There are also very few technical features in the poem, the only special addition, (other than the alliteration "dark and deep") like with most of his other poems is the heavy use of symbolism. ... Another closely related example of symbolism is "Between the woods and the frozen lake". The woods are now a symbol of life, a change from the previous example, and the frozen lake, devoid of life, is a symbol of death. The final example of symbolism is an obvious one in which death is compared to sleep. ...

• Word Count: 1353
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Yeats uses symbolism and motif as a means to represent the tension between the two worlds he is astride during 1916. ... However, through the symbolism of the swans, Yeats imposes his own desires to resist this change. ... This is illustrated in the symbolism and motif of circularity throughout the poem. Yeat's makes continuous reference to 'the widening gyres', a symbol of the cyclic nature of the world, as he depicts a world making the transition into the antithetical and chaotic gyre. ...

• Word Count: 1286
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are many aspects of the poem that will be dealt with including the following: structure, symbolism, tone, situation or setting, the speaker, and rhyme and meter scheme. ... Throughout "The Harlem Dancer", McKay uses metaphores and different symbols to express his feelings in this piece of writing. ... Some of the elements used in this poem include the following: structure, tone, rhyme scheme, and symbolism. The symbols used within the poem vary from the physical appearance of the dancer to the way she dances. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

There are many aspects of the poem that will be dealt with including the following: structure, symbolism, tone, situation or setting, the speaker, and rhyme and meter scheme. ... Throughout "The Harlem Dancer", McKay uses metaphores and different symbols to express his feelings in this piece of writing. ... Some of the elements used in this poem include the following: structure, tone, rhyme scheme, and symbolism. The symbols used within the poem vary from the physical appearance of the dancer to the way she dances. ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She accomplishes this by choosing a series of symbols that symbolises cycle of life which are in four stages. ... The woods are symbols of beauty in general, of imaginative value. According to Leonard Unger, this symbolism enforced by the word "but" in the last stanza. ...

• Word Count: 1463
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ... As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall t...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

I believe that Blake uses the word lamb as a symbol of how these boys were sacrificed in their line of work. ... Blake is clever in his use of symbols and colour. A lot of the time, colouring and symbolism are entwined. ... Here the black coffins are a symbol of the chimneys, and being locked up in them suggests captivity - there was no way that they could escape their lives (until death). ...

• Word Count: 2076
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The writers of the poems "Hawk Roosting" and "Vulture" allow the reader to identify many similarities in their poems upon reading them. The two poems, although written in very different styles are rather interesting. From the two titles, the reader can note a marked similarity in that the two ...

• Word Count: 1305
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The poem "The Visitor," by Gibbons Ruark has a direct title which immediately introduces the concept of an outsider "The Visitor" who comes to the household for a specific time to undertake a specific duty. Though there is no specific rhyme scheme visible, the poem is written in such a manner that i...

• Word Count: 1281
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Yeats" poetics at this point drip heavily with symbolism, evident by the continued varying uses of birds within "Sailing to Byzantium." ... Its function as a symbol of Ireland is less significant than its function as the climax of a kind of Christian society, a city devoted to the study of "monuments of unaging intellect". ... With the rejection of his previously delicate constructs of imagery and symbolism, his style was moulded to suit the despair of reality. ...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the section where the child asks the speaker what grass is, he proceeds to explain his symbolism of the grass that utilizes themes of nature (nature's cycles of rebirth and regeneration), a theme of unity and the democracy that runs the country (grass grows everywhere and links everyone's yards together as a whole), and a symbol of death or mortality (grass grows from the ground fertilized by the dead soldiers of the Civil War). ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He begins to compare his life and friendship with this live-oak tree growing as a symbol of this. ... As we look at the title, now, we can see the symbolism that Whitman used to show us his life through friendship and the life towards the end without them. ...

• Word Count: 1529
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "Porphyria's Lover," a dramatic monologue, the author gets his points across through the use of symbolism, imagery, and relying on the readers' ability not only to understand what is happening but more importantly why it's happening. ... Some of those techniques were his use of diction, rhythm, and symbol. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School