… a group of soldiers getting ready to attack. Normally we associate spring with new life growth and happiness. In this case, the soldiers can only expect their death. The soldiers are resting and nature seems to be giving them some energy. "The summer…

… a pre-1900 poem written by Walt Whitman. It is called "Come Up From The Fields Father". This poem tells the story of how a family hear the news that their son has been wounded in battle. Firstly it describes his sister receiving the letter and calling…

… The form of the poem is not easy to determine. It consists of six stanzas of uneven length, which are, except for the first and fifth, again divided into sub-stanzas. The meter is irregular as well as the length of the verses and there is also…

… to the heart of man". Lowell is trying to say in this quote that the words a person uses to describe something or someone is coming from their heart. You can tell the personality of a person by the words they use. Poetry is something that can…

… It all views loneliness and loss, and is somehow connected with nature. Frost's use of imagery and nature and individuality can all be related to each other in all of his poems. He especially likes to talk about the woods. In the poems Desert Places…

… harmony and togetherness are more beneficial to the entirety of the group than dissonance and separation. When society works together as one, it attains the desired objective more rapidly and efficiently. The ultimate goal can only be reached after…

… of innocence by using biblical allusions, symbolism, and rhythm to convey a child's view of the world and religion. Combining these elements, the speaker questions who the Creator is and finally resolves that Jesus, the Lamb of God, made and blessed…

… itself partially defined as having a certain "suggestive power." Many poets have taken full advantage of this "power" lent to them, and with their pen have set out to master the "art" of poetry in the form of self-expression and honest revelatio…

… are presented as two opposing states respectively--that of innocence and that experience. Most of those represented in the Songs of Innocence can be paralleled, if not by title, by subject, to those in the Songs of Experience. There is "The…

… is apparent in another book, aside from those that are named respectively, that was produced in 1789, The Book of Thel. Thel is a maiden who resides in the Vales of Har, which seems equivalent to the sheltered state of peace and innocence in…