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    Metaphor - metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” and “as”. In this poem, the poet compares God’s greatness to electricity and oil. Simile - simile is used when the poet makes a direct comparison between two things by using the wRead more

    1. Metaphor – metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” and “as”. In this poem, the poet compares God’s greatness to electricity and oil.
    2. Simile – simile is used when the poet makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words “like” and “as”. In this poem, the poet compares the effect of God’s grandeur to electricity in the line “It will flame out, like shining from a shook foil” and also in the line “ It gather to greatness, like the ooze of oil”.
    3. Alliteration – alliteration is used when a consonant or a sound is repeated in a line. In the poem, the sound /g/ is repeated in “It gathers to greatness”, the sound /d/ is repeated in “dearest freshness deep down things”.
    4. Anaphylaxis – anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase in a line or a stanza. In the first stanza the phrase “have trod” is repeated three times.

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    The central idea of the poem talks about how mankind is destroying nature and God’s creations. The world is charged with the great essence of God and even though it is being destroyed by Mankind’s greed, nature can never be completely destroyed. Because it is charged with God’s own powers, nature wiRead more

    The central idea of the poem talks about how mankind is destroying nature and God’s creations. The world is charged with the great essence of God and even though it is being destroyed by Mankind’s greed, nature can never be completely destroyed. Because it is charged with God’s own powers, nature will always rejuvenate and come to its glory again. The poem is a message and a warning by the poet to the rest of mankind to not stray away from the path of godliness and to stop destroying nature in the name of profit.

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    The poem follows the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet, i.e. ABBAABBA in the octave and CDCDCD in the sestet. God's Grandeur Summary

    The poem follows the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet, i.e. ABBAABBA in the octave and CDCDCD in the sestet.

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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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