On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer

But, we should first and foremost put this sonnet back in its context. We can easily presume that it is autobiographic, thus that Keats reveals us his own worries. In 1818, he is aware that he has short time left to live due to the fatal illness

The study of any poem often begins with its imagery. Being the centralized idea behind the power of poetry, imagery isn’t always there to just give a mental picture when reading the poem, but has other purposes. Imagery can speak to the five senses using figurative language as well as help create a specific emotion that the author is trying to infuse within the poem. It helps convey a complete human experience a very minimal amount of words. In this group of poems the author uses imagery to show that humanity is characterized as lost, sorrowful and regretful, but nature is untainted by being free of mistakes and flaws and by taking time to take in its attributes it can help humans have a sense of peace, purity, and joy, as well as a sense of

While both Keats and Longfellow often reflect on their own unfulfilled dreams and impending deaths, the poems however contrast on their own dispositions towards death and the future. Here, Keats expresses a fear of not having enough time to accomplish all that he believes he is capable of doing, but as he recognizes the enormity of the world and his own limitations of life, he realizes that his own mortal goals are meaningless in the long run of things. On the other hand, Longfellow speaks of a regret towards his inaction for allowing time to slip away from him in his past and is at a crossroads for the ominous future that looms ahead of him. Through the use of light and dark imagery, and personification, Keats and Longfellow similarly yet also differently, reflect on their own ideas for death and the futures that lay ahead of them.

with greater meaning. The poem is about the narrator sitting in and listening to an astronomer

This can assist the reader to put his/her view in the author's point of view, which he does in those stanzas. This poem is used by both literary devices which makes

Kevin Kovacs ENGL 102-007 Professor Estes December 10, 2015 An Unexpected End “Richard Cory”, by Edward Arlington Robinson is a narrative poem about how a collective group of people perceive a man of high status. The townspeople look up to Richard Cory and strive to be just like him. For the most part, the poem itself is quite basic and somewhat uneventful. However, the reasons I take an interest in the poem are based on Robinson’s decision to write the poem so plainly, the phrases used to describe Richard Cory, and the shocking finale.

Poetry is often meant to be smooth, flowing, pleasing to the ear and the mind. To achieve this effect, many poets use different poetic techniques to help convey the meanings of their poetry. In the sonnet, 'Yet Do I Marvel' written by Countee Cullen, many different features of poetry is used. In this essay, I will discuss the relationship between the meanings and the theme Cullen tries to convey in his sonnet and the techniques of metaphors, both religious and non-religious, allusions to Greek mythology, different rhyme schemes and repetition that he uses.

The first part of the poem explains Keats’ ignorance before reading, as well as the greek gods revealing elements of sky, sea, and land to Homer and then Keats. The first few lines express how Keats was ignorant because of him not understanding Homer’s writing. Later he explains how he has heard of Homer, and how Homer wants to see, “dolphin-coral in deep seas.” The importance of mentioning coral here is that coral is known for its bright colors and funky shapes, something one can only witness with their eyes, which Homer wishes he was able to. Then, Keats blatantly mentions how Homer is blind, but then says, “the

The sonnet begins by awkwardly detailing how the persona arrives at some location. He recounts: “I get there early and I find a chair.” Rather than describing any details about the event, the audience is only presented with two seemingly trivial details. Nonetheless, it is evident that this speaker is out of place from the beginning. It is socially unacceptable to get to parties early and antisocially slump down in a chair. More conventionally, partygoers arrive “fashionably late” and spend the evening mingling. From the instant this disparity in what is expected is recognized, the mood of the poem remains combative with the reader; provoking a uneasy and repulsive feeling regarding the speaker’s behavior. The first stanza continues with clumsy and elaborate depictions like

     The sonnet, being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry, has been used and altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times, the first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another, showing progression in the poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by bringing the main ideas together. On other occasions, the couplet makes a statement of irony or refutes the main idea with a counter statement. It leaves the reader with a last impression of what the author is trying to say.

suffering made evident in stanza three. He seeks to completely enter into the ecstasy of the nightingale 's song so he becomes nothing more than an instrument recording the tiniest of physical sensation. For example, in stanza five, Keats describes the beauty of a place in the most minute detail. Since he is unable to actually "see" this place, he is using the sheer force of his imagination. In this particular stanza, the use of imagery is indeed present. The soft sounds and descriptions of flowers yield a very enchanting and beautiful atmosphere. Where Keats says, "Now more than ever seems it rich to die, / To cease upon the midnight with no pain, / While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad / In such an ecstasy!" (lines 55-58), is an indication of how he believes it would be marvelous for his life to end in such a state of blissful heaven. However, the irony of this is that, in Keats ' case, death would mean the end of the nightingale 's song. He realizes this when he says, "Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain - / to thy high requiem become a sod." (lines 59-60). This piece is an indication of Keats ' enchantment with the nightingale and its song.

Finally, the structure of this sonnet brings the reader’s attention to what the point really is. Instead of making the narrator, full of desire for self-improvement, the hero of the sonnet, the final couplet corrals the reader’s attention back to the personality of the lunatic, who is the true focus of the poem.

Here is the interpretation and analysis of the poem based on the sections that respect the grammar and meaning of its sentences:

Furthermore the authenticity of the novel is what draws a dedicated audience to it, because not only are the themes universal, but they are expressed in an equally odd and captivating way. This makes the messages in the work memorable, but the factor that really pulls the story together and catapulted it to fame is it does not give the reader the impression that the author is overtly trying to be unique or impressive. The casual tone in which the story is told gives an air of familiar transparency, allowing the reader to have a connection and relationship with Holden Caulfield as they both struggle with the seemingly impossible questions of life. This seems to be the case with many people who have an unhealthy and compulsive connection to the

Poets and authors alike evoke emotion and pictures from one single word. The imagery and thoughts put into the readers’ heads by these different writers are the base of one’s creativity and imagination while reading the author’s work of art. William Shakespeare is one of the most well-known poets of all time that is able to elicit these emotions from the reader to allow the reader to fully understand what Shakespeare is trying to accomplish with his poems. Shakespeare keeps his audience entertained with a whopping 154 sonnets, each having a different meaning and imagery associated with it. Sonnet 18, “[Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day]”, and Sonnet 55, “[Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments]”, are both one of Shakespeare’s most famous works. Shakespeare uses these sonnets to explore the powerful relationship between humanity, art, and time.