... . Knowing something about Angelou's life can help one to understand her poetry.In one of Angelou's poems, "Unmeasured Tempo", she talks about a person's life. How mind and body do not reach their apex at the same time. By the time a person gets old enough to have a spiritual realization of who they are their body is already declining (Angelou 11). This poem is written in ... " ("avec" means "with" in French). This poem uses very simple language, but it is very complicated. The subject seems to change in the middle of the poem. She first talks about her mother being this perfect beauty who...

• Word Count: 1089
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... has much more to deal with then just killing people. The author of All Quiet on the Western Front ,Erich Maria Remarque, and the poet of "Dulce Et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen, have similar opinions on war. Threw out there writings they give examples of how war can hurt a person, not just by fighting but also by different feelings. ... his ten years of schooling have taught him less than ten weeks as a soldier. War has quickly taught him that only the fittest survive. This young man has not have his first love yet. The book says that Paul has been at war and has not had time for love. This...

• Word Count: 518
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... his anger, it was temptation that ultimately contributed to the death of the person he was angry at, as we find out at the end of the poem, where the word "outstretch"d" clearly gives the illusion of the body of this person lying dead beneath the tree. This temptation can also be interpreted as pertaining not only to the foe, but to the speaker as well. His anger caused himself to ... scheme is aabbcc and so on. Rhyming words are arranged consecutively and in pairs. Although the poem doesn't follow this pattern entirely, the rhythm, for the most part, follows that of a trochaic pattern,...

• Word Count: 544
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... poems throughout her life. During her life, five of her poems got published in the Springfield Republican. By 1890, the first book of Dickinson's work was published. However like many famous poets, many of her ... the Mose is being overpowered by the cat. This relates to us as we are sometimes overpowered by satin. The mouse refers to a person and the cat refers to devil or the sins of the world. This person is asking God to take concern of the mouse and set aside a place in his kingdom (heaven) for the mouse. This all happens in the first stanza. In the ... second stanza, it talks abou...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... appeals most to me about this poem is Browning's' attitude, tone of the poem and how it brings out the romantic side of me. First of all, I admire Elizabeth Browning's attitude in the poem. Her attitude is very positive about love. The poem portrays an optimistic view about love . Implying, that love is the best thing that could ever happen to you. In my opinion, Elizabeth ... phrase means to me, I love him for the person he is. When we hang out watch television, or take a walk on the beach. I love those quiet moments when we are together and words are not even needed, but we know exact...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... , figurative language, and sound in several of ways in both of his poems. The road symbolizes the choices he has to make in his life. In the poem, "The Road Not Taken", the speaker has to make a huge choice in his life. The poem is about a person who comes across a fork in the road and he has to choose which way to follow. He thinks long ... being compared as a metaphor in the poem "A Road Not Taken." It implies a difficult choice in a person's life that could offer him an easy or hard way out. He does not know what will happen with either road that he chooses. It is risky making up his ...

• Word Count: 656
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... are we given information that tells us the sex of the narrative persona. We assume the narrator is male because the poet is male and has a history of depression; and the writing is so moving, sincere and personal that it must be autobiographical. Yet the lack of physical description of the narrator and the fact that the feelings expressed by the person throughout the poem could pertain to either sex ... leave this question unresolved. For ease of writing I will refer to the narrator as being male. The theme of isolation and depression is enhanced by the use of language and imagery. The n...

• Word Count: 1694
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... theme of love are Michael Drayton's "Since There's No Help Come Let Us Kiss and Part" and "First Poem for You" by Kim Addonizio. Addonizio and Drayton's sonnets both deal with the idea of love being scary, but in very different ways. In the first part of Drayton's sonnet he talks about ending his relationship because there is nothing left to it. He even ... it through. Addonizio however thinks about love and is scared by it. The tattoos in the poem can be compared to the permanent committed love she wishes she could attain. By only touching the tattoos in the dark she can keep her dista...

