Poetic form

poem the speaker talks about the fields, flowers, rivers, dust, etc… Line 5: “Dust whom England bore” personification of the nature Line 6:”her flowers to love”, the speaker is very close to the nature Line 8: Personification: “Washed by the rivers” Form and meter This poem is a sonnet. “The Soldier” has 14 lines and is divided into two groups: the octave (first 8 lines) who introduces the problem and the sestet (last 6 lines) where the problem gets solved. We also have a “Volta” of the “turn”…

The frog in a well is indeed a fitting phrase for describing The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling as readers take a sneak-peek into the true nature of society that Rowling perceives. It is noticeable how small everyone’s problems are in the big picture, yet get treatment as if the world will end any minute. The Casual Vacancy mimics society by illustrating a small English town, Pagford, which is in shock after the death of Barry Fairbrother. Upon his death, what is supposedly a pretty town…

Mortality is a topic frequently addressed in poetry. In Edmund Spenser’s “Amoretti LXXV: One Day I Wrote her Name” and Dylan Thomas’s “In My Craft or Sullen Art”, both poets write about mortality, however take much different views. Dylan Thomas warns against the fleeting nature of human life and urges people to embrace life without fear, whereas Thomas seems quite nonchalant about the idea of death and seems to believe that he can be immortalized through his poetry. Thomas uses the imagery of…

In Robert Frost’s blank verse poem “‘Out, Out-,’” the speaker recounts the story of a young boy who loses his hand, and ultimately his life, while working with a buzz-saw, presumably on his family’s farm. The speaker remains an observer throughout the narrative, presenting the poem in the first person. The use of first-person narration establishes an intimacy between the speaker and reader, so that the reader sympathizes with the speaker and not the “they.” “They” remain ambiguous throughout the…

I strongly agree that Sylvia Plath's poetry presents a vivid portrait of an individual who's life is tormented and anguished It is clear from the beginning of Plath's poem "poppies in July" that the poem presents a vivid portrait who's life is tormented and anguished. This can be seen in the first line "Little poppies , Little hell flames". It appears that the individual in the poem shows two different personalities one of a kind person and another of an angry person. "Little poppies " shows…

The first paper that I wrote for my Love Poetry class was a close reading essay for a poem called “True Love” by Wislawa Szymborska. In this essay, I emphasized on Wislawa’s intentions and point of view about love. I explained what “True Love” means to her based on her poem. True Love; Fictional or Real? Wislawa Szymborska’s method of describing love attracts my attention. In one part of her poem “True Love,” she talks about the myth of true love, and in other parts, she actually questions it:…

chief function- - is order and chaos, meaning in the midst of confusion and affirmation at the heart of despair. But it can only do this with the right tools and appropriate style. (Jennings, PT 56) Style and Form: “Urillo on the wall, A nun is climbing/ Steps in Montmartre . /We patients sit below./ It does not seem a time for…

W.H Auden’s modernist techniques combined with his unique style of writing makes his poetry difficult to read and interpret. However, his eccentric use of words calls for the reader’s imagination to create images that help grasp the central idea of the poem. Such can be seen in “Law like Love” starting with the ironic nature of the title. Law, as we know it is something which has clear cut definitions and rules which many do not favour. Love on the other hand, is not meant to have boundaries and…

The title of this poem leaves an impression of power or eagerness in undergoing life. A stake or ‘pancang’ is a wood stabbed into the ground. Every stake has to be intense. If a stake is weak, it causes instability to houses or other buildings supported by the stake. In Malay tradition, a stake is a symbol of power. Moreover, there is a tradition of constructing houses together. This tradition aims at consolidating capacity in handling life. In this poem, a stake used comes from a nibung tree.…

Many parents are working hard each day to provide the best for their children. As one grows older, one learns to appreciate their parent 's hard work, more and more each day. But not all choose to follow in the footsteps of their parents. In the poem "Digging" by Seamus Heaney, the speaker has chosen the path of a writer instead of following in the footsteps of his potato farming father and peat harvester grandfather, however, the speaker nostalgically dotes on their experience and…