Summary of 3 Poems I Studied for Junior Certificate.

The tone in these lines are often humorous and at the same time genuinely loving. In short, the tone of this poem is as complex as the subject with which it so memorably

Frost further points out that the stretch of woods being viewed is very rural. This is made possible by the reference to the location between the woods and frozen lake. In closing the final sentence of the second stanza Frost reiterates the fact that this occurs on “the darkest evening of the year” stating the darkness of the mood.

Hardy initially uses similes to illustrate the bleak landscape, referring to the “sun [as] white” and leaves as “grey”, to emphasise his sorrowful opinion of love. Specific diction of bleak words strongly communicates his message of love being hopeless and sorrowful. He also uses personification of “starving sod”, to allude that the earth is frozen and desiring nutrients which it lacks. This creates an undesirable setting and mood of despair and sorrow expressing how he perceives love. In contrast, Browning orientates an inviting, cheerful setting through the use of similes. The scene is vibrant with “little waves that leap” and “warm sea-scented beach[es]”, allowing the reader to perceive it as joyful. This illustrates how he regards love as an uplifting experience, which brings people together. He structures his poem with no stanzas, allowing for the reader to follow the radiant journey of love. In contrast, Hardy includes stanzas allowing him to express his message though new topics. They consist of the bleak setting, his former partners eyes, her bitter smile and his message of how all love disappoints. He includes an enclosed rhyme scheme, presenting the entrapment of love, expressing no freedom and joy in relationships. In opposition, Browning uses anaphora of “and” to express how the speaker’s mind is not in the moment, looking ahead to the future where they reunite with their lover. It is evident that Hardy conveys his message of love as sorrowful and full of despair, in contrast Browning message reveals love as gracious and

Summer by Josiah Conder , is describe as an a completely opposite Summer than the one everyone is familiar with. When thinking of the summer, thoughts of heat, vacation, and fun are usually associated with it. Conder describes the Summer as being a miserable time, where the skies are gray and gloomy. The sonnet itself is English/Shakespearean model which makes it easier for Conder to express different ideas in each quatrain but still relate them. Also Conder was a poet during the Romantic era where any feeling could be expressed towards anything. And that is what Conder does when describing the Summer. In the poem the speaker is having a conversation with no one , while they describe the Summer. Conder uses diction, imagery, alliteration and metaphor to help convey the idea that the Summer is not as fun and appealing.

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” (“Sonnet 18”) is one of Shakespeare’s most famous poems. It is the model English, or Shakespearean sonnet: it contains three quatrains and a finishing couplet.. The poem follows the traditional English sonnet form by having the octet introduce an idea or set up the poem, and the sestet beginning with a volta, or turn in perspective. In the octet of Sonnet 18, Shakespeare poses the question “Shall I compare the to a summer’s day” and basically begins to describe all the bad qualities of summer. He says it’s too windy, too short, too hot, and too cloudy. Eventually fall is going to come and take away all the beauty because of the changes nature brings. In the sestet, however, his tone changes as he begins to talk about his beloved’s “eternal summer” (Shakespeare line 9). This is where the turn takes place in the poem. Unlike the summer, their beauty will never fade. Not even death can stop their beauty for, according to Shakespeare, as long as people can read this poem, his lover’s beauty will continue to live. Shakespeare believes that his art is more powerful than any season and that in it beauty can be permanent.

What is the overall TONE of this poem and how do you come to that conclusion? (what is

Joyce Sutphen is an author from Minnesota, she got her PhD in Renaissance drama from the University of Minnesota. She is a professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter and she teaches British literature and creative writing. Joyce has also won the Barnard Women’s Poets Prize for her first collection of poems called, Straight out of View (Joyce Sutphen). She is from a large family and has three children and several grandchildren. Most of her poetry is influenced from her family and farm background (Wanek). Joyce Sutphen also gets influences for her work from several famous writers and musicians like Shakespeare, Emily Dickenson, Bob Dylan, E.E. Cummings, and Elizabeth Bishop (Wanek). Her interest in literature started in high school and continued throughout her undergraduate. Some of her poem topics include relationships, adulthood, everyday struggles, family, and growing up on a farm. I also found that she likes to use nature a lot in her poetry. She also uses metaphors, rhythm, and imagery in her poems. In her interview with Connie Wanek, she mentioned that she likes to model her sonnets after Shakespeare (Wanek). After doing some more research and read more of her poems all her poems have a relatable topic. The three poems I chose to close read most people can relate too.

The two poems I have chosen to analyze are Daystar by Rita Dove and Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden.

The reflection of each poet's childhood is displayed within these lines helping to build a tone for the memories of each narrator.

I find this poem to be interesting because the ideas and meaning of the poem are simple, but they can easily be interpreted in another meaning. This poem did not have the effect on me that I thought it would have, although I did think it was fascinating to read and listen to. The words seem to blend together, and it makes it smooth to hear. The diction is simple and easily understood, but the some of the concepts may not make sense the first time. I had to read the poem multiple times to attempt to grasp the gist of the

     There were a few interesting lines in the poem that were particularly well written. When the mother is denying her kid the right to march, she says “For I fear

The poem begins with the poet noticing the beauty around her, the fall colors as the sun sets “Their leaves and fruits seemed painted, but was true, / Of green, of red, of yellow, mixed hue;” (5-6). The poet immediately relates the effects of nature’s beauty to her own spiritual beliefs. She wonders that if nature here on Earth is so magnificent, then Heaven must be more wonderful than ever imagined. She then views a stately oak tree and

My favorite lines come from the middle section of the poem I find there can be so taken just from these few lines:

Because the poem is long, it won’t be quoted extensively here, but it is attached at the end of the paper for ease of reference. Instead, the paper will analyze the poetic elements in the work, stanza by stanza. First, because the poem is being read on-line, it’s not possible to say for certain that each stanza is a particular number of lines long. Each of several versions looks different on the screen; that is, there is no pattern to the number of lines in each stanza. However, the stanzas are more like paragraphs in a letter than