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  1. The speaker in Frost's "A Prayer in Spring" offers a simple prayer to the Divine Father in a tone of contemplative joy, emphasizing on love and appreciation that is traditionally displayed during the Thanksgiving season.   A Prayer in the Spring Summary

    The speaker in Frost’s “A Prayer in Spring” offers a simple prayer to the Divine Father in a tone of contemplative joy, emphasizing on love and appreciation that is traditionally displayed during the Thanksgiving season.

     

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  1. “A Prayer in Spring” is a four-stanza poem consisting of four lines each, called quatrains. These quatrains have a coherent rhyme scheme that follows the ‘aabb’ pattern.   A Prayer in the Spring Summary

    “A Prayer in Spring” is a four-stanza poem consisting of four lines each, called quatrains. These quatrains have a coherent rhyme scheme that follows the ‘aabb’ pattern.

     

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  1. In the poem The Road Not Taken, one road is clean and more people walk on it while the other is grassy, difficult and only a few people walk on it.

    In the poem The Road Not Taken, one road is clean and more people walk on it while the other is grassy, difficult and only a few people walk on it.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The theme of the poem is described through the image of a silk tent. The poem describes the love of a man for a woman and the relationship that they share. The poem is about the way that love brings together a lost couple.

    The theme of the poem is described through the image of a silk tent. The poem describes the love of a man for a woman and the relationship that they share. The poem is about the way that love brings together a lost couple.

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  1. The poem A Roadside Stand is a haiku poem with a seasonal appeal. The central idea is the depiction of nature and the importance of doing nothing. The poem A Roadside Stand conveys a sense of yearning for the past through its central theme of change. The speaker's childhood fascination with the roadRead more

    The poem A Roadside Stand is a haiku poem with a seasonal appeal. The central idea is the depiction of nature and the importance of doing nothing.

    The poem A Roadside Stand conveys a sense of yearning for the past through its central theme of change. The speaker’s childhood fascination with the roadside stand, which he remembers with nostalgia, has matured into a growing awareness of the reality of change. The speaker’s present contemplation of the roadside stand suggests a link with the past and foreshadows an awareness of the future.

    The poem’s central theme of change involves a literal description of the roadside stand, which the speaker describes with the imagery of a stopping point on a long journey. The speaker describes the roadside stand as a place where a traveller could stop and gather his thoughts, where he could eat, and where he could rest.

     

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