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The Presentation of Love in Poetry Compare in detail the presentation of love (and loss) in How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, First Love by John Clare and Remember by Christina Rossetti with further reference to My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, When We Two Parted by Lord Byron and A Woman To Her Lover by Christina Walsh The three poems, First Love by John Clare, Remember by Christina Rossetti and How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning were

form. One way in which Donne applies this traditional form is through the use of an octave, in which the narrator establishes a problem that causes anxiety and personal turmoil. The octave is then followed by a sestet, where the narrator attempts to organise and present a solution to the issue given in the octave, or there is a change of tone in the narrator's voice. "Wisheth that still he might be imprisoned; / Yet grace…" Although

the poem is a special case when it comes to its rhyme scheme. Composed of eight lines, the first stanza forms an octave. This octave has the rhyme scheme “abbaabba”. The remaining six lines form the second stanza. This sestet has the rhyme scheme “ccdeed”. The octave and sestet combine to form a Petrarchan sonnet (“Petrarchan sonnet”). The poem is set over the course of two days. Each day is represented by a stanza. The first stanza opens with a bullet flying through the air. The bullet hits a

In poetry, not everything is exactly as it sounds. Sometimes things have a deeper meaning to them. Howard Nemerov wrote “The Vacuum” which portrays the love that he used to have for his wife. Throughout the poem, Nemerov tackles an issue that is important in the American society: grief of a loved one. Everyone had different ways of dealing with grief and for Nemerov, his grief was put into a poem. You must be willing to fully pay attention to the words and phrases in the poem in orderly to truly

In his poem “Design,” Robert Frost constructs a compelling relationship between the natural and supernatural worlds, proposing that creation is governed by the “design of darkness” (“Design” 13) and was constructed with intention by a divine, omnipotent hand. He seems to posit that this premeditated design is the only plausible explanation for the violent, survivalist motivations directing the actions of what he considers to be inherently innocent beings (in this case, the predatory spider and the

Edna St. Vincent Millay's "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why" is a Petrarchan sonnet consisting of an octave and a succeeding sestet. The octave includes concrete examples to demonstrate the three main themes of this poem: change, loss, and loneliness. The sestet gives a metaphorical approach to the themes, so as to further represent the change in the speaker's life. The author also contrasts the first and second stanzas with each other in order to demonstrate further the theme of

POETRY ANALYSIS: DESIGN Robert Frost's poem Design seemingly disputes the question whether there is a design to life; yet, he is not able to establish an answer. Despite the comlexity of his poem his implied message is rather simple. Frost's statement clarified human's eagerness to finding a meaning to life and an essential background and reason to events, regardless of how small and insignificant they might be. His work states an advice not to interpret too much into insignificant conincidences

persona's personal wishes and inner desires. Thoughts and dreams are inside them and reality is on the outside. "Remember" is a sonnet and has an octave and a sestet, both with different messages being conveyed. In the octave, the persona asks her partner to remember her and to understand that love lasts past death. The sestet is in contrast to the octave in that she asks him to only remember her if he can be happy. This is less selfish in a way. This sonnet has a full rhyme scheme and

Shakespearean form began with Thomas Wyatt and Earl of Surrey (Shelley, 2015). The sestet and octave have special functions in the Petrarchan sonnet. The sonnet is separated into an eight-line stanza as well as a six-line stanza. The first paragraph (with eight lines) is referred as an octave and follows the rhyme sequence: a b b a a b b a. Moving on, the second stanza (consisting of six lines) is called a sestet and follows one of these rhyme patterns: c d c d c d, c d e c d e, c d e c e d, c d

Robert Frost's Design Robert Frost outlines an ironic and disturbing situation involving a flower, a spider, and a moth in his poem "Design". The poem's text suggests