.... in the seventeenth century. In this rural setting the Shepherd displays his flock and pastures to his love while promising her garlands and wool for weaving. Many material goods are offered by the speaker to the woman he loves in hopes of receiving her love in return. He also utilizes the power of speech to attempt to gain the will of his love. In contrast, the poem "Song" is set in what is indicative of a twentieth century depression, with an urban backdrop that is characteristically unromantic. The speaker "handle(s) dainties on the docks" (5) , showing that his work likely consists .....

.... And fallen, fallen light renew! "O Earth, O Earth, return! "Arise from out the dewy grass; "Night is worn, "And the morn "Rises from the slumberous mass. "Turn away no more; "Why wilt thou turn away? "The starry floor, "The wat'ry shore, "Is giv'n thee till the break of day." The Chimney Sweeper (Innocence) When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue Could scarcely cry "'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!" So your chimneys I sweep .....

.... this spirit is everywhere. He then comments on the power of the wind when he describes it as a "Destroyer and Preserver." He ends the first part in the fifth stanza with an apostrophe. The speaker speaks to the West Wind, and asks this higher force to listen to his plea. The second section of the poem deals with the wind as being a power of the wind in the heavens. He begins the second section of the poem by saying that the wind is "'mid the steep sky's commotion." Here he is commenting on the winds power by describing the commotion the wind produces. He then uses an image of death .....

.... are few. Whitman informs the audience that he has lead the same life as they, who lead the same life as their children will and their ancestors did. The poet questions the significance of a person's achievements by asking, "My great thoughts as I supposed them, were they not in reality meagre [sic]?" It would be hard for any person to measure their self-accomplishments on the planetary scale which Whitman is speaking of. The second verse of the poem introduces the metaphor of the world being a "simple, compact, well- joined scheme" with the people dissolved into the "eternal float of solut .....

.... Robinson refers to in line 14, “The jug that he had gone so far to fill,” is symbolic of Flood’s life accomplishments. Robinson also speaks of “A valiant armor of scarred hopes outworn,” stanza 4, line 18 symbolizing his once strong-willed ambitions and how they now appear lost to him. The reference to Roland’s ghost in line 20 and its comparison to Flood’s struggle symbolizes his loneliness and futile cries for help with his unknowing battle against alcoholism. In stanza 7, line 47, Robinson refers to the tow moons, clearly symbolic of the severity of Flood’s drunkenness. The .....

.... had. Poetry is also a mystery. How is one to tell whether Shakespear intended for the reader to feel sympathetic or jealous when he wrote “Romeo and Juliet”? Poetry allows the reader to explore his own emotions and judge his own heart and desires because they have been brought to his attention by the poetry. Overall, poetry is an outlet. It allows us to express the unfathomable thoughts that race through our human minds. The writer gains support from the reader. The audience, however, must be able to decipher the emotions the writer is expressing. A poet can take a si .....

.... to make a decision at a fork in the middle of the road. He notices one road has been used many times and the other road looked hardly used "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"(8), he makes the choice to go down the one less traveled. This poem shows that nature can be beautiful by setting you free to letting you choice and to enjoy the view that nature has to offer. On the other hand, there are a few poems which show that Robert Frost was less in awe of nature and fearful of it. One of these is the poem "Design". It takes two of nature's most innocent characters, the moth and the spi .....

.... experienced, all hard rains of troubled times, have added to his river, his soul, and helped make him who he is. Without these times, both the good and the bad, he would not possess the beauty of who he is, knowing the limits and possibilities of his body and soul. In "I, Too," Hughes portrays utmost assurance and serenity. He accepts the ways of today, but has faith in a change for tomorrow. He does not offer much complaint; he goes his own way abidingly, but knows that this is only temporary. He knows, without question, that there will be a time when everyone is looked upon as equals and .....

.... through the eyes and mind of a child. It can also be inferred that evil can bring forth the loss of innocence. Therefore, one existing similarity is that they both concern the loss of innocence. Of his most well known poems are “The Lamb” from Songs of Innocence, and “The Tyger”, from Songs of Experience. Both poems contain many similarities according to their themes. "The Lamb" is an emblem of innocence, corresponding to "The Tyger" as the emblem of experience. In the poem "The Lamb", William Blake discusses many points questioning creation and religion. He describes the lamb a .....

.... lose a realm, the speaker seems to be comparing the realm to a large loss in her life. Finally, the statement in the final quatrain "Even losing you" begins the irony in that stanza. The speaker remarks that losing this person is not "too hard" to master. The shift in attitude by adding the word "too" shows that the speaker has an ironic tone for herself in her loss or perhaps her husband or someone else close to her. Language and verse form show in "One Art" how the losses increase in importance as the poem progresses, with the losses in lines 1-15 being mostly trivial or not very importa .....