... is done in one of two ways. First, a passage of four lines or less, whether poetry or prose, must be integrated into your sentence structure. In the case of prose, quote the material as it appears in the text. A discussion of Milton's note on the versification of ... where you got it. This is where the parenthetical reference comes in. The numbers in parentheses following the prose quotations denote page numbers (with no "p.") in the original text; the numbers in parentheses following the poetry quotations denote line numbers. In both cases, the parenthetical references correspond ... ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... and try to see if they both have any similarities. "Your Attention Please", by Peter Porter The first five lines of this poem are in one long sentence. This is ment to be the calm before the storm. It is saying what has happened in a calm, flowing sort of way. The rest of the ... more like orders, set up in short sentences to emphasize the importance of of what people should do "You therefore have eight and a quarter minutes to comply with shelter". Porter then brings a time scale into the poem "This announcement will take two and a quarter minutes to make". In doing this, Porter subtly...

• Word Count: 2040
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... "A Boy's Will," who got a positive review by Ezra pound, the influential modernist writer of the time (Potter 16). In 1916, Frost publishes his new book "Mountain Interval," a set of poems starting with "The Road Not Taken." Bloom writes in his book that the title "Mountain Interval" suggests the poems denote, " pauses in rural landscape to contemplate the isolation, between settlements, activities and ... examines stuff thoroughly, before making any critical move. However, despite his human intellect and prudent character, the speaker is not able to discern the whole caliber of the jou...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... the speaker is using a metaphor in which the trees represent humans, or all of mankind.God is responsible for the small saplings that are just starting out in life just as much as he is responsible for allowing human beings to be reborn and experience a similar start of life.The color blue ... In the first and third stanzas the speaker is directly addressing God; therefore, these stanzas are not enclosed in parenthesis because they are outward feelings that he is sharing directly with God.In the second stanza and the final couplet, however, the speaker is having inward realizations that a...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School