... to ride with him in his carriage. Many people use the "Grim Reaper" or a related dreadful person, but in this case Death is polite man. The carriage can represent a symbol of death where the bodies are carried to their graves, and similarly the speaker of this poem is being transported to her resting place. The speaker, while she is in her journey is moving like ... can be comfort under Death's respectful behaviors. In the stanzas three and four a lot of symbolism was founded too. The drive of the speaker with Death and Immorality symbolizes her "leaving" her life in the past. While the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... industry. The growth of knowledge came from the formulation of scientific materials in the 17th century, such as the microscope, telescope and thermometer. These instruments allowed scientists to further extend their observations and this advancement carried on to the industrial revolution, in the 1800's. Blake's reference to Newton, in the above poem, enforces this. Newton re-established the atomic view of the nature of matter, ... thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?" The use of the words "hammer" "chain" "furnace" and "Anvil" represent industrial ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... thank God. As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall the speaker.These phrases, found in the first stanza of the poem, show how Cummings uses diction, color symbolism, and imagery to relate to the idea of rebirth.The spirit of a group is the essential nature of that group, the basic feelings and ideas ... The speaker thanks God for the "true blue dream of sky,"" but he is really thanking him for allowing people to have a second chance to see life as open and empty as the ...

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... things present decaying, of both humans and of nature. The iambic pentameter in this sonnet is like the ticking of a clock to show time passing. The steady, continuos one-syllable-at-a-time rhythm imitates the ticking of a clock. This technique illustrates the meaning of the sonnet perfectly. Line 8 draws reference to the symbolism of flowers being gathered to be placed on top of the coffin, "bier-. The life of the flowers and the death of the ... man are two opposites brought together to represent the transition of life. While the flowers may appear to have all the colour and beauty of ...

• Word Count: 1204
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• Grade Level: High School