She Is A Phantom Of Delight Poem Analysis

In Wordsworth's poem, he used syntax and diction to show how the flowers changed his once depressed lonely mood to positive and grateful. While in Muir's essay, he also uses diction to tell his story of finding calypso and his overwhelming sense of happiness when he finally sat by the beautiful flower.

Only being three stanzas long, this poem became known as a favorite among many of the early readers considered it a favorite. The poem is about a young woman or lady that Wordsworth admired, known in the poem as a “maid”. He connected nature to the poem because he made a connection with nature at an early age, and most-likely thought as highly of her as he did nature. But everything changes when you think hard about it. Wordsworth uses the word dwelt, and when thought about we would soon realize that the woman he loved was

What would be a poet be without extravagant use of metaphors wrapped in unique vernacular and topped with a bow of articulation. Wordsworth is no stranger to these three, especially metaphor. Two examples of metaphor are seen clearly in the middle of Wordsworth’s poem. The first is a comparison of the sea to that of a woman whose chest is exposed towards the moon (line 5). To personify nature as a human allows the reader to relate to nature on a linear level as a fellow sentient being. Knowing that the speaker’s intention is to make the reader feel an attachment to nature that was previously lacking makes this use of metaphor an effective choice by Wordsworth. Three lines down, a second offering metaphorical language is presented when he says the following, “For this, for everything, we are out of tune;” (line 8). To say the Christian is out of tune is to compare him or her to an instrument out of synch with the orchestra in which it is a participant. Likewise, the Christian has lost track of his or her place in the world and the appreciation that he or she should have

The woman being described in Maxine’s poem is confident in her own skin, where Maxine says, “The woman I am in my dreams, is taller than I am, she sees the world as she walks” this suggests that the woman always has her head up high and takes in the world as she walks. The woman wears red “spike heels” and “that woman walks only when she feels like not running, not jogging” would suggest the woman is physically capable of both running and walking. The verse “they don’t hide under long skirts; her legs and feet are well” would elude that the woman in the poem isn’t afraid to show off her legs which would support the idea that she is physically able.

Reading poems can be very intriguing but difficult at the same time, especially reading poems of William Blake. Blake wrote a poem called “The Land of Dreams”. William Blake has many other poems that can contribute to being a part of the songs of innocence and experience. When it comes to “The Land of Dreams” it is hard to actually put it in a category with experience and innocence. For some reason, this poem can be put into both categories of experience and innocence. They way Blake starts off his poem and the way it ends can give you an idea that it can be both innocence and experience. Also, Blake has many other poems that can contribute to whether “The Land of Dreams” is a part of the songs of innocence or the songs of experience. Two

It's easy to get swept up by the fear that we are not enough to other people. For example, when we feel we aren't enough physically, we're compelled to expect unreal things in an attempt to achieve perfection. Somewhere along the line we've considered the artificial world where perfection can be found and starts ignoring the real world. The speakers in the poems rejects the temporal realm and starts embracing perfection in the artificial world by showing the quest of the ideal through dreams, fairytale and beauty. The poem ‘The Woman I am in my Dreams” by Maxine Tynes is about a woman that carries herself in a way that she does not like.

Then, in the second half of the octave, he alters it with ACCA rather than a repetition of ABBA. In the closing sestet, he abandons any traditional rhyme scheme for the ending of DEFDFE. Over the course of the poem, the tone changes from quietly appreciative to reverent of nature and the focus switches from admiration of the view and its divinity to an appreciation of that same divinity in a young girl by Wordsworth’s side. Wordsworth shifts from “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,” to “Thy nature is not therefore less divine:” (ll. 1, 11). This shift in tone and focus after the first octave is emphasized by the unpredictable rhyme scheme. The odd rhyme scheme also creates in the reader an understanding that, to Wordsworth, nature is not something that can be contained by any structure or format.

