Comparing A Cat's Pupils To The Moon Using Metaphors

In this poem alliteration, rhyme scheme, and meter are used. The poet shows alliteration by the line “In sunshine and in Shadow” (3) as well as “Singing a song” (5). By

The poem gives several traits throughout the poem such as metaphors, allusion, emotion, and illusion. At the beginning of the poem the narrator uses the metaphor, “Many scenes of my life flashed before the sky” (line 2). This gives an intense moment in the

To begin, in the poem “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins he wants his readers to appreciate each poem as a piece of art. He wants his readers to look at the poem and get absorbed into the emotion of the poem instead of only wondering what the poem means. He uses personification in this quote “tie the poem to a chair with rope/ and torture a confession out of it” to express what we do to poems (356). We the readers should instead pay attention to the rhyme and style of the word. We should stop worrying about the meaning of the poem. This is similar to another author style in “Poem” by William Carlos Williams he uses a cat to movements in the “jamcloset” to show his readers that we should be like the cat. The cat takes its time to get around the “jamcloset” which is what the readers should do with poetry we must take our time to look at it and appreciate each word, line and stanza.

The other section where symbolism is evident is “Small Porch in the Woods.” It is divided into several poems. In the first one, there is the mention of “unshifting star” which represents a change that is undisturbed. It is the turning point of the society. Despite the challenges communities face in their life, their ambition leads them towards achieving their objectives in life. The second poem under this section is about a heavy rain that fell in the month of April. Heavy rain is the representation of unhappy moments. The description presented by the narrator shows that it is a sad moment where everything is carried away. Throughout the poem, the rain is seen, as a lesson

In the poem “The Sound of the Sun” by George Bradley (1986, p.749) the poet utilizes an almost awe-struck tone discussing the mystery of his topic. The use of synesthesia gives the reader the ability to see and hear the poem with a positive feel. The poet’s use of metaphors and onomatopoeia gives the reader a vibrant and admirable feeling about his subject. Additionally the emphasis of imagery allows the poem to stimulate the reader’s imagination. Using key imagery words allows the work promote an overall thought provoking feeling and mysterious positive tone. The poem brings the reader to a point to wonder if everything creates a sound and if he to creates a sound in a grand scheme of life. Bradley’s use of metaphors, imagery, onomatopoeia,

In the first poem, “The Golden Cat” Oliver Herford describes the cat as a “sun.” Here are some reasons why I think he’s referring the cat to the sun. My first piece of evidence that the cat is referred to as the sun is that Oliver Herford quoted, “The never tired smiling One, that Human People call the Sun.”(3, 4) Now we can clearly see that he says the human people call the cat a sun, but let’s go deeper in the meaning of this stanza. Now as a child we always saw the sun as bright and happy, mostly in drawings, we seem to see the sun as looking down at us all happy-like. As in the poem, he states that the cat is never tired at smiling. See the similarities? I do. The cat is also considered a sun because he’s just so happy and joyful all the time. Now another reason that I think he’s considered a sun is that the author stated, “And though the blinds are closely drawn, His claws peep through like Rays of Light.” (6, 7) In the poem we visualize the cat is seeking through the blinds with his paws, his paws are implying the sun’s rays of sunlight peeking through the blinds. My third and final piece of evidence is that he stated, “His face is one big Golden smile, it measures round, at least a mile.” (13, 14) So you’re probably wondering why this is indicating the sun, well I’ll tell you why. So in the first statement, “His face is one big Golden smile” This implies that his face is happy and joyful like the sun, like we mentioned earlier. Although the sun we see from the atmosphere is a yellow right? True, but as the poem said that the cat’s face is all golden, golden is sort of a yellow, right? Can you see how this includes the sun? I can.

In the poems, “She Sweeps with Many Colored Brooms”, by Emily Dickenson, and “Sunsets”, by Carl Sandburg; the authors compare sunset to women. The beauty of the sunset is the central theme in both poems; however, they each contain different ideas about sunset. For example, Dickenson, focuses more on the beauty of sunset comparing it to a housewife. In turn, Sandburg, compares sunset to a female dancer, and brings out the different kinds of ways the sun sets.

The poem is also, connected with sensory language such as, “with a palm caked hard by dirt.” This has an effect in the poem because it makes readers feel what the author is describing. In conclusion, imagery drives the readers

This poem is very descriptive because it points out details that the reader may have not pointed out when glancing at the painting. For example, Stone writes “ a human snout float in the face of a swine. This human snout emphasizes how the animals symbolizes the human to connect to the theme. Additionally, a shift in this poem occurs in the second stanza when the author writes “ the stalked the dark and day of every beast except the lion” This shift in the poem shows that the lion is different form the other animals. Even more attention is brought to the lion when the author uses the smile “swaggering like a king”. This simile shows that the lion has some sort of high status. Th usage of words such as blaze, dark, venison, and fear gives the poem a fearsome and dark mood. Furthermore, this poem successfully shows how animals are reacting to this tragic

With the abundance of nature symbolization, the speaker relays the otherworldly, and yearning atmosphere of the poem. With phrases like “wrangles over gutters with dark reek of moss,” and “the speckled road, scored with nuts, smelling of mold,” the speaker

Taking place during spring under multiple weather conditions the comparisons made between the poems “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh both share the similar motives of a Shepherd attaining love in a relationship through different scenarios. However, the overall message of love differs between the authors by the difference in their tone. The incorporation of iambic tetrameter in both poems proves vital to the reader as it allows them to follow a set rhythm and understand the emphasis made on the last syllables and pay attention to the mood. With the use of alliteration, the reader becomes aware of particular mood changes drawing differences between the shepherd's view on love.

The use of a dramatic monologue gives poem a more conversational and personal tone, much like the reader entering the speaker's own thoughts. Through this narrative, the speaker focuses on her future lover whom she describes as an ‘angel (that) night tracks the waste of frozen snow’. The supernatural and religious imagery presents the idea of the speaker being almost ephemeral and omnibenevolent, and in turn idealising them. This interpretation can be further supported through the reference of the ‘little lamp’ being the ‘wanderer’s guiding-star’, with the ‘star’ in particular being an object which is unreachable. The diminutive of ‘little’ to describe the lamp has connotations of being vulnerable which is contrasted from the ‘strong rays’ that she sees.

What is poetry? According to the 47 Essential Poetry Terms, poetry is “abstract language.” There are multiple ways of exploring the abstractness of poetry. One is DIDLS, touching upon the areas of Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, and Sentence Structure. Another is TPCASTT, which touches upon Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift In Attitude, Revisitation of the Title, and Theme. The last one is the aforementioned 47 Essential Poetry Terms, 47 devices that describe various occurrences found in poetry. The 3 poems that will be examined in this in this essay. Alliteration, Couplet, and Personification reflect the three most prominent poetry devices found in Holy Sonnet 10, Macavity The Mystery Cat, and The Sunshine Kid.

To further elaborate how the use of metaphors and symbolism can convey a much deeper meaning we are going to analyze the poems of one particular poet that utilizes the elements

The authors admiration of stars is shown throughout the first half of the poem, through not only personification of the stars, but also the author's word choice when describing the stars in the sky. Using words with peaceful and positively relaxing connotations