… ugly circumstances of the battlefield provided the funeral and graveyard for the young war dead. The madness of this ("shrill demented choirs") and its gross evil ("the monstrous anger of the guns") are depicted. The contrasting sestet (last 6 lines)…

… about fate Because we don't want to believe That we can't change the horrid reality Scared we have to live a worn path And we can't create our own Now were mad that we were born So we stop trying to change An begin to beg for change …

… war poems they differ broadly from each other. Despite the fact that both authors' have a totally different opinion concerning war they have certain aspects in common. <Tab/>In Rupert Brooke's poem The Soldier he develops a glorifying…

… poetic devices, is as important as the meanings conveyed by these." Respond to this statement. I have chosen to take a contrary viewpoint to the comment. Enjoy :) While the use of language is a significant part of all poetic works, it should not…

… prominent Australian Poet. Good Morning Mr. Dawe. Dawe: Good morning. Interviewer: As any reader of yours would know, you use a distinctive style in your poetry, a main characteristic of which is direct speech, this features in your Poems Big Jim…

… lyrical poem, which contemplates the beauty of static art with the transience of life. Although initially we revel in the enchanting charm of the urn depicted we understand that art is eternal in its moment of emotion, and what it gains in its infinite…

… is a price for everything we have, and knowledge cannot be captured in a "bottle". The dragonfly is described in the poem as this little delicate creation which is very maneuverable and acrobatic. Less image than thought is saying the dragonfly has very…

… it be a play or poem. Born in the fifteenth centaury Shakespeare has become one of the most influencing men in all history. Writing many plays and 154 poems I will just be focusing on his eighteenth sonnet: Sonnet 18 is perhaps the best known and…

… writer of fiction and critical prose, but pre-eminently as a poet-- does not seem to me to have received as much celebrity as it deserves. Nemerov's virtues are all in fact unfashionable ones for our time: vivid intelligence, an irreverent sense…

… by W.H. Auden, I was under the impression that the poem was a simple interpretation of a painting. In order to fully grasp the significance of the poem, I suggest that one become familiar with the history behind not only the myth of Icarus, but also…