Wordsworth demonstrates his use of tone and syntax in the following stanza, “Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance.” The tone of the stanza is joyful because he is happy when he talks about how beautiful the daffodils are. This shows how his relationship with nature is positive since he is happy when watching the daffodils. Wordsworth uses traditional syntax in this stanza. He uses several phrases divided by commas to describe the daffodils and their movements. This gives the stanza a playful pace which again expresses that his relationship with nature is happy and

The poem Dream By Nikki Giovanni is about Nikki's childhood dream. On the surface, this poem is about a dream about being a singer in a band, but eventually maturing and growing up became a sweet inspiration. Looking deeper one can see that the poem is really about black people being equal and being able to accomplish big things.

Subject Matter: ‘The Wholly Innocent’ describes the emotions a foetus would have, from its point of view about the mother’s plan to get it aborted. The poem explains thoroughly how the foetus feels with detail that makes us feel empathic towards it. The summary of the poem in the last stanza is concluding the life the foetus had, before it was aborted, ending it in a tragic way. The poem does not mention anything about the mother’s point of view, mainly because the mother would only make excuses, which makes no difference to the foetus.

Fast forward five years to my naval career, I am winding down the day on deployment with dinner in the wardroom. During conversation with the commanding officer (CO), he hands me a copy of Phantom Noise, by Brian Turner, a familiar title. The CO loves to test the wits of his junior officers. Unfortunately, I am his victim for the day, and my assessment is on the topic of poetry. I inhale deeply, my career prospects ride on my response. The CO is notorious to use these assessments in his FITREPS. Therefore, this next hour heavily influences on my career prospects. Will I be able to impress him? What poem do I use? Rapidly flipping and reading through the collection, I open the collection to the poem Illumination Rounds.

In the poem “The Other Woman”(212) by Karen Hesse in the novel Out of the Dust, Billie Jo shares to the reader about her impression of the new woman in her father’s life: Louise. Without trying, Billie Jo admires her straightforward manner and the comic relief that she brought with her to their home. Louise's positive impact on Bayard begins to shine through to Billie Joe when he admits to her that he had never wanted he to go away to live with her Aunt Ellis. For now, our protagonist is eager to see if the new partner in her widowed father’s life will begin to push her out of it, when she was “just finding (her) way back into it.” By using repetition in the fifth stanza “she knew Daddy

Throughout “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” William Wordsworth shows his relationship with nature through his choice of diction, fantastic descriptions, and shifting mood of his poem. There are also many words and phrases that Wordsworth included into his poem that shows how he feels about nature. These phrases are well written, extremely descriptive, and show how Wordsworth is influenced by the wild: “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, “When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils", “Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way, they stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance”, “The waves beside them danced; but they out-did the sparkling waves in glee”, “I gazed—and gazed—but little thought what wealth the show to me had brought”, and “For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye [...] and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” Another phrase, which indicates that the flowers were so beautiful that no true poet could be sad in their presence, also builds upon Wordsworth’s relationship with nature. These particular lines in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” show how Wordsworth’s mood shifts from somber and lonely to joyous and content. The lines also show how the gorgeousness of nature sticks with

We often see ourselves reflecting on the enormity of life and the wide range of possibilities that comes with it. As if from a distant, we are strangers to our own selves, silently, patiently waiting for something to happen. We could never predict what storms lies ahead and what rainbows glistens on the horizon because we are mere wanderers to our own body, mind, and soul. We are always on a quest of a new pinnacle, and a new mountain to climb.

Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads were published in 1789, with no preface as an “advertisement.” Another Lyrical Ballads, this time with two volumes, a preface, and no poetic diction, was published in 1800. In 1802, another Lyrical Ballads was published with two volumes and a preface. Wordsworth’s Elegiac Stanzas are an internalization of epic. Nature, memory and imagination all play a huge role in the poem, as does imagination’s relationship with knowledge. Wordsworth talks about imagination as an absolute ideal, although that is dangerous because it divorces us from the rest of the world.