that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. Analysis of Ozymandias "Ozymandias" is a fourteen-line, iambic pentameter sonnet. It is not a traditional one, however. Although it is neither a Petrarchan sonnet nor a Shakespearean sonnet, the rhyming scheme and style resemble a Petrarchan sonnet more, particularly with its 8-6 structure rather than 4-4-4-2. Here we have a speaker learning from a traveler about a giant, ruined statue that lay broken and eroded
Words: 862 - Pages: 4
Analysis of the Sonnet: My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun The poem “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” by William Shakespeare talks about how the speaker sees his mistress’ appearance. He describes this mistress using the traditionally used characteristics that make a woman beautiful. Instead of pointing out the best traits that makes his mistress physically beautiful, the speaker portrays his mistress in a more realistic way, with characteristics that are believable. The poet
Words: 846 - Pages: 4
Katarzyna Rutkowska, gr. 1 Commentary of 'Sun rising' by John Donne The poem 'Sun rising' written by John Donne is a kind of monologue in which the speaker adresses the sun. The speaker is probably a male who is lying next to his female lover: But that I would not lose her sight so long.[1] The poem is focused around the lovers' bed. The most important thing in this poem is addressee of the monologue – the personificated sun. The symbolic meaning of the sun is being intruder who disturbs
Words: 345 - Pages: 2
“The Sun Rising” written by John Donne is a poem about two lovers and the invasion of the sun. In this poem, the sun symbolizes an intruder that is constantly disturbing the two lovers. The speaker expresses his annoyance by the sun’s routinely invasion, and also the beauty of his love. Furthermore, this dramatic love poem takes place in the bed of the two lovers, which is the central image the poem is focused around. Donne uses literary devices such as hyperbole, personification, and apostrophe
Words: 1036 - Pages: 5
British Lit / Test Two Review Essay Questions 1. The genre of “The Fairie Queen” is a romantic epic. Epic poetry is the highest form of poetry; long and episodic. It is a narrative that contains many adventures, a central character, journey to hell, gods and goddesses, and it starts in the middle (in medias res). The Fairie Queen is allegorical of the Protestant Reformation. It contains many biblical allusions supporting the Protestant faith and criticizing Catholicism. It is written in Spenserian
Words: 2370 - Pages: 10
Sonnet 29: I believe Sonnet 29 is about a man who is jealous of his surroundings. The man wishes that he had better looks, was more hopeful, and had more freedom. He feels like God is not hearing his pleas for a better life but when he thinks of the one he loves, the speaker would not trade his love for all the money in the world. In lines 10-12, Shakespeare uses a metaphor to compare his love to the lark who sings songs to the heavens. He uses this metaphor to show the reader how happy the thought
Words: 431 - Pages: 2
Examination of John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale Outline and Thesis of “Ode to A Nightingale” by John Keats. Thesis: John Keats correlated the nightingale’s transcendent song with man’s desire for immortality. I. Brief History of Poem A. Outline details, including when, where written. B. Outline interesting relevant historical facts II. Break down of poem – stanza by stanza A. Include description of title. B. Identify rhyme and metrical device employed
Words: 1227 - Pages: 5
The Self-Unseeing – Notes This lilting, serious, elegant poem illustrates several of the salient qualities in Hardy’s lyrical poetry. We see here, for example, what has been justly termed his “natural piety” – the “he” and the “she” are his father and mother. We notice how the subject of beloved things in retrospect calls out here, as it seldom failed to do, the poet’s lyrical tenderness. The poem illustrates, too, that love of music and the dance which affected Hardy from an early age, and clearly
Words: 383 - Pages: 2
retell the horrors of war. Owen makes use of structural devices to even highlight the damaging context of war, “Anthem” the is a 14 line poem into two stanzas, the rhyme scheme differs slightly from a Petrarchan sonnet (ABABCDCDEFEFGG) however this is ironic as the general theme of a sonnet is that of love- one may believe “Anthem for doomed youth” is in response to an unrequited love of God. Further Owen’s use of an irregular rhyme scheme (ABABCDCDEFFEGG) suggests the unharmonic nature of war; however
Words: 764 - Pages: 4
“anyone lived in a little how town” ee cummings • non-conformity • form = function o Poe’s unity of effect o poem = unique, does not conform to any poetic standards, grammatical rules, expectations • songs: o Justice & Independence, Jack & Diane (JC Mellencamp) o The Dance, The River (Garth Brooks) E. E. Cummings' "anyone lived in a pretty how town" tells the story of anyone. The name has a double meaning; anyone could be anyone in the
Words: 3346 - Pages: 14
