In summary, the poem is written to a woman who is slow to respond to the speaker's sexual advances. ... A winged chariot is assumed to move quickly, so here the character unveils his natural attitude of being hasty and concerned about time. ... The character is trying to say that even though they cannot make time stand still, yet they will make their time pass by quickly if they do not act promptly. ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Model T is a room with the lock inside - a key is turned to free the world for movement, so quick there is a film to watch for anything missed. ... Summary "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" is a poem with seven ten stanzas. ...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Model T is a room with the lock inside - a key is turned to free the world for movement, so quick there is a film to watch for anything missed. ... Summary "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" is a poem with seven ten stanzas. ...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A critic has said that 'A theme which dominates Larkin's poetry is that desire is ultimately unobtainable' Discuss two or three of Larkin's poems in the context of this statement. In your answer you should consider: - The various forms of desire that Philip Larkin explores - The conclusions that...

• Word Count: 2501
• Approx Pages: 10

A proem is a short introduction, in verse, to the matter and meaning of the rest of the poem. Some published editions of the poem do not make a division between The Proem and The Dream. The Proem is lines 1 through 290, and The Dream is lines 291 through 1334, the end of the poem. In  The Book of the Duchess, the poet is introduced in the first person. He has difficulty getting to sleep and has not slept, he says, for eight years. ...

• Word Count: 5753
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School