'A Comparison Between O Taste And See'

The entire poem including the first stanza, as scanned here, is octametre with mostly trochaic feet and some iams. The use of a longer line enables the poem to be more of a narration of the evening's events. Also, it enables Poe to use internal rhymes as shown in bold. The internal rhyme occurs in the first and third lines of each stanza. As one reads the poem you begin to expect the next rhyme pushing you along. The external rhyme of the "or" sound in Lenore and nevermore at then end of each stanza imitates the haunting nature of the narrator's thoughts. The internal rhyme along with the same external rhyme repeated at the end of each stanza and other literary devices such as alliteration and assonance and

The sentence structure of this poem is unlike a lot of poems that you might see where the lines are of equal length and contain the same amount of sylables. Rather than taking that approach, Blanco's poem contained senteneces, and lines that were all of different length. For example, in the second stanza blanco included two very long lines that included dashes and comma's because he was creating a list. Some of the very short lines feautured throughout the poem occur beacause the sentence was too long to fit into the line before and was continued in the next line.

She also presents a slight rhythm to the reading that allows for smooth reading. In keeping with her open form, there is no set scheme to the rhyme pattern. However, there is a single ending sound constantly repeated without a set pattern throughout the work. She also connects pairs of lines at random just for the sake of making connections to make that particular stanza flow. At the same time, she chose blatantly not to rhyme in certain parts to catch the reader’s attention.

For example, O’Brien starts the story off writing, “One morning in late July, while we were out on patrol near LZ Gator, Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen got into a fistfight.” This exhibits that the passage is written in an omniscient point of view. The author then explains how after Dave Jensen left Strunk in a splint and covered in gauze, “Jensen couldn’t relax. Like fighting two wars he said.” The anger and fear of Jensen can be compared to that of the writer of the poem. In the end, Jensen breaks his own nose and goes to Strunk to ask him if everything was square between them. Strunk responded by saying things were already square. This shows that Dave had been eating himself up inside over nothing. Although the passage is written from an omniscient perspective instead of first person, it also creates the central idea that building up anger and fear can lead to awful

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

Readers are aware of this ambiguity. Here the heaviest flashback thoughts and the short-lasting issue set up a continuing contrast throughout the poem, which enchants its effect.

I think these key images all tie in together. All of these memories and past experiences say that he has previously been a very emotional person because of the things he has gone through. In the beginning I was feeling it was dark and mysterious, but as I continued to read it, it became clear of what he was trying to say and express parts of his life. These lines are what define the real meaning of the poem. These lines have real meanings and memories behind them and you can tell that just by simply reading it a few times, and thinking about the thoughts he had expressed in the poem.

In stanza two, ambiguity is more prevalent. Although there are some elements of abstruse, Ammons uses specific words in repetition to create a degree of complexity for the poem. Ammons uses words such as “summary”, “deeper”, “longer”, and “length” to convey the point. I question why Ammons used these words, in particular, “summary” and “deeper” because the overall second stanza conveys a message of an idea or item of great importance. “Summary” and “deeper” contradicts that message because both words contrast each other. Summary generally means a short version on main points of an idea or event while deeper is a term people use to compare two objects or items. Although Ammons does not in any

     Another contrast is the vision of the woman before the bombing at the church and after the bombing at the church. At the beginning she is described in a whole stanza, as if a camera were slowly panning her entire figure. Her beautiful hair and white clothing make one think of a pure, angelic figure. Then, suddenly, in one line, her description is a new one, “Her eyes grew wet and wild.” It seems like the camera now just flashed to her face as it turns to look at it. The short verses long descriptions show the reader her state of being. The long lined description gives a feeling of sereneness, then the one-liner shows the reader her panic and shock

