Meter

Poetry is an art, but instead of being on a canvas it’s on paper. A poem could be interpreted in many different ways. It all depends on the perspective. For example, a poem about a father doing everything in his power to give his children the best life could be view in a couple of ways. Some people view it as the children are taking advantage of the father, others view it as the children are still young and need him, or it’s the father’s duties to take care of the family (viewed as masculine).…

‘Valentine’ and ‘Words, Wide Night’ by Carol Ann Duffy talk about the difficulties of a boisterous relationship between the poet and her significant other. Neither of the poems follow a definitive rhyme scheme or a rhythmic pattern, and are lyrics written in first person. However, ‘Valentine’ falls into the ‘conceit poetry’ category and WWN represents a ‘tezra rima’, composed of three stanzas with three lines each in iambic pentameter. ‘Valentine’ on the other hand follows a symmetrical…

The poet brings off his effects by a tactful restraint in his use of words. The poem moves forward because of the large amount of energetic verbs it has “thuds”, “smokes”, “hangs”, “stipples”, “lobs” and so on. Even a word like “feather” which is a noun is converted into a verb “feathers” which is an Augustan technique. Diction as employed by the Movement poets thus purifies the language while at the same time gives pleasure to the reader. Movement diction does not extend the range of language…

‘The poem ‘Do Not Go into That Gentle Night’ written by the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas is a very interesting poem to be read. Reading the poem for the first time, one might have the mixed feeling of being urged and inspired in the same time. This might be because; the poem is unique in its very own way that grabs people’s attention and interest from various perceptive and ways such as how structure, the massages, the language used, the meaning of the lines in the stanza, the mood of the poem and…

1. The speaker's tone will change in a few ways in the first stanza of the poem "Dover Beach." The first change will come when the poem shifts from a third person’s view concerning the scenery in the first ‘five’ lines to directly addressing a listener. “Come to the window, sweet is the night-air! ... Listen! you hear” ... The tone of the beginning of the stanza is peaceful an calm, and uses words like "tranquil," "calm," and "sweet", the scene is described as "fair". In the second part of the…

Both close readings and distant readings of texts help to gain a better insight of the idea that the writer was trying to portray through their writing. When I read Emily Dickinson’s “Bloom-is Result- to meet a Flower” I did both a close reading and a distant reading of the text. Both helped to give me a deep understanding of the poem. The close reading consisted of me examining and studying the text. In my close reading I looked up words I didn’t know and read the poem multiple times. I made…

In this essay, I am going to analyze and compare the following poems, " I Wanna Be Yours" by John Cooper Clarke and "Fight Song" By Rachel Platten. Although they both cover different topics, they are both effective. "I Wanna Be Yours" talks about the strong feelings towards the poets loved one whereas "Fight Song" talks about never giving up no matter how low, lost or hurt you feel. I believe "Fight Song" is more compelling than "I Wanna Be Yours" according to the use of personification,…

John Donne’s “Lovers’ Infiniteness” is a part of “Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 1”, which is an anthology based on the themes of love and family. This poem consists of 3 stanzas each consisting of 11 verses. With the use of metaphors, imagery and partial rhymes, John Donne’s poem depicts a forlorn lover, who believes that one must love wholeheartedly, with nothing left behind for yourself. The first stanza’s first two verses depict an immature, greedy lover, who demands everything for…

n poetry authors use techniques like diction, imagery, form, to express the meaning of the poem to the readers. In the poem Portrait of a Girl with Comic Book by Phyllis Mcginley, her use of diction and imagery create her meaning of the poem. The speaker wants the reader to question what being 13 means and what could happen at that age and also how The speaker is trying to explain to the reader what thirteen is and also what it isn't. It seems like the speakers trying to convince the…

People use different communicative forms to show their thoughts and feelings to the others. The most commonly used form of expressing one’s feelings and emotions is writing especially poetry. Many poetry writers' works gain authority, and can be considered as literary canonical works, thus, these authors become literary canonical figures. But what does the term ‘literary canons’ mean? Literary canons are a collection of literary works and authors approved by academic scholars, having high…