1. This sonnet shows the rhyme scheme of ABBACDDC in its octave and EFEFEE in its sestet. I Being Born A Woman And Distressed Summary

    This sonnet shows the rhyme scheme of ABBACDDC in its octave and EFEFEE in its sestet.

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  2. This sonnet's three main themes are love, temperance, and lust. The poet has masterfully illuminated the fervor of lust. She believes that she can always feel the presence of her boyfriend on her. It is a result of her blood's revolt against her wishes. She has, however, conquered her love for revolRead more

    This sonnet’s three main themes are love, temperance, and lust. The poet has masterfully illuminated the fervor of lust. She believes that she can always feel the presence of her boyfriend on her. It is a result of her blood’s revolt against her wishes. She has, however, conquered her love for revolt. She admits that she loves her partner for this reason, but she is now in charge of this uprising. And that she should not keep loving him and communicating with him in the future since it is insufficient. Instead, she would learn to regulate her emotions and desires.

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  3. Repetition: the simple repetition of words or a cluster of words in different consecutive lines. The explicit use of repetition can be noticed in the first two lines, where Oliver uses “you do not have to” repeatedly. Alliteration: the repetition of words beginning from the same letter. A poet can uRead more

    1. Repetition: the simple repetition of words or a cluster of words in different consecutive lines. The explicit use of repetition can be noticed in the first two lines, where Oliver uses “you do not have to” repeatedly.

    2. Alliteration: the repetition of words beginning from the same letter. A poet can use this technique for two or multiple words to make the tone rhythmic. In the eleventh and twelfth lines, we notice mountains and meanwhile to be alliterations. Following this high and heading home is another use of alliteration.

    3. Anaphora: Anaphora is the repetition of a word or a cluster of words at the beginning of lines. Such as “you do not have to” and “meanwhile” in the poem is an excellent examples of anaphora.

    4. Enjambment: the quick transition of incomplete sentences. The poetic technique does not give the reader time to register one line and quickly jumps to another. This technique is a primary contributor to the thrill in a poem. We can witness the use of enjambment in lines eight, nine, sixteen, and seventeen.

     

     

     

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  4. Mary Oliver's poem "Wild Geese" outlines what one must do to have a good life. Presumably, Oliver is speaking directly to her reader when she exhorts them to be faithful to nature and the beauty found there instead of worrying so much about doing good. Oliver addresses the reader as "you" throughoutRead more

    Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese” outlines what one must do to have a good life. Presumably, Oliver is speaking directly to her reader when she exhorts them to be faithful to nature and the beauty found there instead of worrying so much about doing good. Oliver addresses the reader as “you” throughout the poem, which gives the piece a personal, even urgent feel. She utilizes a flock of untamed geese throughout.

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  5. By addressing the responsibility individuals feel to be "good" and the fact that everyone eventually suffers "despair" or loneliness, the poem "Wild Geese" aims to put the demands and challenges of daily life into perspective. Instead of wallowing in self-pity and becoming disconnected from the outsRead more

    By addressing the responsibility individuals feel to be “good” and the fact that everyone eventually suffers “despair” or loneliness, the poem “Wild Geese” aims to put the demands and challenges of daily life into perspective. Instead of wallowing in self-pity and becoming disconnected from the outside world, people should be nicer to themselves and embrace their flaws and weaknesses.

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  6. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, "And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;" Assonance: a figure of speech that is characterized by the use of words having similar vowel sounds consecutively. For exaRead more

    1. Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. For example, “And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;”

    2. Assonance: a figure of speech that is characterized by the use of words having similar vowel sounds consecutively. For example, lines four and five’s “echo” and “blows” have extended “o” sounds. It reappears with the word “flows” one line later. 

     

     

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  7. Alexander Pope's excellent and quite complicated poem "Sound and Sense" addresses what Pope considered to be the right approach to writing poetry. These lines take the reader through several situations that a writer could encounter. Pope demonstrates how to write about the sea, a mild breeze, Ajax,Read more

    Alexander Pope’s excellent and quite complicated poem “Sound and Sense” addresses what Pope considered to be the right approach to writing poetry. These lines take the reader through several situations that a writer could encounter. Pope demonstrates how to write about the sea, a mild breeze, Ajax, and Camilla from Greek mythology through examples of meters and substance. Sound and content must be compatible.

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  8. This poem's main theme is that poetry is an art that must be studied and practiced in order to be accomplished; it is not something that comes spontaneously. Additionally, the tone of the words should always be appropriate for the subject at hand. Sound And Sense Summary

    This poem’s main theme is that poetry is an art that must be studied and practiced in order to be accomplished; it is not something that comes spontaneously. Additionally, the tone of the words should always be appropriate for the subject at hand.

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