Terms in this set (9) According to Moore, why is poetry important? Does the speaker really “dislike” poetry, as she claims in the first line? Not entirely; the speaker uses the poem to try to differentiate good poetry from bad poetry. Why shouldn’t the reader discriminate against “business documents and school-books”?

Here Mill makes his primary categorical distinction: “there is a radical distinction between the interest felt in a novel . . . and the interest excited by poetry; for the one is derived from incident, the other from the representation of feeling.” Poetry works internally; novels work externally.

Moore dislikes poetry that she calls “fiddle”—poetry written about stereotypical poetic subjects, such as nature, in high-sounding tones. Such works become so abstract, she says, that they cannot be understood. She renders her subjects accurately and precisely and then enhances them with the poetic imagination.

Theme is the lesson about life or statement about human nature that the poem expresses. To determine theme, start by figuring out the main idea. Then keep looking around the poem for details such as the structure, sounds, word choice, and any poetic devices.

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The similarity between the two is that they both have a tough of humour in their language which is quite appealing. Other than that there are no similarities. They do not use iambic pentameter nor they depend on the use of the black verse and also keep away from strict meter. So there is just one common thing.

What does the phrase “one on a side” mean? the speaker and the neighbor repair the wall from opposite sides.

Which statement best describes the speaker of the poem? The speaker is the grass that is determined to grow over the earth.

The main theme of “The Road Not Taken” is that we want to believe that our choices are unique, brave, and life-altering when they really are not.

American Renaissance, Part 2

The speaker compares himself to a hawk and to soil in section 52, Walt Whitman claims that just as a hawk, he is not tamed not translated. He says he sounds his loud yawp over the roofs of the world just as a hawk does. Whitman describes himself as something to look for under our boots, similar to soil.

By the end of the poem “because I could not stop for death”, the speaker realises that all the centuries which have been passed feels shorter than the day. The day in which she imagines of nearing to death, that day is much longer than her entire life.

Explanation: Whitman identifies himself as “a Southerner soon as a Northerner”because he believed that the divisions in society are the result of different experiences rather than any other arguments that might fit the term.

In this poem, the speaker describes experiencing a great loss. As you read, take notes on the sounds described throughout the poem. “Untitled” by Tiago Vasconcelos is licensed under CC0. “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson (1896) is in the public domain.

Why does the speaker of “Making a Fist” continue to clench her hand? She still needs to prove to herself she is alive.

How does stanza 5 contribute to the speaker’s depiction of their experiences (Lines 17-20)? A. It portrays them as overcoming their emotional turmoil. It shows how pessimistic their experiences have made them.

Four out of the five verses contain an ABCB slant rhyme scheme. The use of slant rhymes in Dickinson’s poem causes the reader to pay more attention to the words themselves instead of the sounds of the words. In the first stanza, Dickinson draws attention to the words “treading”, “fro”, and “through”.

A theme of this poem is mental suffering. The image of a funeral taking place in one’s brain is an image of mental trauma. In this poem, the narrator is not simply imagining a funeral that she is viewing and hearing from a distance: it feels, literally, as if a funeral is occurring in her head, on her brain.

“I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” Summary The mourners finally take their seats for the funeral service. Now the service ends and the funeral procession begins. The mourners lift a coffin and carry it as they walk across the speaker’s soul, which creaks like an old wooden floor.

The speaker uses the “Funeral” metaphor to describe the death of his/her mind. The different parts of the funeral represent how he/she feels as he/she gradually loses his/her mind.

Emily Dickinson

The lead boots are symbolic of the problems or disappointments of life that like, the heavy weight of lead trample on the subject to sink her into a a world of mental darkness. Her sorrows are so great that their heaviness weighs her down, she can bear no more.

Alliteration. The words “felt” and “funeral” are an example of alliteration along with “treading”, “treading”, and “till”. “Being” and “but”, and”silence” and “strange”. “When” and “were”, “beating” and “beating”, “mind” and “my”.

What are the “Mourners” doing? Students responses should indicate an understanding that the “Mourners” are walking “to and fro” (2); they are pacing (treading), walking back (to) and forth (fro) heavily, stomping.

What is an effect of Dickinson’s use of capitalization on the meaning of the poem? Dickinson uses capitalization to draw the reader’s attention to certain things and actions throughout the poem. Capitalizing these words means they should be emphasized.

What is the topic of the poem? Funeral – “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” (Dickinson 1). Which of the following best identifies the theme of the poem? There is nothing more painful than losing someone you love.