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of the two separate stanzas shows innocence in the first and then the realities of losing his innocence in the second. Death in the tittle of Death of a naturalist has relevance because the death referred to in this poem is metaphorical. It is the loss of innocent enthusiasm as the realities of life are realized, the point of him losing his innocence. This emphasizes that growing up is painful but inevitable. Some Examples of structure portraying this idea is the first stanza has excitement and…

first stanza simply talked about not going peacefully to the end and how old age shouldn’t slow you down from what you believe in. This was generally spoken, with no knowledge of what was the real meaning of it. The second stanza explains how those who are smart will understand death is a good thing but will still have a purpose in what they do. The third and fourth stanzas both explain how men who are good will be remembered by their deeds and that you must have a purpose. By the fifth stanza,…

that the people had during this time, it is very irregular and awkward. It is written in one stanza in the order of Present, Past and Future. The use of ellipsis separates these phases and relates to how much time the child has left to live. It also…

repeated a total of four times each throughout the poem’s six stanza villanelle. It is through his strong reliance on repetition that we come to comprehend Thomas’s desperation within his words. It isn’t until the sixth and final stanza that we discover his desperation to be more than just pleading with his audience to fight for survival but his own father who can be found “on the sad height” of life’s end and death’s…

Dover Beach, an insightful poem, warns its readers about the dangers of the world in an attempt to make them feel better. The poem compares the harsh reality of its readers’ isolation in the world to various images of oceanic scenes. In his first stanza, Arnold emphasizes the importance of distinguishing the difference between illusion and reality through his constant change from a beautiful to disheartening tone. Arnold’s “Sea of Faith” metaphorically attributes the decline of religion as a…

ask: and where are my lilacs?”- he refers to the stark contrast between ‘I’m Explaining a Few Things’ and his usual poetry, that often can be characterized by being metaphysical in nature- “and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?”. The tone of the first stanza is harsh and grating, as shown by Neruda’s usage of cacophonous vocabulary: “and the rain repeatedly spattering/ its words and drilling them full/ of apertures and birds?”. This alludes to Neruda’s self awareness of his poetry evolution,…

“Richard Cory”, written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, portrays a man’s life story only through the effect of his personality upon those who admire him. The poem is separated into four stanzas, each unfolding a different aspect of the protagonist’s life represented by the townspeople. This poem is devoid of almost any literary elements and figurative language; however, the words themselves still have resonance. By formulating assumptions and opinions of how the other half lives, the “people on the…

that the poem is in the form of a Canzone stanza that consists of an Aufgesang with two symmetrical Stollen (vv. 1-2 and 3-4) and an Abgesang (vv. 5-9). My assumption that the Lied text is part of a bigger work got confirmed when I discovered that the translation covers only one of the six stanzas that constitute Walther’s poem “Ich freudehelfelôser man”. Wisbey (1982) points out that the existing manuscripts of Walther’s work differ both regarding what stanzas form the poem and which order they…

symbolizes the infinite space forcefully placed (by the aforementioned secondary subjects) between the speaker and his love. He mentions the “kingdom by the sea” approximately seven times. Since the narrator continuously alludes to the location in every stanza, the repetitiveness indicates his rather obsessive outlook on his surroundings. The difference in height between the assumed cliff the kingdom rests on and the “sounding sea”…

for the opening stanzas of the poem. Following this, the Choric Song’s structure loosens up, the rhyme scheme that follows a direct pattern…