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…Melissa Doherty Professor Gregory EN-102 noon class November 2000 The Ties that Bind Fear, anxiety, and shame, these are just a few of the emotions instilled upon the innocent children and mother in Suzanne E. Berger’s poem titled “The Meal…

…Choices made in "The Road Not Taken" In 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost, the speaker has to make a difficult decision about choosing one of two equally promising roads to travel on. This poem is easy for people to identify with because people all…

…Two of Simon Armitage's poems, 'Poem' and 'About His Person' are written about someone who has, for unspecified reasons, passed away or gone. One is in the style of a eulogy and looks back on the life of its persona, presenting contrasting views…

…"Late Poem to My Father" Sharon Olds. Suddenly I thought of you as a child in that house, the unlit rooms and the hot fireplace with the man in front of it, silent. You moved through the heavy air in your physical beauty, a boy of seven, helpless…

…The common characteristics between the two poems, “Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer,” and “Further Arrivals,” by Margaret Atwood, are that of the self-adaptation and self-awareness to nature. When you think of Canadian Literature in the era…

…was only 28, he contracted blood poisoning from a small injury and died. His experience of war could be considered sheltered and surreal, resulting in poems that are patriotic and great advertisements for those trying to get young men to enlist in the war…

…“It Might Be Lonelier” By Emily Dickinson In the poem “It Might Be Lonelier” Emily Dickinson is saying she would rather not love than to love someone and lose them. She starts with the first two stanzas saying, she would be more lonelier…

…In the poems 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' and 'My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun', William Shakespeare compares his loved ones to nature. He uses natural elements in order to show that nature is superior to human beings. However…

…Sylvia Plath=s Confessional Poem, ADaddy@ Sylvia Plath reveals herself in her confessional poem ADaddy@. She uses strong imagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father, Otto Plath and her husband, Ted Hughes, who also…

…the relationship to pictures, staying the same forever. End rhyme - "All" and "wall" Alliteration - "What" and "we're" Repetition - "I can't" is repeated twice I used the two metaphors because I thought they were relevant to the situation in the poem. The end rhyme…