Sonnet 130

The speaker expresses faith in the poet’s ability to reconstruct a world free of the fall, an edenic, mythic world that flourished “before the serpent perverted language when persuading Eve and before the destruction of Bable scattered language into a multiplicity of tongues, mutually foreign” (Edwards 137). The image of the swift in this poem provides a symbol of unity of being which reminds us of the initial unity we have lost, a unity which could possibly be regained through art. Jennings…

Although both of the poems have a central subject of a star, they can be compared and contrasted through their themes and structures. As a sonnet, Bright Star consists and is rigidly structured upon an iambic pentameter. The tone for this work is sorrowful as he commends his lady’s magnificence and reveals his faithful, unwavering, or “steadfast” love for her. The sonnet begins with an apostrophe to the star, drawing attention to his plea for her hand.…

One of his poems “Love Sonnet XVII” was written about his deep love for someone. In the poem, he explains his love by using many similes and examples of imagery. For example, the poem starts out by saying “I do not love you as if you were a salt rose, or topaz or the arrow of…

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton which tells the story of the fall of man as written in the first chapters of Genesis. Milton uses the poem to clarify what he thinks are part of the story in the first three chapters of Genesis. The Bible gives short accounts of the creation, the birth of man and woman, the temptation and the fall of man but Milton tells the story from his own perspective to add to the Biblical version. Satan is an…

The Tone of Religious Devotion in Hopkins’ PIED BEAUTY Being a sensuous poet and a Roman Catholic priest at the same time, Hopkins’ poetry bears the stamp of his sensibility( as a poet) and his devotional spirit ( as a priest). These two often trigger a conflict and generate a lot of tension in his poems. Nevertheless ,this contradiction seems to be resolved and both, the poet and the priest , seem to be in harmony in ”Pied Beauty”. The poem opens with the poet’s…

Emily Dickinson did not title her poetry; nevertheless, her poems are recognized by the first line. In her “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers...” poem she uses a metaphorical description of hope as a “little Bird” that “sings the tune”. Dickinson describes this bird that sings everywhere despite all the difficulties; she sings in the face of the most powerful storm and the strongest wind. As this bird’s song, hope also always stays alive within us, and it never asks for anything from us; it…

flag metaphor that repeats throughout his poem. These flag shapes are a reference to Agard's own poem, and in turn, the themes Agard portrays within the poem. On the contrary, Cummings utilises a modern and free verse interpretation of a Petrarchan sonnet, in order to portray that the narrator of the poem is rambling and slurring phrases. Furthermore, John Agard constructs two voices within each stanza. One for the question and one for the answer, whereas Cummings deliberately…

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Poetry is a way to express someone's feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm. Poets use different literary devices to convey meaning, bring richness and clarity to their text. William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow effectively used imagery in their writing. Both authors have similarities and differences in their work. For Bryant is was Thanatopsis, and for Longfellow it was The tide rises, the tide falls. Imagery creates visual representations of ideas in our…

To humans, the most essential part to living is communicating. We connect to one another through ways of expression such as music or literature. Poetry as a form of writing is a way to express feelings through rhythm and the use of specific words. In every poem, the author conveys a certain topic or emotion to the reader. The use of language, metaphors, and recurring themes is essential to the poet in sending the right message. When put together in a way that speaks to the poet and the reader,…