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  1. The third ship drove towards the North, Over the sea, the darkening sea, But no breath of wind came forth, And the decks shone frostily. The poet observed the third ship sailing over the dark sea in a northerly direction. The decks glistened frostily since there was no breeze.

    The third ship drove towards the North, Over the sea, the darkening sea, But no breath of wind came forth, And the decks shone frostily. The poet observed the third ship sailing over the dark sea in a northerly direction. The decks glistened frostily since there was no breeze.

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  1. The North Ship, life tale about a man’s life who decides to immigrate to no man’s land. Released in every direction, this poem wins the life award for best philosophical access. Read More Poetry Despite life’s concern, we proclaim that we too must move on. Philip Larkin’s poem, The North Ship is aboRead more

    The North Ship, life tale about a man’s life who decides to immigrate to no man’s land. Released in every direction, this poem wins the life award for best philosophical access. Read More Poetry Despite life’s concern, we proclaim that we too must move on.

    Philip Larkin’s poem, The North Ship is about this journey of life. Life is a continuous journey and it is a kind of endless journey battling all the obstacles en route. Philip Larkin’s The North Ship makes a sharp focus on that eternal goal of ours towards the meeting of unknown and unseen.  Like that of the Tennyson’s Ulysses, the poem The North Ship highlights our point of desired goals – a meeting point of onward journey –a forward journey where perils to invest us. It is a kind of symbolic journey of aspiration that overawes all obstacles

    This poem states the journey of three ships at three different destinations. While the first two ship return safely, the third one goes in to calamity and meets hazardous ends

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  1. This short, lyric poem is made up of sixteen lines. It has the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd but it has a slant rhyme.   Someone Summary

    This short, lyric poem is made up of sixteen lines. It has the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd but it has a slant rhyme.

     

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  1. The poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Repetition: This poem uses repetition for added emphasis and for rhythm. Examples are: ‘sure-sure-sure’, ‘At all, at all, at all’. Onomatopoeia: The poem has a lot of sound words to represent the noise made by animals. Examples wRead more

    The poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

    1. Repetition: This poem uses repetition for added emphasis and for rhythm. Examples are: ‘sure-sure-sure’, ‘At all, at all, at all’.
    2. Onomatopoeia: The poem has a lot of sound words to represent the noise made by animals. Examples would be: ‘Tap-tapping’, ‘whistling’.
    3. Eye Rhyme:In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, the poem uses eye rhyme. An example would be: ‘whistling’ and ‘knocking’.

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  1. The central theme of this poem is nature. The persona details on how nature works during the night, how active it is.   Someone Summary

    The central theme of this poem is nature. The persona details on how nature works during the night, how active it is.

     

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  1. This short, lyric poem is divided into two stanzas consisting of eight lines each. It follows the simple rhyme scheme of abab cdcd and so on and so forth.   Summer Friends Summary

    This short, lyric poem is divided into two stanzas consisting of eight lines each. It follows the simple rhyme scheme of abab cdcd and so on and so forth.

     

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  1. This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Alliteration:A couple of examples would be: “dreary days” and “never narrow”. 2. Simile: In the first stanza, it can be seen that the Swallow has been compared to a fair-weather friend with the usage of the word ‘like’. Syncope:Read more

    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

    1. Alliteration:A couple of examples would be: “dreary days” and “never narrow”.
    2. 2. Simile: In the first stanza, it can be seen that the Swallow has been compared to a fair-weather friend with the usage of the word ‘like’.
    3. Syncope: In order to maintain the rhyme scheme, words are shortened. This can be seen in the word “Whate’er”.

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  1. The central idea of this poem is the characteristics of a good friend as opposed to a fair-weather friend, who won’t fail to desert people in times of need. The Sparrow represents the good friend here, staying true to the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed”. Summer Friends Summary

    The central idea of this poem is the characteristics of a good friend as opposed to a fair-weather friend, who won’t fail to desert people in times of need. The Sparrow represents the good friend here, staying true to the proverb “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.

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  1. This is a short, lyric poem. It is divided into three stanzas of varying length. Its rhyme scheme too varies. The first stanza has the rhyme scheme of a bb cc ddd c. The second stanza has f ghhg while the third has iii c jj.   The Sea Summary

    This is a short, lyric poem. It is divided into three stanzas of varying length. Its rhyme scheme too varies. The first stanza has the rhyme scheme of a bb cc ddd c. The second stanza has f ghhg while the third has iii c jj.

     

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