Iambic tetrameter

Scarcity of Attention Human instinct is to be noticed; to be acknowledged. Not everyone, though, is noticed in the pleasing way they wish to be seen. In “Out, Out” by Robert Frost and “A Man Said to the Universe” by Stephen Crane, an implication of human beings that are gazed upon, but never became people that are recognized by anyone else is shown through the poets’ similar themes, but are differentiated through tones that portray divergent feelings. Authors normally have a certain reason for…

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a satire that mocks love. Mock, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, means “to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something) especially by copying an action or a way of behaving or speaking”(n.pag). Shakespeare does just that themes pertaining to love. He mocks love poems, relationships, and the happily ever after ending that is so common in love stories. Poems are a typical tool used by men when they are trying to woo a woman.…

“I like you like boys and testicles love to hang”, dont you just wish someone liked you the way that testicles hang. In the poem “like”, the author Mike McGee,conveys unconditional love through the use of simile, Aphorisms and repetition. aphorisms demonstrates how he feels for this girl. Wearese , The similes captures how he really feels for the girl. And repetition illustrates the real love for her. Although repetition is a comedic,the universal truth is most humorously expressed with…

Is not the blood of real dragons but a resin that comes from various sources. The pigment which is bright red is how it got the name Dragon's Blood. There are those that used the pigment to create lipstick out of it, using the [i]Dracaena cinnabari[/i] 0r the cinnabar tree that is found on an island in the Indian ocean, those empires are the Greek and the Roman as well as some others. Another name for this herb is [i]Sangre de Dragon[/i]. This version of the herb comes from the Croton Uechelri…

Love is a great feeling that links a number of people together through both emotional and physical aspects. Sonnet 18, written by William Shakespeare, is one of the best poems that reflect to the issue of love and emotions between a woman and a man. Shakespeare begins the poem with an opening question: “”Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” The other lines are directly devoted to the question, which reflects on comparing the beloved one to the summer day. With a clear analysis of the poem,…

Shakespeare and Orwell are similar writers with the values and beliefs of their readers when exploring being human and experiences that define humanity. Shakespeare and Orwell explore human life, nature and society to connect with their readers. They explore human life with dealing with death and conforming or being original. Both explore human nature with law and order or freedom and social or individuals. To explore human society they both use caring for the weak or letting them fend for…

Throughout Smith’s elegiac sonnet, the speaker employs a wide variety of rhymes in order to demonstrate her growing anger and sadness towards her poetic abilities. Because Smith’s work follows the structure of a traditional English sonnet, end rhymes are employed at the close of each line. Thus, the last word of the first line rhymes with the last word of the third line, the last word of the second line rhymes with the last word of the fourth line, so on and so forth. In the opening quatrain,…

“The Sonnet-Ballad” was written in 1949, from the mind of Gwendolyn Brooks, a highly regarded poet with the honor of being the first black author to win the Pulitzer prize. Though the sonnet isn’t inspired by any events in Brooks’ life, it is part of an entire book by the name of “Annie Allen”, the second volume of the series. Therefore, the women in this poem is Annie Allen. This snippet from the book speaks of Annie’s grief and loss. Her lover had went off to the war and she mourns the…

In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,” The speaker explores feelings of jealousy, disdain, loneliness, and true love. Particularly the power that a person’s love can have on it’s recipient. The speaker has a swift change of heart upon thinking of love, improving the tone of the sonnet. This leaves the impression that the simple thought of love, whether past or current, is enough to lift even the gloomiest of attitudes. In the sonnet, the speaker’s tone is…

Essay One: “Love is Not All” by Edna St. Vincent Millay “Love is Not All” by Edna St. Vincent Millay is a sonnet that is not written within the expectations of a classic sonnet in regards to its content, but is structured like a traditional sonnet. Specifically, this poem does not portray love in a way that most sonnets would. Its content contrasts a traditional sonnet as it discusses all that love is not and the reality of the internal struggles humans face regarding love. Most sonnets from…