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When considering the tone of “The Road Not Taken”, it can be said that, even though the narrator wonders what the other choice would have resulted in, he seems content with the original choice made. The tone of lines nine and 10, which are written “Though as for that the passing there/Had worn them really about the same,” (Frost, 2016), could further suggest that the narrator believes that both of his choice options were nearly compatible, leading to the realization that the right choice was…

attributes and styles from villanelles to portray the speakers search for companionship. Each stanza uses repetition to convey a tone of desperation, the speaker uses descriptions to show his urgency and self-consciousness, and the last quatrain closes the poem and concludes how all the people come together in search of love. The author uses repetition to convey the meaning of the villanelle. In each stanza the lines “Can someone make my simple wish come true?” and “Do you live in North London?…

of them. Frost uses a variety of literary techniques such as caesura and enjambment in various parts of each poem to establish his points (both stated and implied). The Poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening consists of four nearly identical stanzas. Each line…

By analyzing Emily Dickinson's poem, “I heard a Fly buzz- when i died-” you can see the poem focuses on the precious last seconds before death. This poem has four stanzas; each of these consists of these techniques: unusual style of writing, the poet creates images, and definite speaker. The speaker of the poem explains that even though irrelevant, the mind can focus on the strangest things. Dickinson has a more unusual style of writing; throughout many of her works you will notice the…

creator has created for a purpose and many times it is to speak out against wrongs and tragedies caused by hatred. Rhetoric is only the art of writing and speaking effectively while poetry is the art of speaking emotionally and freely. In this first stanza Lorde expresses her natural woman instinct that children must come first in a curt and short poetic…

poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, goes way deeper than just dancing, but a negative vibe that shows abuse. For example, in the first stanza, it states, “The whiskey on your breath could make a young boy dizzy”. This explaining the man who is considered the papa, had too many drinks that would be considered drunk. Another line in the same stanza it says, “ But I hung on like death”. What person would be scared to dance with their father? Unless it wasn’t dancing and it was more than…

Beat! Drum!” made me feel like something bad was to come. The Theme of “Beat! Beat! Drum!” was that war was going to happen, everything is going to change and bad things are rising up. In the first stanza the poem talks about no happiness or piece shall be had through the people. At the end of each stanza the poem talks about banging drums and blowing the bugles. Both of these are symbolized to show war is coming. The Raid of Harpers Ferry was the event inspired by this poem, taking place in…

have a connection where love isn 't stereotypical, it 's strange and different to what most people know love to be. The structure in general is haphazard but every stanza, including the single lines, have an end stop. This is because love is deep, crazy and strong, when you throw yourself in it is intense and this is shown by the full stanzas, the single lines are the less intense, calmer parts of love. 'Mean Time ' is similar as it has disjointed sentences so that the reader can relate and…

tone in the first stanza, “And forth in sorrow and fear and pain, / Showed me suffering in a hundred ships,” (lines 3-4). The narrator’s life is difficult and sometimes this difficulty causes him pain and suffering. “The Seafarer” transitions to a more excited and surprised tone in the second stanza. “And how my heart / Would begin to beat, knowing once more / The salt waves tossing and the towering sea!” (lines 33-35). The juxtaposition of the first stanza’s desolate tone and stanza two’s…

which one he should take. This relates to real life when making decisions, because you never know what is going to be at the other side when you get to the end. The concept of our decisions and how we choose to make them is illustrated in the first stanza of the poem. The author says, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.” (Line 1-2) The author is showing that although there are two roads, he cannot go down both, so in that very moment, a decision…