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She is known as one of the greatest female, top selling poets in American History, Mary Oliver wrote the poem “oxygen”, which was released in her collection as one of the forty-three poems written in her book Thirst. Written during a time she was going through the loss of a loved one, Mary writes “Oxygen” to express her gratitude toward her relationship. The poem is short and simple, yet is deep as it uses the idea of oxygen to represent love and life. “Oxygen” is written about two people, one…

I have no preconceptions.” This tells the reader something interesting because silver is something that we all picture the moon. The moon reflects the sun and the mirror reflects everything. The mirror also tells us that it has no before thoughts of what happens. In the second and third lines the mirror tells us “Whatever I see I swallow immediately just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.” What this means is that the mirror will take what it gets immediately and show it back exactly how it…

like the sun, nor are her lips red like coral, her breast are not as pale as snow they are greyish brown, and her hair is wiry and black. My lover does not have cheeks patterned red and white, perfume smells better than her breath, and though music sounds much better than her voice I love to hear her speak. My lover does not glide like a goddess, she walks like a normal person. In spite of all her imperfections, my love is as wonderful as any woman who has been falsified by exaggerated…

“Light is like water,” I answered. “You turn the tap and out it comes.” This excerpt from the short story, “Light is Like Water,” displays the optimistic attitude that the children obtain, regardless their current location. The story, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was published in December of 1978. Amid the publishing of the story, many Latin American writers incorporated political views into their literary works. Marquez strayed from the politics and mainly focused on magical realism as an…

The power of nature; nature’s role in the Romantic’s works Throughout William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and Lord Byron’s work “Darkness” both human nature and the natural are explored separately and in their cohesion. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” mainly focuses on the blissful side of nature and the impact it had on the narrator in the moment and during the present when in reflection. However, Lord Byron’s “Darkness” illustrates the cold and brutal side of nature, how…

and open sounds symbolizes the contrast of the open and closed worlds, of freedom and confinement. Another example of this musical technique can be found in stanza two. While describing the solitary confinement of the Island of Shalott, Tennyson describes a quite setting that is only interrupted by the “quiver” of the trees and the “shiver” of the breeze (I. 10, 11). The repetition of these /r/ sounds create a vibrating-like sound within the music, accentuating the small, quick, eerie sounds of…

"O Me! O Life" by Walt Whitman, and "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns, are both very well known and well-written poems. Both of these poems have similarities and differences, including structure, tone, and figurative language. Very often, poetry's themes revolve around humanity and love. Such include Whitman's and Burn's poems. To begin with, the structure of "O Me! O Life" is dramatically different from that of "A Red, Red Rose". Walt Whitman wrote in free verse and used a significant gap…

For example in stanza 2 “Cluster and conceal fierce thorns” contains two verbs starting with the letter “C”. Alliterations supply a rippling sound effect. In this case the “C” is a hard c pronunciation which is like a sharp “k” sound. The first letter “C” gives the words a sturdy character that supports the following “fierce thorn”. Thus the meaning of “fierce thorn” is emphasized. In “Your crepelike blossoms softer than silk” and “In…

In Andrew Marvell’s poem “Damon the Mower,” the protagonist describes his heartbreak after Juliana rejects him. Though readers never hear Juliana’s voice in the poem, Damon freely speaks of her thoughts and actions. His monopoly of narration allows him to exploit gender roles and tell his biased side of their story. He portrays Juliana as a masculine, superhuman creature by aligning her with the typically male Sun and describing her through the use of three symbolic gifts he gives to her.…

Waste Land”). In this case, his work becomes stronger as his allusions contribute to help convey the meaning of each poem. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock seems to start out as a love poem when he tells someone, “Let us go then, you and I” (Sound and Sense, 284). Farther on though, it starts to stray to Prufrock and his insecurities. His words come off as anxious and self- conscious. He continuously asks “Do I dare?” almost as if he believes he isn’t worthy enough to live or to find love.…