The opening word of "Farewell" could almost stand as a sufficient summary to the entire poem. ... Shakespeare himself appears to be the speaker in the poem, whereas the young man is whom Shakespeare is conveying his message. ... Line 1 almost seems paradoxical, something Shakespeare used very often his is poems and play. ... It is also interesting how Shakespeare ends each of the lines in this quatrain, along with most lines in the poem, with an -ing ending. ... The couplet reaffirms the poem, seen by the opening word of "Thus" in the beginning of the couplet. ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While praising and backing up the revolution and revolutionists, at times, he shows his disappointment with the revolutionists deviation from their definite pathway in many of his modern and latest poems. The second issue, being sorrow, is dealt with in many of his poems simply because of his sad childhood, which had many terrifying events: his father's imprisonment in Hajjah horrible prison, Nafi'; the execution of many colleagues of his father's and his; and his brother and friend's deaths. ... To have a clear comprehension of the myth of Saif Ibn Dhi-Yazan and of how i...

• Word Count: 1102
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate