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Throughout history, the transition from old english to new has unequivocally reshaped the way we communicate through rhyme. Whether demonstrated through poetry, rap or other rhythmic artistry, the english language includes a major part in the use of metaphorical use, personification and other forms of figurative language. The continued use of figurative language adds deeper meaning to the writing in sonnets and other form of poetry and this is continuously demonstrated throughout Shakespeare’s…

Every day, we hear the term ‘love’ in a plethora of situations. So, what is love? According to Shakespeare, in sonnet 116 - The first quatrain describes love as an unchangeable force in the lines “Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bends with the remover to remove: / O no! it is an ever-fixed mark.” Shakespeare enforces the fact that true love always perseveres, no matter what it’s up against by using the metaphor, “That looks on tempests and is never shaken” in the…

I will firstly discuss “The Rape of the Lock” and how Pope here makes effective use of the mock epic through the course of the poem. The opening of this poem is a letter written to the actual subject matter of the poem Mrs Arabella Fermor, in this opening letter he discusses why he wrote the poem, what inspired him to do so, why he published this piece and also his reasoning for dedicating it to Arabella. The poem is split into five canto’s. The poem begins with Belinda the heroine of this story…

Love and Time Are Precious: Let’s Use It Wisely In life, one of the most amazing things we experience is love and that special connection with our significant other. In the poem, “To Coy His Mistress”, Andrew Marvell tells the efforts of a man who is desperately trying to seduce his mistress into making love with him before it’s too late. With this dramatic monologue Marvell express the speaker’s admiration and desire to love the mistress through metaphors and imagery to connect to the themes…

and harvest. After great creativity(?) and hard labor, autumn decides to have a break and remain motionless. The poet manifests the idea of composure and relaxation of autumn by including terms such as; “Drows’d” (Keats 17), “sitting” (Keats 14), “sound asleep” (Keats 16), and…

This essay will be written about the poems: La Belle Dame sans Merci, Once upon a time and Piano. All three of these poems have expressed feelings of despair. This essay will be comparing the poems and analysing the language for techniques such as language, form, structure and craft of the writer. The first Poem La Belle Made sans Merci is a ballad written by John Keats. The poem is written from the perspective of a man who meets a knight, waiting for his lover on the side of a hill. The poem…

Ode to the West Wind is an ode written by P.B Shelley in 1819. It’s an ode about the west wind. The wind is personified both as Destroyer and preserver(93). It’s seen as a big force of nature that destroys the unhealthy and the decaying in order to make a way for the new. The personification of the wind as an enchanter is a typical characteristic of Shelley’s poetry. This personification of the wind can also be called a ‘mythical poetry’. Shelley divides the ode into five stanzas and each part…

Sailing to Byzantine by William Butler is a complex poem with a lot of hidden meaning. Upon first reading the poem I was very confused, I couldn’t seem to understand what the author was portraying. After going through line by line, however, I found this poem to be interesting and intriguing. Through the way, the author utilizes the poems unusual setting, metaphors, and the mood or tone to point to the overall theme and meaning of the poem. This piece of literature from the first line begins to…

Well-known poet and writer, Dylan Thomas in his poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” describes the written letter he wrote to his dying father. Thomas is telling his father to not let death take upon him and “rage” against it. Thomas knows that death is not avoidable but that does not have to forego it. Thomas’ purpose is to urge someone to fight. Thomas wanted his father to fight for life and not give up and to allow for death to take him. The reader can see the emotions that Thomas…

Have you ever fallen in love with someone? Poetry is an understandable language that expresses feelings and reading poetries make people feel better. Love is the person’s heart who get warmth and it’s the deepest feelings that mostly everyone fell in love with. I decided to use the topic of “Love” because it’s romantic and understanding poems. “ I Love You Except Because I Do Not Love You” by Pablo Neruda was explaining the feelings of anyone could possibly feels. “ Remember Me” by Macia A.…