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I am going to be discussing the main theme and features of the poem ‘Old Man, Old Man’ written by U.A. Fanthorpe. The main theme of this poem is the relationship between and elderly man and his daughter. The relationship is exploited through memories that are brought up throughout the poem. The Old Man used…

The poem “Mooses”, by Ted Hughes, is about two mooses that find themselves ugly and not attractive. But my thesis is, mooses are large mentally challenged animals. I came down to this because of the author’s statements in his poem. The author thinks that the moose is mentally challenged because he states, “And why am…

Throughout the poem, Leda and the Swan, allusions and different varieties of poetic elements are used to depicting how a helpless young woman becomes violently reduced into being a sexual object instead of just being a customary girl. The author, William Butler Yeats, does not just use allusions in his poem to illustrate what Leda…

The poem entitled “A Blessing,” by James Wright is about two ponies. The poet and his friend were passing by these animals and stopped to watch their actions. They see that the ponies are glad to see them because they come closer to them as if to welcome them to their pasture. The ponies love…

Good morning/afternoon Mrs Morgan and fellow class members. Good poetry makes you think and feel about issues and ideas raised by the poet. Judith Beveridge explores the beauty of nature and man’s relationship to it. Judith Beveridge shows the cruelty of humans towards animals and nature in her poems. The first poem I have chosen…

Four Items: The time period which it was written Tichborne died the year it was written The commas that create a pause within each line The title Words for Annotation: “prime” – the peak of quality at a certain time Prime is used as a point in Tichborne’s life that is supposed to be fun…

Lucy poems Lucy poems are the 5 different poems written by WW between 1798 and 1801. They belong to the second edition of ‘’Lyrical Ballads’’, which is a collection of both Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s poems. Lucy poems are lyrical ballads, they are written in verse and they all tell a story as briefly as possible….

Natasha Trethewey’s poem “White Lies” revolves around a young girl struggling to acknowledge her true identity as being half-white and half-black. She lives her daily life under the facade of a pure white girl. The inclusion of certain key colors in the poem provides the reader with vivid imagery as well as a significant underlying…

Alexei Poem Analysis “The Backbone Sonnet” and “Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World” are two poems written by Sherman Alexei that share some of the same techniques. However, the two poems are not so alike in many ways. The content of this essay will converse about the themes of the two poems…

I will be talking about the poem, one perfect rose written by Dorothy Parker. I found this poem during our English class in the library in the book “Puffin book of Classic verse’. This poem appeals to me because even though it is short and simple, it still unveils the passion, strength and humorous elements…