An apparent pattern in "Infant Joy" is the repetition of phrases – " 'What shall I call thee?'... What is more, on Blake's original plate for "Infant Joy", there are two flowers; the smaller one is closed and wilted, while the larger one is blooming, with a baby, a mother or a nurse, and an angel watching over them. ... However, Blake did what others normally would not do and created the poem "Infant Sorrow", which demonstrates his belief that there is always more than one aspect of everything. ... In the first three lines, the narrator...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The ambivalence in her own mind is what makes this poem particularly fascinating and mysterious to readers because it is relatively unclear what her intense feelings truly mean. ... What stands out in this poem is the lack of of a rhyming pattern. ... The fact that the pearls are cooling in the mistress' bedroom overnight, and the fact that they are not currently on her neck like they always are, could only heighten her resentment due to the fact that even though she is the one who has to wear the pearls all day, the mistress is the one who actually gets to enjoy them. ... The conceit of ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I also think the he chose to use a sonnet is because Romeo and Juliet is about love and this is what sonnets were used for. ... If the audience is told what is going to happen, they will be able to visualise it for themselves. ... This informs you that this has been going on for a long time, the word grudge meaning resentment, hostility and hatred, really makes sure that you know they are not the best of friends. ... This is a good way to capture the audiences" attention by making them think about what will happen next. Finally, the last two lines "The which if you with patient ears attend, ...

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The second reason was because of his mother displaced resentment against his father onto him, and George Gordon had later been tended by a Calvinist nurse whom awakened his sexuality. ... She walks in beauty demonstrates brevity, melody and an emotional intensity in all of its emotional expressions; thus making a relationship of what typically characterizes a lyric poem. ...

• Word Count: 1724
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School