• Word Count: 571
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... March 26 1874, died January 29, 1963. Frost was one Americas greatest poets and a four-time recipient on the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Frost married his co-valedictorian Elinor White. They both attended Lawrence High School in Massachusetts. ... The road not taken" is one of Frost best and most famous poems. Choices are never easy; people face many of them in a lifetime. Robert Frost's " The road not taken" is a first person narrative poem about a monumental decision in the narrators life. He is faced with the choice of a moment that will affect the ... outcome of his life. While trav...

• Word Count: 481
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... then rhyme line again. Eileen McAuley's poem, The Seduction, used third person narrative as it gave two sides of the story. But Christina Rosseti's poem, used first person narrative, only giving one point of view, as only one-person spoke. The opening versus" of the poem set the tone up. The opening verse of The Seduction indicates what is going to happen in the poem. Whereas in Cousin Kate it tells us ... what the unknown lady feels like and what she is thinking about ... . The personification was only used in Eileen McAuley ... ...

• Word Count: 1308
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... full of serenity. There was no horridness about death in her eyes. Emily Dickinson was obviously evident of her concept of death surfacing. In the poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death", she demonstrates death stopping a person. When a person dies, they are stereotyped as seeing life pass before their eyes. She shows death metaphorically halting life. "Because I could not stop for ... away my labor, and my leisure too, for his civility. We passed the fields of grazing grain, we passed the setting sun. We paused before a house that seemed a swelling of the ground; the roof was scarcel...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Poem Analysis: The Chimney Sweeper PARAPHRASE: The first stanza is told by an out side narrator. The narrator talks of a little black figure that is walking through the snow covered in soot and crying. The narrator questions why they boy is out all alone, and where his parents have gone to. The boy replies by telling the narrator that hey have gone to the church to pray. The remaining three stanzas ... 't that great, they have taught him the hardships of life by doing so. Since the boy is happy with his life, his parents feel that they have done no harm to him and they go and pray, pray to the...

• Word Count: 364
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... imagine people running all over the country doing God's work in helping others. There has been much debate by scholars and critics over whether Shakespeare's sonnets were addressed to a mistress or in fact, a male patron whom he had a higher brotherly love for. It is particularly difficult to tell in sonnet eighteen because it is written in the first person and Shakespeare asks direct questions ... to the addressee: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" without mentioning he or she. I believe it was written for a woman he was infatuated with therefore in my analysis I will ... on a...

• Word Count: 787
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... obtain satisfaction from what society has to offer. "The Door" itself is a metaphor for change, so by the usage of the grammatical imperative "go and open the door" the poet is suggesting the importance for the need to embrace change and the need to be "open" for it. In the first stanza, the combination of the word "Maybe" with the image of "a magic city" suggests the infinite possibilities that exist for an individual if ... "will clear" as they open themselves to change. In the fourth stanza, the poet uses the image of the "darkness ticking" as a meta-phor for an individual's fear of ...

• Word Count: 288
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... how he controls others for pleasure. This reveals that love can only be enjoyed by one person, whilst the other is being hurt. Considering that it has a "loss of ease" reveals how he enjoys making others feel uncomfortable. The poem comes to an end with the pebble building a "Hell in Heaven´s despite" displaying that there is always something negative in ... love is a pessimistic one. There is a rhyme scheme running throughout the whole poem hitherto, clay and pebble do not rhyme with each other highlighting their separation in ideology. Only the first and the last stanza rhyme display...

• Word Count: 927
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... ;k" sound allows for the poem's flow like that of a river. Also, the river is asking the speaker for a kiss, so that would mean that death is inevitable in this person's case, similar to a death call. Even though the poem is written so gracefully, it actually seems violent. The reader has no idea the speaker's state of mind before the interaction with the water, so the reader does not know ... for what reason the speaker would be committing suicide or if they were pushed to commit ... to be "richer than a king" (9). Unlike Langston's poem, "Richard Cory" is told through the eyes of some...

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... not. This is a very intellectual poem that could leave people in suspense. For a first time reader, you would never be able to tell if Frost actually regretted taking the path he chose, or if he was actually grateful for it. It all depends on how a person reads Frost's wording. The inspiration for this poem came from his walks with his friend, Edward Thomas, of ... thing to do. The person just has to think in a positive manner. For instance, they should think that the other decision they could have made might have been even worse. Living a life full of regrets is not something someone w...

