Philip Larkin- “Here” analysis Nick Webb The poem "Here" by Philip Larkin is a descriptive poem on Larkin’s travel from the countryside to the city of Hull‚ where Larkin lived for the last thirty years of his life. The descriptive words used to describe the motion of his journey "swerving" (which is repeated throughout the 1st stanza to represent movement) and “harsh-named halt" suggest a train journey in
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“Remember” by Christina Rossetti and “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence are poems about nostalgic remembrance. They both have the same theme. This essay will compare and contrast two poems‚ bearing in mind the similarites and the differences between both poems. Thus‚ it will talk about the main themes of both poems (nostalgia for an idealized past‚ unconditional love‚ reminiscence of a loved one etc.) and it will also analyze the tones and language Christina Rossetti and D.H. Lawrence use. Both poems are
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The church was constantly telling society what they were not supposed to do and trying to dictate every aspect of their lives‚ which took joy out of many things in life. This further separated man from God. The last two lines‚ with their meter and rhyme pattern‚ sum up what Blake saw as the threat of losing the ’joys and desires’ of childhood innocence: unless we can develop our creative imagination to replace that lost innocence‚ we will lose the essence of life
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Structure and language Structure Quickdraw has four stanzas of four lines each‚ two of which are joined by enjambment‚ where one line carries on into the next. There is no rhyme scheme or regular rhythm. The poem is largely written in free verse. Language Quickdraw plays on imagery associated with western (cowboy) films‚ as the title suggests. "Gunslingers" is a term used in the western to describe those who fight with guns‚ often shooting from the hip. The poem starts by replacing weapons
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‘HUNTING SNAKE’. The verbal connotation(of Hunting) evokes an image of the reptile being hunted yet it is in the adjectival sense that Judith Wright chooses to perceive the word as she expresses her appreciation for this creature of predatorial character.The impact of the poem in conveying Wright’s sense of the righteous conservationist she was in her lifetime is no less than the whiplash of that very creature. The utopian setting of the poet and her companion on a walk is ascribed to ‘la grace
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dramatic. Each stanza is set up to describe a different part of the story that is then summed up and continued in the next‚ making “cliff-hangers” that causes tension and excitement for the reader as they continue. Although the poem does not contain a rhyme scheme‚ Stafford tends to make the words of every other line share a consonant or vowel sound. The poem was also written in past tense to show that this is a memory being descried to us which allows us to feel as though we are sitting nearby and listening
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For my transformation I choose the novel ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens and transformed it into a poem that targets the attitude and pain of the main character Miss Havisham. One of my main attempts was to focus on her loneliness and bitter personality. I wanted to grasp these points in particular to show the links between her attitude and hatred towards men and the world around her. She has a vengeful side which is portrayed in her violent language ‘stab’ and ‘death’. Her attitude towards
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the poem. The speaker says “her screams loud and vain‚ her history slain” (lines 21‚23). In this stanza‚ notice the structure and meter. The poet uses eight lines with four syllables in each. The stanza also has a rhyme scheme of a‚b‚c‚b‚d‚e‚a‚e. Each second and fourth lines have end rhyme. In the second stanza the poet brings out “over the white seas‚ rime white and cold‚ brigands ungentle‚ icicle bold” (lines 9-12). This portrays when white men came over to Africa not in peace but to conquer. Later
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for representing her complicating complex. This poem also conveys of realism of nature‚ which reflects to the reality of a human being. This poem consists of 8 identical stanzas. Each stanza contains 3 lines. It has an irregular rhyme scheme and an imperfect rhyme. Plath starts off the poem directly. The first word of the poem‚ “You”‚ reveals that Plath is having a conversation or a negotiation with someone. The first 2 lines in the poem depict a serious but quiet atmosphere with slight grudges
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poetry within an English classroom context. The main theme of the poem is discrimination‚ and the poem focuses on the poet’s views and aspects of society’s opinion on an individual that does not necessarily meet all of their requirements. The Rhyme scheme in this poem is a constant and repetitive one‚ with rhyming words in each stanza; “Lies – Rise‚ Gloom – Room‚ Wide – Tides‚ Rise – Eyes‚ Hard – Yard.” The poem is also filled with repetition‚ mainly “I rise I rise”‚ which emphasises the message
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