Sonnet 18

In the poem, "The Fall of Rome" by W.H. Auden, the narrator describes the Fall of Rome. The poem "The Fall of Rome" is great in complexity and has many details that describe many things. W.H. Auden states so much about the Fall of Rome, pertaining to waves, rain, caves, the Marines, Cato, moss, and so much more. He relates to listeners learning about the Fall of Rome, giving an inspiring tone. Little do we know, these small details mean something. They mean something to the actual Fall of Rome,…

The poems “The Listeners” and “Beware: Do Not Read This Poem” haven’t many similarities, but one major one can be found: both create a sense of immersion. You feel as though you are there, in the poem yourself. However, they do this in separate ways. “The Listeners” mainly uses two senses to build an image in the reader’s mind, sight and sound. You can see “the forest’s ferny floor” and the “moonlit door” and hear “the sound of iron on stone” as the Traveler leaves the house. You can also…

“The Bells”, written by Edgar Allan Poe, shows the overall theme the life stages of a person, and it also shows the moods of happiness and despair. However, each of the four sections of the poem has their own theme. The first section of the poem has the theme childhood is a happy time, as shown by the poem saying, “Silver bells-- What a world of merriment their melody foretells (2-3)!” This is relevant because these silver bells represent childhood. Throughout the poem, different bells are used…

According to the author David Kelly’s article, which cited the Anne Bradstreet poetry of “To My Dear and Loving Husband.” First, in Kelly’s article, he states that poetry is directness of the poet’s expression of her love for her husband, this poetry is incompatible to follow the modern standards, but it is fascinating to grasp readers to read and research the purpose and reason of the poetry. Second, Kelly explains the biography of the poet who is a Puritan. According to the poet’s religion,…

William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798” talks about returning to a place he had been five years before with his sister, Dorothy. The poet spends most of his time reflecting upon the magnificence of nature found at the abbey and along the river, and the worship of nature. Yet in the last section of the poem, Wordsworth turn those feelings previously reserved for his natural landscape to his sister,…

To His Coy Mistress is a classic poem that follows the three act structure about a man trying to convince a woman to make love to him if they had energy and time. There are many themes in this short three stanzas, time, lust, death, freedom and confinement, these are all told through basic figurative language. In the poem there are many forms of speech condensed in there, simile is the most basic of figurative language as defined by “a figure of speech to compare a thing to a different thing” in…

The use of literary devices inside of a solitary poem is extremely important. Creating a world or “image” for a reader to indulge him/herself in is a tremendous task but done right it is absolutely beautiful. Using elements in a story is much easier than in a poem because poems are stereotypically shorter and in a poem you have to be precise and use your words as a way to vaguely intrigue the reader. Literary elements such as imagery, setting, and tone are all affect how the reader perceives…

The Dead by James Joyce exhibits the particular character of Gabriel as the primary character of the article. Gabriel is a person who is in his last phases of life and expects demise at any moment. He no longer feels the same about living, and it is appeared, however the perspective and the symbolism used. One of the principal artistic gadgets used is the perspective which the article is exhibited: third-individual. For example, the storyteller describes the occasions encompassing just…

Process of growing up Through the process of growing up many people gain knowledge and go through the loss of friendships and relationships. Robert Frost, one of the most favored and honored American poets during World War I depicts through two poems a trend that shows how one grows up and adapts to their surroundings. He is able to promote a colloquial, restrained language that implies message instead of just revealing it through strong verbal language of hidden messages within the text. Both…

The Circle of Life Edward Young, an English poet, had once said. “There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.” Poems may use few words, but they can invest the reader as if they’d have read a novel instead of a few stanzas. This is because of an author’s use of the poetic craft to form their vision. Ted Kooser’s poem entitled Mother shows great examples of intense imagery, symbolism, and irony to arouse the emotions of anger…