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The Red Hat by Rachel Hadas

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

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“Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question” Diane Burns

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

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“When I Was One and Twenty” A.E. Housman

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

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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

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William Blake’s “The Lamb”

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

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“Stiil to be neat” by Ben Jonson

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

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“Break, Break, Break” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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

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Vocab Chapters 1 – 7

Poetry   Chapter 1: Reading Poetry Doggerel – a term used for lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed Paraphrase – a prose restatement of the central ideas of a poem in your … Continue reading

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“An Author to Her Book” Anne Bradstreet

In this poem, Bradstreet uses an extended metaphor to compare her book to a child. Like a child, her book is presented to the world before it is ready and instead of being a source of pride and enjoyment, it … Continue reading

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