• Word Count: 1163
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... and talented boy; his works with poetry were astonishing and were very noticeable even at an early age. Unknowingly, later in life, he would become the most popular British poet of the Victorian era. In 1828, Tennyson enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge. Despite his intelligence and good looks, he was excessively shy and was quite unhappy ... final destination or to his pilot". Being near his death, he does not want anyone mourning his death. So he requests for "...there [to] be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea ".5 Tennyson wants a calm and quiet tide, so he can easily cro...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... things are wrong nor right. He published, "The Chimney Sweeper" in a London newspaper in the late 1700's to tell of the conditions of young children who were forced to work in. I enjoyed reading "The Chimney Sweeper" because it is a work of literature which was used to save the lives of unknown others. "The Chimney Sweeper" is told through a first person point of view and with an AABB rhyme ... scheme. The narrator shares his story about how his father had sold him when he was very young in order ... to live and for the boy to have a chance in life. The speaker seems to have a very rel...

• Word Count: 551
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... sets out confusion in the character that not even he can explain. A disturbing memory of the past hunts his present by "moving slowly through [his] mind by day, and [are] a trouble to [his] dreams. In conclusion, Wordsworth carries us through the different emotions he experienced during his life. At first he loved life and enjoyed it by interacting with nature with the person he wanted to ... spend the rest of his life with. But later on a force that he couldn't control made him end up loosing faith ... in all his dreams. It is frightening how one insignificant moment in the life of a ...

• Word Count: 797
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... . In "Voyage," the author portrays the complete opposite. Here, he speaks in first-person of loving his country with relief and tranquility. "Voyage," due to its tone, the use of the senses, and sentence structure is the better poem. "Man," on the other hand, has poor sentence structure, fails to use the senses, and the tone of the poem leaves the reader confused and hopeless. When the reader first reads "Breathes There The Man," he ... may find himself short of breath. The reason for ... ...

• Word Count: 515
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... , you will see that there is much more behind this poem then what it's actually saying. This poem is not about a journey through the woods, but yet the journey of life and all the decisions one must face. In the first stanza, Frost is talking about how he comes across two roads, he did not want to split himself to be able to take both ... a decision in his life, which has determined the future. I believe this poem is in praise of being an individual. It's telling you to make decisions on your own, and not follow everyone else. Take "The Road Not Taken," and step out on a limb for once. D...

• Word Count: 818
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Violent imagery in a holy sonnet: Batter my heart, three-personed God In John Donne's "Batter my heart, three-personed God ," the speaker is in despair about his ability to be chaste. He knows that he loves God and wants to be loved in return. But he is too weak to resist the pull of evil. He knows that his reason should be his defense against sin; in fact, he calls it God's "viceroy" in him. A viceroy is a governor appointed by a king to rule in his place in a far away colony. The metaphor of reason as a viceroy is a way of saying that God is represented in the speaker by his ability to reaso...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... safety in the small town during the early spring when the coldness of winter remains, "Before the first visitor comes the spring Softening the sharp air of the coast". It is a gentle and "almost hospitable". Mahon gives the otherwise sleepy town a certain charm describing its street, including the sleeping wolfhound and its emptiness. He is able to put himself in another person's shoes and describe that person's desire - the proprietor of the restaurant is ... "dreaming of home". He uses this method of story telling in "After the Titanic ... ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3

... things more profound and said them much better. In this blank-verse poem Bryant asserts that Nature, since it fell not so far from God as did Man, can heal the tormented soul of the worldly person. "Oh Fairest of the Rural Maids" This is a very bad poem because its meter never varies in its nursery-rhyme rhythm and ... word. Compare this poem to one of Wordsworth's "Lucy" poems to see just how bad it is. As you might expect, the maid in our poem is a far better person because she dwelt in "untrodden ways." "A Forest Hymn" Bryant, as you can probably see, was much better when he use blan...

• Word Count: 1092
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School