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Ode to a Nightingale In Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats, the author and narrator, used descriptterminology to express the deep-rooted pain he was suffering during his battlewith tuberculosis. This poem has eight paragraphs or verses of ten lines eachand doesn’t follow any specific rhyme scheme. In the first paragraph, Keats gaveaway the mood of…

Ellis Island In this poem, Joseph Bruchac writes about visiting Ellis Island, which was a port of entry for so many immigrants, and feeling mixed emotions about his family history. He rejoices for the Slovak immigrants who found new opportunities in the U.S., but he mourns for the ancestors who were here before the Europeans,…

Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” and Catherine Davis’ “After a Time” are two really similar verse forms that demand comparing. as Davis’ verse form is in answer to Thomas’ . From a reader’s point of position. these two verse forms seem to hold a great trade of comparing than being…

The poem Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy dramatizes the conflict between stereotyping and perfection within society. The title accentuates the theme of the poem; the doll symbolizes society’s interpretation of beauty and reflects how a girl’s ideas of this beauty shape her self-worth. According to Steven Ratiner, author of Giving Their World: Conversations with Contemporary…

            W. H. Auden’s poem entitled “As I Walked out One Evening” is an illustration of life, journey, and love. The protagonist of the verse discussed how a life should be taken care of. Based on my own reading, I can say that the persona is a man because the author used dominating and masculine…

Amy Lowell’s “The Pike” is a smooth, fast poem that mirrors its subject. Its form reflects it content. Its meter is irregular and the poem does not rhyme; but it contains within it a certain musical quality which is drawn from word choice and the occasional alliteration. This technique was emphasized by the early imagist…

Good morning fifth year students. I am here today, as I have been asked to speak to you about the poetry of Eavan Boland. Eavan Boland is one of Irelands most distinguished and highly regarded poets. Born in Dublin, in 1944, she spent several years of her childhood in England where her father was a…

Both Rumi and Mirabai express a profound yearning for something sacred in their poetry, albeit in different ways. Mirabai, by occasionally referring to herself in the third person, intensifies her desperate desire to be heard by the dark one. In terms of poetic structure, Mirabai’s poems are typically no longer than one page, whereas Rumi’s…

Acquainted with the Night The poem “Acquainted with the Night” was written by Robert Frost and was published in 1928. Robert Frost’s poetry is able to paint images in our mind with his diction, using symbolisms that can be interpreted many different ways. We get glimpses of every day scenes featuring every day people. We…

Pass/Fail is a poem written by Linda Pastan that is about the nightmare of test taking. There is always anxiety that accompanies a big exam, and sometimes it will affect our sleeping habits, self-confidence, plague our thoughts and haunt our dreams. Pastan explores this unpleasant experience in her short poem and uses several techniques to…