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…What the Gossips Saw was a poem that had a personal meaning for me. The story of Escolastica, a young, beautiful girl that is affected by a medical problem that is not her fault, reminded much of my girlfriend, Amy. Amy does not have an illness now…

…This poem is one of the most important ballads written by Wordsworth because it's a clear example of the main topics of the Romantic poetry in England. In fact it deals with the inspiration given to the poet by nature and imagination. The poem is made…

…The poem is about the power of words, though in this case a destructive power. To me this is a very direct poem. Words are like axes, powerful and sharp, loud, emitting echoes, everyone can hear them, everyone can see their effect. Words can be like axes…

…Analyse William Butler Yeats's "Leda and the swan", paying particular attention to the poem's argument, but also focusing on the way meaning is conveyed and modified by rhyme scheme, meter, rhyme and stanzaic form. In the course of your discussion…

…This is one of the greatest poems ever written in history. It is set in a very gothic scene with eerie emotions encircling it. The Raven can basically be described as the embodiment of insanity and possibly the affect of society on a being…

…In the poem "The Prelude" by William Wordsworth, the speaker talks about an experience in the woods. He finds a boat, paddles out, but turns back when he sees a rock looming over him. The speaker uses devices such as diction, imagery, and tone…

…In his poem, 'The Loveliest of Trees', A. E. Housman takes us through a sort of progression, if you will, from youth to age in three brief stanzas. I appreciated this poem for its simplicity and symbolism, as well as the underlying meaning hidden…

…Sub-- What is the tone of a speaker of the poem and how do we understand the tone. OZYMANDIAS Perscy bysshe shelley Ozymandias is one of the best sonnets that Shelley wrote. Technically the poem confirms to the sonnet form in having 14…

…Figurative language is used when a piece of writing or speech departs from its literal meaning in order to obtain a different meaning or a special effect. A poem can "unfold" its true meaning through images, imagery (a pattern of images), symbols…

…The irony cannot be missed in Emily Dickenson's poem "Tell the Truth But Tell it Slant". This poem is read like a church hymn, advising the reader to not exactly tell the blunt truth if asked. Thus, in the cadence of very familiar moving religious tunes…