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…The strong interest in nature, the humble life the preference for the country over city, and the focus on the first persons are all features of Romantic poetry found in this poem. "Expostulation and Reply" is written in the first person and in simple…

…In her poem "Remittance Man", Judith Wright focuses on the theme of living up to society's unwritten code of conduct within England's 19th century culture. She suggests that within a society so socially divided, there remains the idle rich who…

…Hide and Seek Children often cause suffering upon one another, as we can see in Vernon Scannel’s poem Hide and Seek. The poems tell of young children enjoying an innocent game of hide and seek. As the poem is written in the first person, the writer…

…Can one ever practice losing enough to master it? Is it possible to become a master at losing such as an artist can become a master painter, writer, or sculptor? The speaker in the poem "One Art" presents this question and provides an answer. The poem…

…Kindly Unhitch That Star, Buddy Analysis Kindly Unhitch That Star, Buddy is a poem by Ogden Nash describing the foolishness of people and their relentless search for success. Nash uses a variety of literary techniques to write the satirical poem…

…Adrienne Rich's poem Living In Sin is a free verse poem about a woman's fairy tale dream of marriage versus the reality of the sin of not loving each other. The subject of the poem is a woman starting a life of hope and happiness in a perfect…

…        Examining a poem in detail can bring out new meanings and ideas. By careful analysis, the full beauty of the poem can be appreciated. The poem 'Lucifer in Starlight (p. 959)', by George Meredith, can be analyzed to refine the authors…

…"Blackberry-picking" by Seamus Heaney Blackberry-picking is a poem by Seamus Heaney, in which he describes an incident from his childhood. The poem appeals to the five senses and uses various poetic techniques to paint a memorable picture in our minds…

…Analysis of Robert Browning's My Last Duchess Robert Browning's poem, My Last Duchess is a poem that represents and holds true to many of the Pre-Raphaelite ideals. It is comprised of rhyming pentameter lines. The lines do not make use of end-stops…

…Wilfred Owen's poem, Dulce et decorum est is a highly appropriate addition to the historical society's compilations of poems, as it accurately describes the horrors of the war rather than the glory that is associated with it. This is conveyed accurately…