Monthly Archives: March 2012

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the … Continue reading →

The Red Hat is about a family watching their son walks to school alone. The speaker speaks about the son walking to school without the parents at his side. It was his first time walking alone and his parents track … Continue reading →

Diane Burns uses the tone and structure of this poem to show her negativity towards Native American stereotypes. The poem is written in the form of answers she gives in an unwritten conversation, but you can guess the questions from … Continue reading →

This poem is from the standpoint of the formerly heart broken. She speaks on her experience of just a year prior. She was young and head over heels in love. Older, wiser people (“Wise Man” was used to describe a … Continue reading →

FOX TROT FRIDAYS The author illuminates a Friday night with a dance, only here she uses literature. In the poem she chooses words that gives the feel and has a rhythm of the fox trot or a waltz. In line … Continue reading →

William Blake’s poem, “The Lamb” has a very tranquil tone. The poem seems to resonate innocence and traquility. This innocence and tranquility is brought out to the reader through Blake’s choice of words. The word “lamb” generally has the connotation … Continue reading →

I believe that the poet is trying to convey that a young lady that dresses up and her appearance is like if she’s going to a party or something big and elegant. He says tht this young lady is covered … Continue reading →

I believe the poem expresses a constrained sorrow at the loss of a friend and time. The lines referring to the ever breaking sea, the fisherman’s boy, the stately ships, ect… All show how thepermanence of the world around and … Continue reading →