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    The Lamb Outline and Paper

    Thesis: In the poem “The Lamb” by William Blake is a lyric poem in which the author marvels at the love, wonder and innocents of a child as the child in turns marvels at the love of a creator and all that the creator has created. 1. Intro a. Thesis b. Curiosity of a child 1. Lyric Poem a. Expresses personal or emotional feelings b. Traditionally in the present tense c. Have a specific rhyming scheme 2. A creator’s love for all that he has created a. Invites the lamb

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    “How Do I Love Thee?” “How Do I Love Thee?” is Browning’s most famous piece of literature. It is written in the form of a sonnet, which was inspired by William Shakespeare. The poet uses a specific rhyme scheme to make the poem more interesting and intriguing. Anaphora is heavily used as well. Browning repeats “I love thee” in eight lines. This poem has religious aspect, as well as love. Browning writes this poem for her husband (who was not her husband at the time). She wants to express her love

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    Maagement

    stretch out around it. Form “Ozymandias” is a sonnet, a fourteen-line poem metered in iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is somewhat unusual for a sonnet of this era; it does not fit a conventional Petrarchan pattern, but instead interlinks the octave (a term for the first eight lines of a sonnet) with the sestet (a term for the last six lines), by gradually replacing old rhymes with new ones in the form ABABACDCEDEFEF. Commentary This sonnet from 1817 is probably Shelley’s most famous and most

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    Robert Frost

    9/10/2009 The Sonnets of Robert Frost In the sonnets, Design and Putting in the Seed, by Robert Frost, every word in each poem takes on a powerful meaning enhanced by aspects of poetry such as form, rhyme, imagery, caesura, and metaphor. Both sonnets are very resembling in form, but are a far cry from being similar in meaning, emotion, effect, and essence. Frost soundly blends all of the aspects of poetry in these two sonnets to make them delightfully unique. The first sonnet by Frost, Design

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    Poetry Coursework

    speakers sorrow is stressed by the reappearance of the words 'gone away'. All sonnets are known to have a change in tone within them; this sonnet has a change in tone from negative to positive. In the two quatrains the speaker’s focus shifts from ‘remember’, to the word ‘forget’ towards the end. This supports the change in tone; she changes her tone from talking only about herself to thinking about the other person. Sonnet 116

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    Explore the Different Attitudes to Love Are Presented by the Characters in Romeo and Juliet and the Speakers in the Sonnets You Have Studied

    to love are presented by the characters in Romeo and Juliet and the speakers in the sonnets you have studied. Love is presented through the use of characters, themes, linguistic, structural and contextual references. That pieces are ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare, ‘Sonnet 116’ by William Shakespeare again, ‘Sonnet 43’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ‘Sonnet 130’ by Shakespeare and also ‘Sonnet 18’ again by Shakespeare. They were all written in the time that was considered the Elizabethan

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    The Sun Rising Compared to Last Night

    Angelica Martinez Professor Bromley Eng 102 “The Sun Rising” compared to “Last Night” John Donne’s love poem "The Sun Rising" was written from a male’s point of view in the 17th century and Sharon Olds love poem "Last Night" was written in the 19th century from a female’s point of view. These two love poems have different themes on the topic of love and both are very different in language structure, as "The Sun Rising" is more formal and much more

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    Time Betrays Us All

    18 February 2014 Time Betrays Us All Every day we wake up is another day to make something of ourselves. Some people think that’s a curse and wish they could just skip ahead to the good parts like skipping through scenes in a movie. Others wish they could go back and relive their glory days as head cheerleader in high school. Now, imagine if people had the chance to do that. Would the human race be better off or worse off for it? In the poem “The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening

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    seems to be mocking or making fun of the Mistress’s looks”. The speaker mentioned the idealised version of female beauty namely the idea of “rose” in a woman cheek “But no such roses see in her cheeks”. 4. It refers from the classical Petrarchan sonnet in that is not idealised or romanticise a woman’s beauty. I would like to mention the first line where the speaker says “My Mistress eyes are nothing like the sun”. He mentions the idealised version of female beauty. 5. A simile is a comparison

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    Shakespear

    Shakespeare’s sonnet 18- Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day Shakespeare’s use of diction, design, form and tone affect the manner in which the reader and the hearer perceive the poem and understand the argument put forward by the poet which states that comparing his beloved’s beauty to a summer’s day is not a correct comparison. Shakespeare’s choice of words and imagery provides the reader with extensive ground to diverge between two genres of poetry. It is unclear whether sonnet 18 is a love

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