… in this poem is the persona, because first person is used ("I"). 2.<Tab/> <Tab/>The character of the speaker changes from the beginning of the poem to the end. At the beginning the character is unsure in his words and…

… stanza in this poem starts with one-word sentence fragment rather than a complete sentence. A sentence fragment is more effective because it represents the tone of the poem. With only one word used, the poet stresses that nothing or everything was missed…

… to the child's actions differently. The narrator reacts by smiling at the children because she knows that this is neither the first nor the last time this will happen, while the mother of the children reacts by slapping their hands to make them stop…

… poetry. Poetry uses words with the utmost economy. They are spoken and writing signifiers of thought, objects and actions. Words create rhythm, rhyme, meter and form, in poetry. Defining the poems speaker, characters, setting and the situation,…

… literary elements usually is very essential to understanding the poem's theme. As one of the significant elements, extended metaphor may convey one of key ideas in poetry. Depending on the poem, extended metaphor may provide the opportunity to reflect…

… shifts from being sensual and accepting to being angry and frustrated. Narrator notes how she walks up and down the patterned garden- paths after time and after time following the same arrangement. The developing anger and frustration over the course…

… entities, but that they intertwine to create the world as a whole. In the poem, "The Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman, the speaker sharply divides the two, leading the reader to think that one is possibly more beautiful than the other. He even…

… the best-known sonnets contained in the English literary canon. It is a conventional Shakespearean sonnet that explores conventional themes in an original way. With characteristic skill Shakespeare uses the sonnet to exalt poetry and his beloved. The…

… Beauty or 'Inner' Beauty: Neither her battered boat nor the "venerable" old fish is beautiful in conventional terms. Their beauty lies in having survived, & when the speaker realizes this, "victory filled up / the little rented boat" &…

… William Stafford&lt The speaker in the poem must reflect on what to do about the dead does, he knows that in order to keep other ppl from hitting her & getting into an accident he must push her into the canyon, but the still alive foal…