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    Personification: This device is seen when the poet gives human qualities to inanimate objects. In this poem, the ocean has the human ability to have moods and the spirit is in harmony and sings the song of the person. Imagery: Imagery is most evidently seen in lines 12 and 13 where the poet proposesRead more

    1. Personification: This device is seen when the poet gives human qualities to inanimate objects. In this poem, the ocean has the human ability to have moods and the spirit is in harmony and sings the song of the person.
    2. Imagery: Imagery is most evidently seen in lines 12 and 13 where the poet proposes two contrasting images of painted trilliums and crisp pine cones right next to each other.
    3. Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound twice in the same line is known as Alliteration. In this poem, the sounds of /w/, /l/, /m/, etc are repeated next to each other in lines seven, five, and eight.
    4. Metaphor: The poet compares the person to music, saying that he is music. And the song is a door.
    5. Symbolism: Trillium in this poem, is a flower that represents nature’s elegance and beauty.
    6. Enjambment: Line 4-5 are examples of Enjambment as the same thought is carried throughout both lines with a line breakage.

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    The poem “Friends” by Brown involves themes of friendship, nature, and a child's imagination. Nature is reflected as a good friend that will never leave anyone. The poem mentions children as its target audience. Friends Summary

    The poem “Friends” by Brown involves themes of friendship, nature, and a child’s imagination. Nature is reflected as a good friend that will never leave anyone. The poem mentions children as its target audience.

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    “Friends” by Brown has a consistent rhyme scheme of abab. The poem also follows a consistent metre of iambic tetrameter also known as iambic trimeter. Friends Summary

    “Friends” by Brown has a consistent rhyme scheme of abab. The poem also follows a consistent metre of iambic tetrameter also known as iambic trimeter.

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    The poem “Friends” by Brown revolves around the idea of loneliness of a child, and the poem is a way to prevent this. Brown  published a collection of poems for children in 1902, her love of children is seen through these poems. Therefore, the poem is to guide and assure children that they are not aRead more

    The poem “Friends” by Brown revolves around the idea of loneliness of a child, and the poem is a way to prevent this. Brown  published a collection of poems for children in 1902, her love of children is seen through these poems. Therefore, the poem is to guide and assure children that they are not alone.

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    Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound more than once in the same line is known as alliteration. In this poem the sound of /l/ is repeated twice in the first line. The sound of /b/ is repeated twice in the 8th line. Personification: Brown capitalises the first letter when she persoRead more

    1. Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound more than once in the same line is known as alliteration. In this poem the sound of /l/ is repeated twice in the first line. The sound of /b/ is repeated twice in the 8th line.
    2. Personification: Brown capitalises the first letter when she personifies an idea. In this poem, sky, sunshine, and wind, are three things that are personified. The sky is given the human ability of bending. The sunshine is personified as a mother. And the wind has the ability to whisper in this poem.
    3. Simile: This is when the poet compares two ideas with “like” and “as”, etc. In this poem, line 3 in stanza one and lines 7-8 are examples of the use of simile.
    4. Metaphor: The poet compares “leaves” to “lace” in the poem in the second stanza, and in the third stanza, she compares “wind” with “bird”.
    5. Enjambment: This device is used when one thought is broken into several lines for greater emphasis. For example, in this poem, the first two lines of the first stanza carry the same thought but are broken into two lines.
    6. Hyperbole: In line 13, the poet uses “so many” which is an exaggeration.
    7. Onomatopoeia: In line 10, the word “whisper” is a word that imitates sound. Therefore, this is the use of Onomatopoeia in this poem.

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                Repetition: Line 5 and 6 shows repetition of “how a” in the poem. Alliteration: In line 2, “black” and “being” are two words with the same consonant sound in the same verse. Simile: “As a Diamond” is the use of simile in this poem. Enjambment: Enjambment can be seen in the poem in lines 16 to 22. MeRead more

                1. Repetition: Line 5 and 6 shows repetition of “how a” in the poem.
                2. Alliteration: In line 2, “black” and “being” are two words with the same consonant sound in the same verse.
                3. Simile: “As a Diamond” is the use of simile in this poem.
                4. Enjambment: Enjambment can be seen in the poem in lines 16 to 22.
                5. Metaphor: “Coal” and “Stapled wagers” are examples of metaphor used in this poem.
                6. Personification: The first 3 lines of the poem are personified.

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                Coal by Audre Lorde revolves around the idea of Black Identities and how they are as natural as the earth’s inside. The poem talks about the struggles and abuse faced by these individuals in a much more collective sense. Coal Summary  

                Coal by Audre Lorde revolves around the idea of Black Identities and how they are as natural as the earth’s inside. The poem talks about the struggles and abuse faced by these individuals in a much more collective sense.

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                The central idea of October by Robert Frost is to show that nothing can stand against time, and death is inevitable. It also shows how powerful nature is along with its beauty. The speaker in this poem does not want fall to end and ergo interacts with October to slow down for him to enjoy the monthRead more

                The central idea of October by Robert Frost is to show that nothing can stand against time, and death is inevitable. It also shows how powerful nature is along with its beauty. The speaker in this poem does not want fall to end and ergo interacts with October to slow down for him to enjoy the month completely.

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