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While reading the 1997 poem “Death of a Toad” by Richard Wilbur, the poem portrays a frog tragically dying in a garden by being run over with a lawn mower. The author vividly describes his personal encounter throughout his poem allowing the reader to easily imagine the scene in their mind while reading. The author expressing himself throughout his narration with the use of rhyme, diction, and imagery throughout his poem. To begin, throughout Wilbur’s poem, symbolism is used periodically.…

incorporates natural elements into this poem. His exploration with nature and the natural elements has provided clarity in terms of knowledge on one’s environment. This poem is an interesting poem, consisting of four stanzas and five lines, with a rhyme scheme, “ABAAB” , excluding the last stanza. The poem is riddled with a dilemma, one which is encountered by many, severally. “The Road Not Taken”, symbolises the literal and figurative metafors, for describing crises, dilemmas and decisions…

Although having lived a very short life, John Keats is arguably one of the most remarkable poets that the Romantic Era produced. His poetry explores the human condition by asking deep philosophic questions. Written in 1819, the poem ”Ode on Melancholy," captures many complex emotions, and focuses on the intertwined connection between joy and sadness, hope and disappointment. He reasons that in order to fully experience and appreciate one, we must also experience the other. Only if we can truly…

In the time since its discovery, many artists have interpreted Homer’s story of Achilles’ shield. They have created and shared paintings and poems, each showing a slightly different version of the famous piece of metal. One artist who describes the shield of Achilles is the poet W. H. Auden. His rendition of the shield differs markedly from Homer’s original. Homer’s depiction of the ancient Greek world on the shield is a microcosm of humanity, displaying both peace and conflict enveloped by…

For instance, the first line ends with “and I still” as it is shown in the trot which cause abruptness in the line. Also, the same problem occurs in the second stanza, in line seven as it ends with “I wept from.” To solve these, I deleted “and I still” and started the second line with “and I wandered” since the meaning is semantically understood from the context. As for line seven, I moved “I wept from” to the…

Within the last few stanzas, a collection of intense verbs appears such as “slap”, “mangle”, “expose” and “tear”. These verbs together demonstrate the speaker’s new overwhelming rage towards the fly. The speaker describes his action as if “one beats a rat”. There is so much…

Another of the earliest poems of William Yeats is “To The Rose Upon the Rood of Time”, published by the poet in 1893, and has its focus on, then again, mythology and folklore as a way to convey longing for the past. The poem focuses on a narrator, presumably Yeats himself, and his detachment and dispassion for contemporary life, resulting in his nostalgic longing for the past and to be part of the Irish ancient legends – to transcend the life of the ordinary man. The red rose is used by Yeats…

altar of loneliness’. He proclaims his massage about Facebook in 14 lines. He was able to pull together several relatable elements into 14 lines with a bit of humors along the way. He tells the good and the worst of social networking. In the first stanza he said that Facebook is an endless high school reunion which it’s okay with my opinion. However, Sarcasm and sitar is used in the first line of the poem and throughout almost the whole poem. It allows the reader in placing themselves in the…

I was Incomplete I was sad and blue through the wilderness Didn 't know how lost I was Somehow I made it through I made it I found you Next to me I 'll be yours Touched for the very first time you made me feel your heartbeat I 'd nothing, you made me feel mine My fear is fading fast Shiny and new Like a virgin ah Gonna give you all my love T’ill the end of time Been saving it all for you And you 're mine you make me bold Make me strong, for the very first time scared and cold your love…

watch (worth sentimental value), property, and hopes, yet the speaker seemingly has no qualms with forgoing these things and repeatedly utters, “The art of losing isn’t hard to master” and “Is miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster” (1,15). In the final stanza, we realize that the speaker has yet to have come…