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…'Afterwards,' by Thomas Hardy, is a poem that questions the way that people will look upon the narrator after his death. It centre's around the idea of 'noticing things,' showing the narrators precision and the ambivalence of his neighbours. Hardy gets…

…Poetry Assessment In the text of his poem "Elegy for a Forest Clear - Cut by the Weyerhaeuser Company", David Wagoner develops an emotional response in the reader. This is developed with figurative language and a connotative theme. The poem gets…

…is direct speech, this features in your Poems Big Jim and Enter Without so Much as Knocking, can you tell us why do you do this? Dawe: Yeah the two poems are pretty similar, in Enter Without So Much as Knocking, the poem actually sagas over the entire life…

…Gwen Johnson English I Ithaca By: Constantine Cavafy Allusion is a reference to a historical or literary person, place or even with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. In the poem, "Ithaca", the author refers to Lestrygonians…

…and sensual. Even the title itself when compared to the content of the actual poem contains this contrast. In other words, "Leda and the Swan" has a romantic connotation, but in fact, the whole poem is about a rape. The poem starts with an interruption…

…American poets ever. He often wrote of the outdoors and the three poems that I will compare are of that “outdoorsy” type. There are several likenesses and differences in these poems. They each have their own meaning, each represent a separate thing…

…poets ever. He often wrote of the outdoors and the three poems that I will compare are of that “outdoorsy” type. There are several likenesses and differences in these poems. They each have their own meaning, each represent a separate thing and each…

…The poem "Tenement Room: Chicago" is simply about the same thing as its title says, a tenement room in Chicago. To show the mood of the room the poet uses imagery. When the poet uses imagery, he uses words to create mental images using the five senses…

…This is a poem about exploring ideas, it's more about the beauty of words and images than having a precise analytical meaning. Let it provoke your own thoughts, Matter Silk lavished skin embraced with the glowings of sun. Cockles and muscles…

…how stressed the girl really is. The diction starts out with a colloquial tone, and ends with a more formal one more used for writing. Images: You can almost get a glimpse of what the girl in the poem really looks like. Details: The quotation marks…