Phillis Wheatley’s On Being Brought from Africa to America is a short eight-line poem that is written in a closed poetic form. The poet writes the poem with first-hand experience, having been brought to the United States as a slave from Africa. …
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. I was quite surprised to have this selected for me because this was one that I’m quite familiar with as I have heard the song many times. It always seemed to me to be a very cheerful and patriotic …
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This poem is written in iambic tetrameter and there are elements of rhyming and repetition. The last word in each line rhymes with the last word of the line before, for every two lines. The repetition of the line “live …
Starting off, I am not much of a poetry reader so understanding this poem was a bit challenging for me. It is clear enough to be understood as a poem written by a man to a women that he highly desires. Not …
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During this week’s lesson I was nervous to dive into poems because I know there are many different spectrums poems can fall under. A lot of times I have to read one poem at least 3 times to have an …
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I believe that the poem was referring to America’s separation from Britain. In the first two lines the poem goes; LO! Freedom comes. Th’prescient Muse foretold, All Eyes th’ accomplish’d Prophecy behold (Peters 1-2). To me I interpret this as Freedom has come …
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the poem Coy of mistress which was about a gentleman talking to or writing about a woman who he is attracted to. He writes” Thine eyes and on the forehead gaze; two hundred to adore each breast;”, he loves her …
The poem “This Land is Your Land”, written by Woody Duthrie, has most of the significant elements of what a perfect poem might need. The rhyming has been perfectly constructed in the poem which gives it a closed poetic form. …
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The title of the poem assigned this week has an interesting title. The provocation of this title would make a person want to see what details that the poem displays. Well, some people would want to understand the significance behind …
Unlike the traditional form of closed poetry, Robert Bly utilizes a subtle approach to depict his words. He avoids the use of rhyme and rhythm, taking a visually direct approach to convey the meaning. The elements of form which influenced …
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