... time to undertake a specific duty. Though there is no specific rhyme scheme visible, the poem is written in such a manner that it has a rhythmic flow. The poet deftly analyses the themes of music and individual reaction to music in the poem. The poem is set in the narrator's house during the afternoon of the first few days of the month of ... ...

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

... just my lark:/ Me and my cloak and fangs/ Had ripping times in the dark". In the final stanza, the speaker's allusion becomes apparent as he calls on the themes of cheap fiction to show what he has inevitably become, writing "[d]on't read much now: the dude/ who lets the girl down before/ The hero arrives, the chap/ who ... ...

• Word Count: 794
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate