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    The theme of this poem is the grandeur of God. Through the might and grace of the majestic falcon, the poet beautifully brings out the presence and love of God. The Windhover Summary

    The theme of this poem is the grandeur of God. Through the might and grace of the majestic falcon, the poet beautifully brings out the presence and love of God. The Windhover Summary

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    The central idea of the poem, as the title suggests, is the Windhover or the Falcon. It is through him that the poet brings out the might of God.   The Windhover Summary

    The central idea of the poem, as the title suggests, is the Windhover or the Falcon. It is through him that the poet brings out the might of God.   The Windhover Summary

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    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Personification: Throughout the poem, the Windhover of the Falcon is personified to be a male.  Metaphor: A couple of metaphors for the Falcon are “morning’s minion”, and “kingdom of daylight’s dauphin”. Alliteration: A few examRead more

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

    1. Personification: Throughout the poem, the Windhover of the Falcon is personified to be a male. 
    2. Metaphor: A couple of metaphors for the Falcon are “morning’s minion”, and “kingdom of daylight’s dauphin”.
    3. Alliteration: A few examples would be “dapple-dawn-drawn”, “wimpling wing”, and ”blue-bleak embers”.

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    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Simile: In the line “For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow”, the poem compares the colours of the sky to that of a ‘brindled cow’. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “Fresh-firecoal” and “fickle, freckled”. AnaphoRead more

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

    1. Simile: In the line “For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow”, the poem compares the colours of the sky to that of a ‘brindled cow’.
    2. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “Fresh-firecoal” and “fickle, freckled”.
    3. Anaphora: Anaphora can be observed in the lines “For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;/For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;” with the repetition of the word ‘For’ at each line’s beginning. 

     

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    This poem consists of 11 lines split into 2 stanzas. It is written in the form of a curtal sonnet. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘abcabc dbcdc’. Pied Beauty Summary

    This poem consists of 11 lines split into 2 stanzas. It is written in the form of a curtal sonnet. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘abcabc dbcdc’.

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