Wagoner's Tumbleweed: An Analysis
.... are stuck in a
painful, difficult situation. They are prisoners of their surroundings,
helpless. “Like a riddled prisoner.” The words riddled prisoner are used to
give us a powerful, painful, picture of the lost and hopeless feeling of
the poet. He feels great pain at his situation, feels that there is no way
out. He is hanging there on the fence, exposed for everyone to see.
In the second stanza, the poet continues to use metaphors for his
life. “ Half the sharp seeds have fallen from this tumbler, knocked out for
good by head- stands and pratfalls between here and wherever it grew up.”
The seeds of the tumbleweed have been kno .....
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Analysis Of WH Auden's Poem: Eternal Love
.... closer to the death of the body and to the death of love. The
images of the frozen, cracked landscapes, and the crack in the teacup are
examples of lost, passed time. The verdant valleys shall always be
sheathed in snow, they cannot resist; and the teacup, once cracked, cannot
be mended. All that is left is the memory of that thing still whole, and
even those fade with the unhalting passage of time.
At the conclusion of the poem, the author refers to the passage of
the lovers. They have succumbed as well to the ravages of time, and no
amount of tears may bring them, nor anything else, back. Perhaps the most
widely known pas .....
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Lawrence's "Snake": An Analysis
.... because he did not
kill the snake. The speaker does not want to feel less than a man because
he did not kill the snake, like all men are supposed to do.
The third time he expresses this theme is when the speaker tries to
hit the snake with a log. This is stated in the poem when it says, "I
picked up a clumsy log and threw it at the water-trough with a clatter.
This line from the poem says that the speaker listened to his feelings that
he should kill the snake instead of listening to his education, so he tries
to kill it. Then the snake leaves and the speaker knows that he will never
see the snake again. If the man listened to .....
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Shapiro's "Auto Wreck": Interpretation
.... Shapiro
portrays the fantasy-like auto wreck in which wildness is indispensable.
In addition to Shapiro's use of metaphorical phrases, he emphasizes
the lack of comprehension of the on-lookers as a result of death's
inconsistency with logic. Shapiro directly tells the reader, "We are
deranged." The word "we" symbolizes u s, as a whole institution or better
yet -- society. He goes on further to say, "Our throats were tight as
tourniquets." By this he means that the on-lookers were stopped, almost
speechless, as they gazed upon the wreckage contemplating the reason b
ehind death. Finally, Shapiro writes:
"We sp .....
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Analysis Of The Poem: The Fly
.... of filth
and disease. It is described landing on the heap of dung, then
contaminating all that is clean with its filth and decay. Its hungry
burrowing and laying of maggots in a dead body is described, as is its
perpetual shyness from its adversary, man.
In the third section, the fly's close interaction with those that would
destroy it is discussed. The horse is shown as being its mortal enemy,
sweeping it with what the fly sees as the hurricane force of its tail. The
author shows how the fly dares to rest on the hand of its most dangerous
adversary then swiftly flies from his reach, as if taunting him. He shows
how the fly .....
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"Gunpowder Plot" By Vernon Scannell
.... of
bangers!' 'Uncle, John's afraid!'
In the story the author uses a lot of comparisons, the first one we
come across is between fireworks and "Curious cardboard buds" where he
describes them as flowers that have yet to blossom and show their beauty.
Again later in the same verse he describes the fireworks as orchids, a
very beautiful flower that is very expensive, has a short life and it
used on special occasions, the same description can be used effectively on
fireworks.
The story contains great usage of onomatopoeia and alliteration, using
such words as frenzied whizz, fiery, blast which really bring .....
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"The Princess, The Knight, And The Dragon" By Malarkey - Poetry Analysis
.... and knight follow the natural instinct that is
ignored by Miranda. Faced with the same threat the maid and the knight
both react in a logical manner. They see that there is little chance of
being in any way triumphant over Faggon, and violate the code of nobility
for something that is more important to them, their lives. As such they
manage to survive and live out the rest of their lives in happiness, where
the Princess is forced into a life of torture and finally death.
Malarkey effectively conveys his point through the consequences of his
characters. Despite it light, Horatian nature it conveys the message that
codes of .....
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Poem: The Fate Of Hamlet
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I've Learned
.... is to think.
I've learned -
That you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be
the last time you see them.
I've learned -
That you can keep going long after you think you can't.
I've learned -
That we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned -
That either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned -
That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first,
the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its
place.
I've learned -
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Birches: Poetry Review
.... because he was creating his own happiness.
Soon into his pleasant fantasy, reality takes over. What has he accomplished or become? Why does he not have the same feelings he once had? Because “They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load” of his harsh life (14). His life of hard ships has erased all happiness in life. The line “From a twig’s having lashed across it open” (47) means something severely emotional has happened in the man’s life to cause him to harden. This event has led him to believe that his life is like a pathless wood. In other words his life has no means to an end, no purpose any longer.
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I Knew A Woman: An Analysis
.... most obvious: "She played it quick, she played it light and loose; / My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees; / Her several parts could keep a pure repose, / Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose / (She moved in circles, and those circles moved)." Here, there are almost a dozen leading or strong trailing "s"'s weaving through the words, outlining the form one can picture as her "several parts keep a pure repose" and "one hip quiver"s as she "moved in circles, those circles moving." Roethke clearly paid close attention to the physical side of this woman as well, making these small observations that would normally be overlooked.
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Barbie Doll: An Analysis
.... identity & characteristics are further described in more detail. She had everything a "normal" happy girl could have; yet she didn't meet the norms of society. She was not what society expected a girl to look like so she slowly became a victim of society's expectations. As is mentioned in the second to last line of paragraph 2, she "went to & fro apologizing. Everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs." She no longer saw herself in that same light as before, that light which allowed her to see equality in everyone. How the world became a critict, a form of reminder that she was not a normal girl, unique in her own ways, but something w .....
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