... ridiculous - Metre: 1. Colloquial and aggressive 2. First person 3. Conversational 4. Dramatic 5. Questioning 6. Follows natural speech 7. Transforms confines of iambic pentameter form of sonnets - Strong lined - Violent changes in tone: 1. Pathos quite common 2. Wide variety of rhythmic patterns - Wide-ranging emotionally - Earnest and challenging, even when appearing casual, never trivial - Struggle between spiritual and bodily impulses - New use of ... learning. Imagery in s poetry is not something -tacked on to make it more -poetic and difficult, but it is a focus for seeing experie...

• Word Count: 7662
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

... quickly over the words. The single syllables used in 'sharp shoes' portrays these material possessions as tacky and to lack meaning. The people in the town are describes as being a 'cut-price crowd' and 'simple' . These derogatory terms convey Larkin's resentment towards them and the shallow nature of ... of the word 'pure' suggests that while all these products are portrayed as ideal and perfect, they have no depth when compared to our 'live imperfect eyes' which are not flawless but they are real and have value. The false hope given to people via this stereotypical ... 'exiled' are u...

• Word Count: 2501
• Approx Pages: 10

... Exposure'' suggests open revealed and bare. It is negative because it feels like that you are open to attacks. On the first line it says Our brains ache' the Our' is significant, it is almost as if the poet is involved in the play and it is a good technique to get the audience involved. ... , it questions whether if he was dying. The sixth stanza is the same as the fifth stanza. The last line is significant We turn back to our dying'. This is shocking. He returns to reality. The line is quite depressing and it is centred on the last line. The seventh stanza is religious ... been cheated o...

• Word Count: 3174
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

... Eliot's poetry explores a private condition; Auden's poetry explores a more public situation. Eliot is searching primarily for spiritual solutions; Auden is stressing that our private worlds cannot be separated from social and political contexts. T.S. Eliot uses form and language to embody the confusions and complexities of individual identity in ... was the cabbage patch at the back of a village house, and it designates the small-town preoccupations with which the novelists dealt. Barrie's A Window in Thrums (1889), based on his home town of Kirriemuir in Angus (the Thrums of the title)...

• Word Count: 10566
• Approx Pages: 42