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  1. Personification - an abstract feature embodied in human form. E.g. This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, Sleeping flowers. The World is too much with us Summary

    1. Personification – an abstract feature embodied in human form. E.g. This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, Sleeping flowers.

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  1. The speaker in "The World Is Too Much With Us" describes how the relationship between humans and nature consists of loss. That bond previously flourished, but as industrialization has had an increasingly negative impact on daily life, humanity has lost its capability to understand, celebrate, and fiRead more

    The speaker in “The World Is Too Much With Us” describes how the relationship between humans and nature consists of loss. That bond previously flourished, but as industrialization has had an increasingly negative impact on daily life, humanity has lost its capability to understand, celebrate, and find solace in nature.

     

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  1. The poem is split into four stanzas, each with six lines. It follows the ‘ababcc’ rhyme pattern.   I wandered lonely as a cloud Summary

    The poem is split into four stanzas, each with six lines. It follows the ‘ababcc’ rhyme pattern.

     

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  1. 1. Simile- Simile is a direct comparison between two different things using words ‘as’, ‘like’ and ‘so’. E.g. I wandered lonely as a cloud 2. Alliteration- Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning in syllables of nearby words. E.g. Beside the lake, beneath the trees. 3. Hyperbole-Read more

    1. Simile– Simile is a direct comparison between two different things using words ‘as’, ‘like’ and ‘so’. E.g. I wandered lonely as a cloud
    2. Alliteration– Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning in syllables of nearby words. E.g. Beside the lake, beneath the trees.
    3. Hyperbole– Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement. E.g. When all at once I saw a crowd, Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
    4. Personification– The attribution of human characteristics to the inanimate objects E.g. Fluttering and dancing in the breeze, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance, Out-did the sparkling waves in glee

     

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  1. The idea of this poem is about the speaker's appreciation of daffodils' beauty, what they signify to him, and how humans engage with nature. The speaker of this poetry is enamoured with the beauty of the natural world. I wandered lonely as a cloud summary

    The idea of this poem is about the speaker’s appreciation of daffodils’ beauty, what they signify to him, and how humans engage with nature. The speaker of this poetry is enamoured with the beauty of the natural world.

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  1. This poem is divided into four stanzas consisting of four lines each. It follows the simple rhyme scheme ‘abab cdcd efef ghgh’.   mutability summary

    This poem is divided into four stanzas consisting of four lines each. It follows the simple rhyme scheme ‘abab cdcd efef ghgh’.

     

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  1. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘midnight moon’, and ‘frail frame’ Simile: Throughout the poem, humans have been compared to a lot of things with the usage of the words ‘as’ and ‘like’. Examples would be ‘as clouds’, and ‘forgotten lyres’. Personification: In the first stanza ‘Night’ isRead more

    1. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘midnight moon’, and ‘frail frame’
    2. Simile: Throughout the poem, humans have been compared to a lot of things with the usage of the words ‘as’ and ‘like’. Examples would be ‘as clouds’, and ‘forgotten lyres’.
    1. Personification: In the first stanza ‘Night’ is personified.

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  1. The central idea of the poem, as the title suggests, is mutability. The constant changes in ones life, where nothing in human life, not even life, is permanent is brought out in the poem.   Mutability Summary

    The central idea of the poem, as the title suggests, is mutability. The constant changes in ones life, where nothing in human life, not even life, is permanent is brought out in the poem.

     

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  1. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCCDD….. However, the last six lines rhyme differently thus we can say that the poem does not have a fixed rhyme scheme.   There was a naughty Boy Summary

    The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCCDD….. However, the last six lines rhyme differently thus we can say that the poem does not have a fixed rhyme scheme.

     

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  1. Similes: A simile is a description that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison. For example, “The ground was as hard”. The poem is full of similes where many comparisons are drawn between things of one place and another.   There was a naughty boy Summary

    Similes: A simile is a description that uses “like” or “as” to make a comparison. For example, “The ground was as hard”. The poem is full of similes where many comparisons are drawn between things of one place and another.

     

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