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…Carpe Diem In the poem "Do not go gentle into that good night," by Dylan Thomas, he addresses the issue of "carpe diem" - to seize the day-in a very determined way. The author describes to the reader a series of examples of why a person should fight…

…Poem One Typography Form (free verse) The sea as calm as can be a tidal wave hits with great fury the sea gentle eases back to the state of calmness. Poem Two Anaphora-auditory pattern Dreams are the child’s…

…Abdul Rahman Shiil The narrator of this poem, who is of mixed race, describes the gifts of clothes and jewellery sent to her in England by her Pakistani relatives. She is drawn to the loveliness of these things, but feels awkward wearing them. She feels…

…from 'Poems', 1817 This is easily one of the two most beautifully evocative poems I've ever read, the other one being Coleridge's 'Kublai Khan' . It's no coincidence that both poems were written within a few years of each other, by poets who would…

…INTRODUCTION I am going to compare two nineteenth century poems and see their contrasts and their similarities: STORYLINES: ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ is all about love, death and jealousy. It starts with descriptions about the weather, laying out…

…The poem is named “the nymph’s reply to the shepherd” written by Sir Walter Raleign. This poem is a response to Christopher Marlowe poems “The Passionate shepherd to his love “where Marlowe tries to convince his beloved girl by saying all the good…

…Poem Response The poem, ¡§Some Objects of Wood and Stone¡¨, by Margaret Atwood is in three sections. The first section is called ¡§Totems¡¨. Immediately I thought of totem poles ¡¨ wooden people¡¨ and read this section with this in mind. As I read…

…There are certain poems that make a heart hum with contentment and add imaginative energy to the readers mind. With closed eyes one can dance with the narrator’s vivid verbs and spin along in the surreal world of poetry. “The Passionate Shepherd…

…Welcome To Hiroshima Upon the beginning of Mary Jo Salter’s "Welcome to Hiroshima" materializes as a visual holiday to a different country. However, the detail of imagery reveals a different sort of poem. The theme of the poem is a gloomy look at how…

…World Without Love The Poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “Musee des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden describes how people don’t care about each other and that world is cruel. In “My Last Duchess” the guy is talking the messenger…