These sonnets are also in iambic pentameter. ... There is also a sense of "Carpe Diem- here. ... "Full many a glorious morning have I seen- is also a beautiful sonnet pertaining to nature and uses such technique as imagery and tone to put forth the idea that nature is not a stable entity, just like love which is alterable. ... This reference to alchemy gives rise to the idea of illusion, as alchemy was a deceptive art. ... The narrator is happy to have had the "sun- for "one hour-, but the tone is of remorse that this was too short a time. ...

• Word Count: 1204
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Thomas says in the poem, "Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; / Though lovers be lost love shall not" (7-8). ... In lines such as, "No more may gulls cry" (20) and a "break in the sun till the sun breaks down / And death shall have no dominion," (26-27) Thomas shows the reader that even if the sun never shines again death will not rule. ... The child knows time allows such mornings but he also understands that he will not always be there to enjoy them. ... "Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, / And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way" means that these m...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The tone of the poem is nostalgic. ... Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves As the breeze rises" (7-8). ... This can also be compared to life because many people have problems and frustration. ... Frost again adds beautiful imagery while comparing the bent branches "trailing their leaves on the ground" to "girls on hands and knees throwing their hair before them to dry in the sun" (18-19). ...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The tone of the poem is nostalgic. ... Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves As the breeze rises" (7-8). ... This can also be compared to life because many people have problems and frustration. ... Frost again adds beautiful imagery while comparing the bent branches "trailing their leaves on the ground" to "girls on hands and knees throwing their hair before them to dry in the sun" (18-19). ...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The tone of the poem is nostalgic. ... Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves As the breeze rises" (7-8). ... This can also be compared to life because many people have problems and frustration. ... Frost again adds beautiful imagery while comparing the bent branches "trailing their leaves on the ground" to "girls on hands and knees throwing their hair before them to dry in the sun" (18-19). ...

• Word Count: 1048
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

From these four lines alone we could assume that Rosetti does indeed celebrate the lighter and more pleasurable aspects of life, however, as with so many of her poems, the tone proceeds to distinctly change. ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". ... Another aspect of this absence will be the lack of any passing of time: "the twilight that doth not rise nor set". The speaker's reference to something which is assumed to be completely intransient and permanent is cleverly used by Rosetti, as the setting of the s...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate