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…maneuverable for dog fights with other enemy planes. The main purpose for these planes was to simply drop bombs on enemy targets (vccslitonline.cc.va.us/ReadingPoetry/callahan.htm). "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner" by Randall Jarrel is a poem about…

…Wilfred Owen portrays the horror of war by using dramatic contrasts, powerful imagery, devastating irony and by generating a strong feeling of sympathy for the subject of the poem. The contrasts between health and illness feature heavily in the poem…

…, it is effective in conveying messages to the reader. This is evident in Sorestad's "Girl in the Black Lounge Chair." The title itself reflects its simplistic and straightforward dialect. The poem is literally about a girl in a lounge chair as she opens a letter…

…The authors of the Poems 'The Pond' and 'Rising Five' use different methods and effects to get across their theme of passing time. Michael Schmidt uses a different style and structure in 'The Pond' than Norman Nicholson does, although the two have…

…The poem "Glory of women" can be considered to be the typical style of poetry written by the English war time poet, Siegfried Sassoon. Through the use of poetic techniques, Sassoon's words had painted a picture conveying his anti-war messages, in attempt…

…Poetry is not simply something you learn at school and forget a few months later. It can be fun, evocative, and exciting to read. Besides, quoting a few lines from a poem at a party will make people think you're terribly sophisticated! 　&…

…in the Songs of Innocence. In the Songs of Innocence, there is an idealistic point of view. They are poems, which have hope in life, and the world is seen from the eyes of a child. These poems emphasise on naïve world, unexposed to the evils…

…Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats brilliantly uses poetic form and descriptive language in an attempt to evoke interest in an essentially uninteresting subject, as well as support a hidden agenda, with his poem, "Ode on a Grecian Urn…

…In a poem the writer lets out their thoughts and feelings in either a figurative or literal manner. In many cases nobody other than the writer understands the true meaning of the poem, but many so called "experts", attempt to figure it out. The poem…

…, and later at Harvard, but never earned a formal degree. Frost drifted through a string of occupations after leaving school, working as a teacher, cobbler, and editor of the Lawrence Sentinel. His first professional poem, "The Butterfly," was published on November…