... pain. Further exemplifying Jonson's tone of sorrowful grievance over his son is his use of metaphor when the boy is described as his fathers "best piece of poetry". Comparing his child to a poem, Jonson signifies in his own way that his son was the best thing in his life and his best creation, ... high above any poem he had ever written and more fulfilling and rewarding then any accolade he has ever received. Earlier in his live poetry and his son both bought him joy and happiness. Now he compares his son to the only thing that could measure in importance in his live, ... son. In addito...

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... writer knows the meaning of the bird's song, and we do not. Rather, this last line describes what is absolute, in Plato terms, to us, our reality. In his essay Stevens wrote, " I am interested in the nature of poetry.... It is an interdependence of the imagination and reality as equals" (Stevens 5). Through this poem Stevens is allowing the reader to set free ... ...

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