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    The central idea of the poem is the contrast between science and art– the former is detached while the latter is filled with emotions. Two Views of a Cadaver Room Summary

    The central idea of the poem is the contrast between science and art– the former is detached while the latter is filled with emotions. Two Views of a Cadaver Room Summary

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    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Simile: A couple of examples would be “black as burnt turkey” and “He hands her the cut-out heart like a cracked heirloom”. Alliteration: One such example would be “smoke and slaughter”. Intertextuality: The poem refers to the pRead more

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

    1. Simile: A couple of examples would be “black as burnt turkey” and “He hands her the cut-out heart like a cracked heirloom”.

    1. Alliteration: One such example would be “smoke and slaughter”.

    1. Intertextuality: The poem refers to the painting “Triumph of Death” of the Flemish Renaissance with the line “In Brueghel’s panorama of smoke and slaughter”.

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    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Metaphor: The poem is filled with metaphors for the persona’s cut thumb. A couple of examples would be ‘Little pilgrim’, and ‘Trepanned veteran’. Simile: In the line ‘A flap like a hat’, the persona’s cut thumb is compared to aRead more

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

    1. Metaphor: The poem is filled with metaphors for the persona’s cut thumb. A couple of examples would be ‘Little pilgrim’, and ‘Trepanned veteran’.
    2. Simile: In the line ‘A flap like a hat’, the persona’s cut thumb is compared to a hat.
    3. Internal Rhyme: One example would be ‘pill to kill’.

     

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    The central idea of the poem is the persona’s cut thumb. Each stanza revolves around various descriptions romanticizing the same.    Cut Summary

    The central idea of the poem is the persona’s cut thumb. Each stanza revolves around various descriptions romanticizing the same. 

     

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    This poem is divided into 8 stanzas consisting of lines of varying lengths. Written in free verse, it does not follow a rhyme scheme.    Cut Summary

    This poem is divided into 8 stanzas consisting of lines of varying lengths. Written in free verse, it does not follow a rhyme scheme. 

     

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    The theme of this poem is self-mutilation. The poem glorifies the cut accidentally received by the persona, using extravagant metaphors to romanticize it.    Cut Summary

    The theme of this poem is self-mutilation. The poem glorifies the cut accidentally received by the persona, using extravagant metaphors to romanticize it. 

     

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    Sylvia Plath, cautions readers that there will be allusions to death. The tone for Plath's poem is established by the well-known biblical figure Lazarus, who was restored to life after spending three days in the grave. This poem will be about defeating death because Lazarus was given a second chanceRead more

    Sylvia Plath, cautions readers that there will be allusions to death. The tone for Plath’s poem is established by the well-known biblical figure Lazarus, who was restored to life after spending three days in the grave. This poem will be about defeating death because Lazarus was given a second chance at life, just like the biblical account. But Plath wants the reader to empathize with the dead Lazarus in the tomb rather than the resurrected Lazarus.

     

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    Sylvia Plath's poem "Lady Lazarus" is a classic that tells the story of a speaker who has tried and failed to commit suicide, only to find her new self at the very last attempt. Suicidal ideas and death are the poem's central themes.   Lady Lazarus Summary

    Sylvia Plath’s poem “Lady Lazarus” is a classic that tells the story of a speaker who has tried and failed to commit suicide, only to find her new self at the very last attempt. Suicidal ideas and death are the poem’s central themes.

     

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    The poem "Mad Girl's Love song" is a villanelle (A villanelle is a French poetry form of five three-line stanzas and a closing quatrain. The first and third lines of the first stanza alternately repeat in the subsequent stanzas.) It includes 19 lines, divided into five tercets (three-line stanzas),Read more

    The poem “Mad Girl’s Love song” is a villanelle (A villanelle is a French poetry form of five three-line stanzas and a closing quatrain. The first and third lines of the first stanza alternately repeat in the subsequent stanzas.) It includes 19 lines, divided into five tercets (three-line stanzas), with the final stanza being a quatrain,  Each of the tercets in “Mad Girl’s Love Song” follows the rhyme scheme ‘aba’, while the last quatrain switches to rhyme scheme ‘abaa’.

     

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