In today’s modern view, poetry has become more than just paragraphs that rhyme at the end of each sentence. If the reader has an open mind and the ability to read in between the lines, they discover more than they have bargained for. Some poems might have stories of suffering or abuse, while others contain happy times and great joy. Regardless of what the poems contains, all poems display an expression. That very moment when the writer begins his mental journey with that pen and paper is where all feelings are let out. As poetry is continues to be written, the reader begins to see patterns within each poem. On the other hand, poems have nothing at all in common with one another. A good example of this is in two poems by a famous writer by

This shows an unstable mental state. It reminds the reader of someone who is stressed out or worried, so they are just scribbling on the page. It also shows someone who is not sure of themselves. The reader can clearly see there was writing, but cannot make sense of the words crossed out. This shows that someone had thoughts and then decided after writing them they did not want them anymore. This indecisive and unstable personality that is revealed through the cross outs makes the reader think the person is going through a rough time which is another reason the reader may think it is about when someone finds out about a loved one passing away. The author writes “my head feels foggy-light and dark” (15) to describe how someone feels when they find out tragic news. Their head can feel so clogged because this news can be shocking and overwhelming. Furthermore, the spacing of the poem goes from spaced out to close together. That pattern is repeated twice. The more spaced out lines refer to more calm observations. For example, “Weeds near the bank” (8) creates a visual to the reader of a peaceful water bank with some weeds on the side. The image of water creates a calming effect on the reader. The spacing helps the reader read that part of the poem slowly and really take in all the meaning behind the lines.

The artist uses diction such as, small and tall to show a difference between the two drugs that made you have different experiences. “When she's ten feet tall,” shows imagery of how someone would experience the drug. This gives the poem tones of wariness and temptation.

The sound of poetry is the most important element than anything else involved with poetry. The sounds of poetry are basically a foundation of desire. It is how the syllables are arranged in a pleasant-sounding pattern to satisfy and please desires even if they have a small meaning or no meaning to them. A poem that is filled with sound but little meaning can be “The Word Plum” by Helen Chasin. It is a poem that uses the sound devices of alliteration and onomatopoeia to bring the plum to life. Using alliteration and onomatopoeia it gives the plum a sound, a savory sound, it’s almost like you can taste and touch the plum in the palm of your hand and the sounds are just rolling off the tongue with every “delicious” bite of “luxury”. In the first line there is just a brief description of how delicious the plum is, but wait there is more. Then Chasin uses alliteration in (line 2) with the two words “pout and push” because they begin with p’s, they’re verbs, four letters, and are not capitalized. Chasin also uses onomatopoeia with the second line, same words “pout and push” to give a new sound of delicious from the first line, and to explain why the plum is so delightful. Once more, she uses alliteration in the third line using “self-love and savoring”; creating that delightful sound of juices from the plum.

The text, particularly illustrates this in the third line of the poem when she writes, “And feel once more I do not live in vain/Although bereft of you. (1916)” This line has a line break as a result of the author trying to show the silence that is briefly followed by vain, has a purpose and that purpose is to show grief in the tone of voice when spoken aloud. This specific type of line break is a syntactic, considering it is the other complete clause and it ends with a comma. If it didn't have a line break the sentence it would make (And feel once more I do not live

The poem is about being pregnant and she uses nine lines with 9 syllables in each line. This is stated in the first line of the poem. There is a sense of regret about the pregnancy throughout the piece. Plath focuses on the negative attributes of being pregnant and the inflections of it on her. "An elephant" suggests her belly is showing and she feels large. However, Plath describes herself as a "ponderous house" suggesting that she is slow and clumsy because of her weight and she is trying to hide this. "This loaf's big with its yeasty rising" implies that she is getting even larger as time goes on. In the 6th line the impression that this is her first pregnancy and she is feeling obese is shown when she says, "money's new-minted in this fat purse." Two meanings can be derived from "a cow in calf." One being that she is a child giving birth to a child. The other is that she feels the baby is bigger than her, literally a calf giving birth to a cow. Plath also gives the idea of being ill and having pains when she says, "I've eaten a bag of green apples." However, at the end she knows there is nothing she can do but go through with the pregnancy; "boarded the train there's no getting off."