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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 poem has two sets of contradictory themes. In the first stanza the poem revolves around the themes of God, Nature and Mankind. It talks about how God created Nature and Man with abundance and everything is charged with his essence. In the second stanza, the poem shifts its theme to the IndustriaRead more

    The poem has two sets of contradictory themes. In the first stanza the poem revolves around the themes of God, Nature and Mankind. It talks about how God created Nature and Man with abundance and everything is charged with his essence. In the second stanza, the poem shifts its theme to the Industrialization and destruction carried on by mankind in the name of evolution.

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    The central themes in the poem are of love and patriotism. The persona is sad about the situation, because he is stretched between his love for his country and his lover. The poem also talks about the persona’s guilt. He is guilty because he has committed grave a mistake by loving two things at onceRead more

    The central themes in the poem are of love and patriotism. The persona is sad about the situation, because he is stretched between his love for his country and his lover. The poem also talks about the persona’s guilt. He is guilty because he has committed grave a mistake by loving two things at once, where he can not leave either one.

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    The poem does not follow any strict rhyming pattern. Though there are rhyming words in the stanzas like “accuses” and “excuses” in stanza 1, and “guilty” and “beauty” and “shame” and “blame” in stanza 2. It is the Constant Image of your Face Summary

    The poem does not follow any strict rhyming pattern. Though there are rhyming words in the stanzas like “accuses” and “excuses” in stanza 1, and “guilty” and “beauty” and “shame” and “blame” in stanza 2.

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    The central idea of the poem is the delima that the poet persona faces. He feels that he has wronged both his lover, the woman, and his country. This is because he did not want to put anyone above his love for his country but after falling in love with his beloved he is stuck in a sort of love trianRead more

    The central idea of the poem is the delima that the poet persona faces. He feels that he has wronged both his lover, the woman, and his country. This is because he did not want to put anyone above his love for his country but after falling in love with his beloved he is stuck in a sort of love triangle. He loves his beloved and asks for a pardon from his country, his “dearest love”, for doing so.

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    Personification- personification is when the Poet uses human-like attributes to nonhuman objects. In this poem, the poet has personified his country and called it his “dearest love”. Oxymoron- oxymoron is used when the poet uses contradictory words together. In the poem, the poet talks about “heart’Read more

    1. Personification– personification is when the Poet uses human-like attributes to nonhuman objects. In this poem, the poet has personified his country and called it his “dearest love”.
    2. Oxymoron– oxymoron is used when the poet uses contradictory words together. In the poem, the poet talks about “heart’s treachery”. Heart is acclimated with love and loyalty.
    3. Metaphor – metaphor is used when the poet makes an indirect comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as”. In the poem, the poet compares the dangerous and violent world of the persona to a “world of knives”.

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    Simile- simile is used when the poet directly compares one thing to another by using the words “as” or “like”. In this poem, the poet uses simile when she says “ He says you are like a father to him”. Here the gunman is directly compared to t]a father for the son. Irony - irony is used when what theRead more

    1. Simile- simile is used when the poet directly compares one thing to another by using the words “as” or “like”. In this poem, the poet uses simile when she says “ He says you are like a father to him”. Here the gunman is directly compared to t]a father for the son.
    2. Irony – irony is used when what the poet says is in contradiction to what they actually mean. In this poem, the poet uses irony when she talks about how ironical the situation is that the gunman is like a father to him because a father would never hand his son a weapon of crime and violence.
    3. Allusion – allusion is used when the words or phrases in a poem refer to something else. In this poem the poet uses a lot of biblical allusions. For example “Judas”, “Psalms” and “Absalom”.

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    The central idea is the helplessness of a mother who knows that her son is on the wrong path in life. But she knows she can not save him or make him turn back anymore. She can only watch him get more and more corrupted by the gunman but she can not do anything to stop the events from unfolding. TheRead more

    The central idea is the helplessness of a mother who knows that her son is on the wrong path in life. But she knows she can not save him or make him turn back anymore. She can only watch him get more and more corrupted by the gunman but she can not do anything to stop the events from unfolding.

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