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From the title we can infer that the poet is imagining something "If" it were changed to be a certain way. In each stanza of the poem, he compares the positive in life to the negative to come to the conclusion that if it were not for the negative, the point of life would be empty and everything would be ordinary. In Edward Estlin Cumming's poem, "If", he uses diction, shifts, and anaphora to create a peaceful tone. I chose this poem because I strongly agree with Cummings belief that without the…

gives unrealistic instructions on the steps to create a painting of a bird. Prévert lived from 1900 to 1977 and this poem was written in 1946 which is part of the "Words" collection. The poem is a version of poetry, written in free verse with six stanzas that contain different lengths of words. The poem uses simple language and most verbs are written in the infinitive. The poem places emphasis on the subject of the painting rather than how to create the painting. The poem mentions the materials…

life, or even just the world. There are many times in life when humans do not come to terms with “the end” but the poem shows that everyone and everything is aware that nothing is permanent. The title and first stanza define a setting for the poem, noontime, in autumn, in a field. This stanza depicts a slow breakdown of the field to show the slow transition towards death. “The copper-coated hill” produces an image of a browning hillside as fall approaches and the grass dies and browns. The…

Black Boy" comprises of seven courageous stanzas, which are quatrains following the ABAB rhyme conspire. The initial two stanzas depict the kid's mom and the impact she has had on his life. The third, fourth, and fifth stanzas review the mother's correct words in her lessons to her child. The last two stanzas portray how the dark kid imparts his lesson to the white English kid for whom he has an incredible warmth. Stanzas one and two depict the past; stanzas three, four, and five review the…

the perfect example of the paradoxical pleasure and pain of failing in love in his poem, ‘How Sweet I Roam’d from Field to Field’. Throughout this poem is a young lady who happens to fall in love with a prince. As the poem progresses through the stanzas she unintentionally gets tangled in his love only to be left feeling the bitter pain of love. The opening line of the poem starts off with this young girl who appears to be innocent, as she roams “from field to field” (1). This line my view…

poem the author places an idea that is located in each stanza which brings out the true meaning of the poem. both poems have great significance behind them, and also life experiences within them, they were made perfect in the structural form so that one may understand the mood and meaning behind each poem. All four stanzas in " since feeling is first" talk about different events that all relate back to feeling first. For the first stanza, it talks about the arrangement, "since feeling is…

concrete poem structures the stanzas in a way that, along with the black font, resemble pylons. There is no regular meter but the first and last line of each stanza sometimes end with full rhyme and sometimes pararhyme. The poet uses enjambment and caesuras liberally. The unconventional structure causes the poem to be chaotic and unpredictable, similar to the way the poet characterises technology. The first stanza is an ekphrasis of the “crumbling” country. The second stanza brings…

gentle, with the author telling us of “his civility.” The stracture of the poem and the personification of Death alludes to Dickinson’s comfort with the subject; she seems to regard death as a change in mind, rather than a total departure. The last stanza shows that Dickinson regards death as eternity, rather than a final end. In short, Death in this poem is not something to be feared, but should be taken as something…

A villanelle form is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five three groups followed by a quatrain. There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first group repeated alternately until the last stanza. The last stanza usually includes both repeated lines. The poem “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishops uses a villanelle form that emphasis on one’s losses and how you cope with it. The form of the poem is related to the subject matter because it brings…

poem. It is the first line of the poem as well as the ending of two stanzas (stanzas 2 and 4) and the second to last line of the entire poem. The line “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” also repeats four times and is the final line of the poem. The two lines evoke a sense of urgency for the reader, almost to invoke the idea that death is coming soon and his words should be heeded. The narrator seems to be…