Speaker

descriptions, the speaker discovers a poet, her book, and ultimately not to steal the book. The speaker begins the poem by stating that the book surprised them on the shelf at the bookstore. While the speaker explicitly says that the author’s name “was not familiar” to them, the speaker’s discovery and surprise are truly captured through imagery. For example, when the speaker first describes the “swans gliding on a blueblack lake”. It’s clear that they are surprised because

perspective. The speaker in “Richard Cory” is characterizing a gentleman named Richard Cory, who people envy and admire his luxurious living. Furthermore, using metaphorical statements and figurative language, the speaker expresses the outward appearance of a person and the irony of social class. The speaker considers that Richard Cory is an outsider to where he is which show that luxury cannot bring a person's happiness especially when they are experiencing the luxury alone. The speaker addresses the

feeling of fear when they have to deliver a speech in front of an audience. However, the presentation is not that frightening as long as a speaker is familiar with strategies ,that can be employed to make a successful speech. Even if they spoke in front of an audience ,like any mental work ,the preparation of the speech tends to be the creative process.When the speaker does this and is prepared, the audience can enjoy listening. Talk is the most crucial measure of any oral presentation in deciding whether

His Childhood”, Brownjohn dramatizes the impact a childhood memory had on the speaker. The speaker, who recalls a recurring childhood experience, seems to be profoundly impacted by his Nanny, who constantly reminded the speaker and his siblings that “rain is to test our courage.” This idea is constantly repeated throughout the monologue and it also presents a challenge to the speaker and his siblings. Because the speaker grew up in an area where it rained often, he recalls a memory where he was challenged

indifferent, or Neutral. Porphyria’s Lover speaker ends up murdering his beloved at the end the poem. While this isn’t the case with the speaker in Neutral Tones, the two speakers are much more similar than we might think. The speaker in Neutral Tones doesn’t outright murder his lover, but there is a considerable amount of disdain and contempt towards his supposed lover. The speaker in Porphyria’s Lover is quite obviously a disturbed man, the sinister nature of the speaker in Neutral Tones, however, is not

of year it was in other words he describes “Blue-Black Cold”(2) is not something you can feel, but the speaker uses it to so you can get the image of how it looks rather than just how it feels. However, the speaker also uses another image of his childhood the “Fire Blaze”(5). The speaker,

the unanswered love between the speaker, Yeats, and his former lover. The speaker, talking directly to his lover, instructs her to open the book in which this poem can be found and to re-read it. While re-reading, she should recall how many people loved her for both true and false reasons, specifically because of her beauty. The speaker goes on to tell the lover that there was one man, probably the speaker, who loved her completely. In the final stanza, the speaker tells his former lover that she

Through the use of a condescending tone, the speaker reveals that human life does not necessarily end as soon as death arrives; it is only the beginning of a new life in heaven. During the middle of the poem, the speaker reminds death that death is only used for man to “rest their bones” but deliver their souls. The connotation of “rest” conveys that the deceased felt no pain or suffering once they had passed but, instead, some sort of comfort and break from their difficult journey through life

In George Gascoigne’s sixteenth century poem, “For That He Looked Not upon Her” his speaker is overwhelmed with sorrow when he comes across the face of the woman he used to love. Gascoigne develops his speaker’s complex attitude through literary devices such as the English sonnet, diction, and visual imagery. As each quatrain passes the reader can sympathize with this speaker as he tries to shelter himself from his continuous pain. George Gascoigne’s poem “For That He Looked Not upon Her” is masterfully

The speaker believes disappointment follows hope. First, he/she “stood still and stopped the sound of feet” (7) when hearing a cry. Stopping the “sound of feet” connotes silence and loneliness which leaves the speaker purely listening to the cry. “But [the cry was] not to call [the speaker] back or say good-by;” (10). A cry “to call [the speaker] back” or to “say good-by” implies interaction with others, so the speaker hopes for relief of his/her loneliness. The speaker’s hope shifts to disappointment