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…shiver clear 22. a moment, things us kids pressed on the dark 23. face before it hardened, pale, remembering 24. delicate old injuries, the spines of names and leaves. Louise Erdrich's poem "Indian Boarding School: The Runaways" reads like…

…Ted Hughes is a renowned, restrained poet for his ability to be intricate, and his concealment of emotion in insignificant forms of life. In the poem, Thistles, Hughes personalizes Thistles; such trivial plant, to successfully evoke the lives of human…

…There is evidence in the poem that the poet John Donne has strong feelings towards both the Sun and his lover. <Tab/>"But that I would not lose her sight so long. If her eyes have not blinded thine". This evidential quote show that he…

…afraid you'll be a crook I wish that life would go away Or that I could just runnaway Sometimes I wish you would die Or that I could just cry I wish that life would be easier This poem could'nt be cheasier But this is how I feel I'm trying to be real…

…Katelyn Dunn June 21, 2004 EN12 The Response Paper <Tab/>The speaker in Judith Clark's poem "After My Arrest" is torn away from her daughter and her freedom when she is thrown in jail. She no longer has the unadorned "everyday/pieces…

…be free." Other contrasts between the poets and their poems is the use of allusions; Keats alludes to Andromeda, a Greek myth, and Wordsworth does not use allusions, however he does give examples that the reader can relate to. Both Keats and Wordsworth use…

…Hardy was an old man of 72 when he wrote this poem recalling the early days of his first marriage, which was a happy time for him and his wife, Emma. Her death provided him with material of the deepest personal significance and the "Poems of 1912-13…

…Sonnet 73 develops the theme of aging and death through richly eloquent imagery condensed into a tightly packed form. The love between Shakespeare and his ward, to who the poem is dedicated, is closely demonstrated throughout the poem and finalised…

…without having to hide his innermost, deep emotions. Edwards loves her and is attracted to her love for life and her God. The final piece that contains the theme of love is the poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband", by Anne Bradstreet. In the poem she tells…

…Use of extended metaphors, and symbols to represent internal feelings and states of being are techniques Margaret Atwood utilizes in her poem "The Interior Decorator." The poet attempts to describe an intrinsic struggle to hide and veil painful…