harlem. ... In this poem, the tone is cheerful, but at times there is some discontent. In the beginning of the poem, there is a description of happiness and laughter. ... This structure of the poem also includes the situation, speaker, and setting. ...

• Word Count: 1662
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• Grade Level: High School

"The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by McKay in which many different poetic apects emerge as we read the poem. ... People might think that this poem is a story of a dancer from Harlem. ... In this poem, the tone is cheerful, but at times there is some discontent. In the beginning of the poem, there is a description of happiness and laughter. ... This structure of the poem also includes the situation, speaker, and setting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I believe that Noyce is writing this poem for himself. ... Noyce shows despair in the poem, he feels hopeless, lost in the mountain. ... The poem is a free verse poem, with no apparent pattern. ... There are no stanzas in the poem, instead Noyce writes the whole poem in one single fragmented unit, to resemble the long and endless journey he is facing. There is no steady movement or rhyme throughout the poem. ...

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His first published poems appeared in the anthology Eight Harvard Poets in 1917. ... The poems excised from the original manuscript that were later collected in XLI Poems and & are generally more erotic in content. ... Structured in a pattern of darkness moving toward light, 1 x 1 begins with poems that denigrate businessmen and politicians and ends with poems praising nature and love. In his late verse--XAIPE: Seventy-One Poems (1950), 95 Poems (1958), and the posthumously published 73 Poems (1963)--Cummings effects a softer, more elegiac note, recalling his early affinity for New England ...

• Word Count: 1201
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. First in the poem, the speaker describes feelings of somewhat fear of heartache or heartbreak. ... 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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• Grade Level: High School

There is a basic ABAB rhyme scheme, that adds a certain level of playfulness to the tone of the poem. ... As the poem continues, however, the author shows this man trying to eternize his love. ... The poem makes a reference to spirituality. ... This assumption can be made, as the only others in this poem are himself and his love. ... Needless to say, very well thought out poem that includes plenty of literary devices and twists to keep most savvy poem readers on their toes....

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Both poems face impending death. The ways of accepting death differ in both poems. ... The poem is iambic pentameter, "When I have fears that I may cease to be," (1) which lets the poem have the smooth sound like the way people talk; thus, the rhythm of the poem makes the readers feel the poem is reserved, reticence, and calm. ... The poem consists of three quatrains and a couplet. ... Both poems bring solutions to facing death. ...

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An example of this is his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". ... The simple words and rhyme scheme of the poem let it flow easily, which adds to the tranquility of the poem. ... This poem has a rhyming pattern of AABA BBCB CCDC DDDD. ... Another great poem written by Robert Frost is "The road not taken". ... The rhyming scheme for this poem is ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHGGH IJIIJ, creating an easily understood and flowing poem. ...

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The most successful poems are remarkable for their combination of passion and thought. ... Many of his poems have distinct characteristics coming through, such as a persuasive argument. Aside from metaphors, Donne also uses similes and writes poems as if they were riddles, like in the poem, "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning." ... Some of Donne's early works between 1590 and 1601 consisted of songs, sonnets, and love poems. ... This poem also mixes the spiritual and physical elements in Donne'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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The first poem is about the soldiers who gave their lives in the war and the second poem is about Mackenzie King. There are three things that two poems are different. ... The first poem used tons of imageries. ... While the second poem is to reveal Mackenzie's indeed. ... These two poems are saying about horror of wars. ...

• Word Count: 336
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"In the Snack Bar" by Edwin Morgan is a thought-provoking poem in which an unusual character is described in immaculate detail. Edwin Morgan uses this poem to describe an elderly man, humpbacked from birth and blind that he encounters in a snack bar. ... Edwin Morgan uses many comparisons throughout this poem to describe the elderly character. ... Edwin Morgan also uses repetition in this poem to emphasise the slowness of the man's movements. ... I, however, do not believe this is the most important theme in the poem. ...

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This essay will discuss the poem To His Mistress Going To Bed by John Donne. ... The pace of the poem picks up with the speaker still expressing his enjoyment. ... These double meanings add a hint of mystery to the poem. ... Therefore, the reader can easily read through the poem with understanding. The form of the poem creates a fluid rhythm driving the poem towards the climax. ...

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I find it particularly interesting when in the beginning of the poem she observes ! ... However, this poem is definitely not that conventional. ... The fact that this poem is written in sonnet form could perhaps mean that Harwood was trying to enhance the meaning of the poem by contrasting it with the traditional sonnet form. ... Within the first few lines of most of her poems we are struck with the graphic and distinct atmosphere of the whole poem. This is clearly seen in the poem "The Violets", a poem about a young girl who has slept the day away, and is very upset to find when she wakes...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both poems are presented as lists. ... Soliliquy of the Spanish Cloister is a poem of immense hatred and rage. ... The poem is arranged as a pair of lists, each with its own function. ... Every line of the poem reveals this fact. ... When read aloud, the words of the poem flow musically off the tongue. ...

• Word Count: 769
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School