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…Chris Irwin Commentary on Poem of the Cid Poetry played a vital role in the dissemination of information during the Crusade period. It provided a compact, easily memorized way of spreading news in a time bereft of the benefit of mass printing…

…POETRY Critique Essay description : This paper is about how to critique a poem. It explains the various devices that poets use to write a poem and that examiners use to grade a critique. It explains what a metaphor is and how rhythm is used…

…of them in his poem Mussee des Beaux Arts. Mussee des Beaux Arts itself is an allusion that pays reference to a fine arts museum in Brussels, Belgium. The “old masters” as referred to by the author were artists of the sixteenth through the eighteenth…

…feet. We will party all night. You will never be in fright. I'll stick to you and be by your side. We will be a shoe lace and always be tied. So will you be my friend until the end? Or will I have to write you another poem to send. I will live with you…

…, Elizabeth Bishop describes the art of capturing a fish from water, an act once used simply as a food source, in her poem “The Fish.” As the narrator caught the fish only to observe and then release the creature, the reader develops a desire to discover exactly…

…How to critique Poetry When studying or critiquing a poem, there are many aspects to consider. A poem is an essence of expression whereby figurative and rhetorical devices, rhythm and sound are often key elements. There is usually a theme or an idea…

…Robert Frost In many of his poems, Robert Frost uses images of and nature, especially trees and forests, to convey his thoughts and emotions. The turning of the seasons, a wooded area, and other things common in nature, were also common in Frosts…

…Anne Bradstreet wrote the poem Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th, 1666. Bradstreet was a Puritan who moved to America. She was the first person to publish poetry in the New World. The theme of this poem is that materials…

…Analysis: William Blake’s “The Tiger” contains six four-line stanzas, and uses pairs of rhyming verses to create a sense of rhythm and continuous flow of the words. It is hard to tell whether it is an observational poem because of its strong use…

…"Ozymandias" is a sonnet poem, written by Percy Bysshe Shelly. In this poem Shelly uses brilliant terminology, to let the reader imagine a vivid picture of the story narrated. The story starts right away as alliteration of the "s" word is used to present…