“Sudden Heaven” All was as it had ever been— The worn familiar book, The oak beyond the hawthorn seen, The misty woodland’s look: The starling perched upon the tree With...
In his book, Leaves of Grass, Whitman writes in the last two lines in his 22nd song of Song of Myself “What behaved well in the past or behaves well to-day is not such wonder;...
Is poetic inversion or anastrophe really a characteristic of "forced poetry"? Anastrophe is a technique in which a writer changes the normal order of words. Many critics online...
Is anastrophe (poetic inversion) really a characteristic of "forced poetry"? Anastrophe is a technique in which a writer changes the normal order of words. Many critics online...
I WONDER WHY THE GRASS IS GREEN, AND WHY THE WIND IS NEVER SEEN. WHO TAUHGT THE BIRDS TO BUILD A NEST, AND TOLD THE TREES TO TAKE A REST. O,WHEN THE MOON IS NOT QUIET ROUND,...
i knew what it meant to tremble like a leaf
I'd like to use this piece in a self-help book I'm writing. Do you know where the copyright is held? With thanks Jenny Oyston ...
Neighbours by Alfian During Hari Raya she knocks on my conscience I knock on her door and I give her cakes She say she likes them and gives me Sweets with gelatine inside. I throw...
Can you help me interpret this poem Life gets faster every day, No time to think, no time to play. Hurry, chaos, lots of stress, Tension leads to sleeplessness. When will all...
It has been said time and again that Kubla Khan by Coleridge is a fragmentary poem. Why? Please favour me with your worthy comments
Is the wind began to blow personification
Hello trainers, please explain me the following poem . it is very difficult for me to find the satisfactory answer and there is no one around me who can help...
I tried to paraphrase the third stanza by myself. Please help me write a perfect one by correcting the mistakes. Text The Dawn’s awake! Whispers of pent-up harmonies, With...
I tried to paraphrase the second stanza by myself. Please help me write a perfect one by correcting the mistakes. Text The Dawn’s awake! The dawn of a thousand dreams and thrills...
I tried to paraphrase the first stanza by myself. Please help me write a perfect one by correcting the mistakes. Text The Dawn’s awake! A flash of smoldering flame and fire...
Hello all! Would anybody know who wrote this, and when? (the weariest river) From too much love of living, Fom hope and fear set free, We thank with breif thanksgiving...
How to teach the poem What is Pink by Christina Rossetti
I define poetry as something that helps you express what you feel,see, or something that surrounds you. How do you define poetry?
I have started teaching the poem "I Wonder" by Jeannie Kirby, the Form 2 new literature component. The poem consists of 6 short stanzas. In my opinion, the poem is straight forward...
What does "Four round stones in my pocket I carry back the ocean/ Thirty thousand years ago to suck and taste." mean
The world's shortest poem, countless websites tell us, is this couplet: ...
Fear not the man who bears the sword Or he who comes from space, for The one to fear is watching from Her secret hiding place. This hostile foe awaits you and – ...
You are crazy, crazy, can there such a separation be ? You are crazy, crazy, is the soul ever sent away the body ? When your summer and spring become autumn When your heart is...
QUARANTINE DAIRIES I would see the sky clear Which was not the case earlier The moon seems to be so pureWith twinkling stars,its peers The birds are free from fearAs humans are...