The Line of Beauty

Oven Bird" (Baym, Vol. D 1188), Robert Frost chooses a title that presents a single, natural image of a particular species of bird. The title not only identifies this "mid-summer and...mid-wood" bird as the "singer everyone has heard" in the first line, it also establishes the "nature image" as a main theme in the poem. The bird's song presents images of "solid tree trunks," "flowers," and "pear and cherry bloom," while imposing its individual voice on the landscape. This motif is a defining characteristic

though she was not particularly religious, she was still drawn to the mystery of the afterlife. Her poetry is often contemplative of the effect or tone that death creates, such as the silence, decay, and feeling of hopelessness. In the poem “I died for beauty,” Dickinson expresses the effect that death has on one's identity and ability to impact the world for his or her ideals. I have heard people say that Emily Dickinson used dashes whenever she could not find the words to fully express what she meant

that I have chosen to analyse is I Died for Beauty—but was Scarce by Emily Dickinson. This poem is one of Emily Dickinson’s most well-known poems and it only includes 12 lines and 3 stanzas. It is an allegorical and metaphorical piece of work that portrays the speaker who died for ‘Beauty’ while the man beside gave up his life for ‘Truth’. This simple and straightforward poem, written in first person, mainly explores the theme death but then also shows beauty and truth through Dickinson’s choice of words

detailed description is made vivid by the use of biblical allusions and imagery. Elliot writes about Dorothea’s beauty compared to the beauty “in which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters;” (lines 4-5). The Virgin Mary is a saint; therefore, by comparing Dorothea to a saint, it shows that she is perfect in the eyes of the narrator. Elliot continues the Biblical allusions in lines 5-8 talking about the effect provincial fashion has on her and

In modern times, youth and beauty is an image seen everywhere. For example, a Versace billboard, magazine ad, TV commercial, all of which displays images of beautiful people. But what happens when this beauty fades? Shakespeare in his 12th sonnet talks about his experience and fading beauty. The purpose of this poem is to encourage a young man to not lose his beauty to the ravages of time. In order to do this, one must reproduce so beauty will live. In the first quatrain, Shakespeare begins his

"She Walks in Beauty," The Analysis She Walks in Beauty is a poem in which the author speaks of the physical beauty of a woman; a female who the author encountered. This encounter lead him to visualize a great distinct physical image of her so he began to speak of this phenomenal attractiveness. A special quality in her was being able to be identified with the heaven. Beautiful like the stars and clearly visible as a cloudless night. The poem "She Walks in Beauty" came by as an inspiration to the

In any ugly situation, you can find beauty in, only if you are willing to see it. In the story “ Marigolds” the author as a child did not understand why Miss Lottie’s marigolds were so important to Miss Lottie until she was older. The theme for the story is in any ugly situation you can find beauty in it , only if you are willing to see it . Another theme for the story is beauty is in the eye of the holder, in this literary analysis i will explain the theme of the story “ Marigolds” . The first

nature and humanity in her poem "Except for the body" to emphasize the subjectivity of beauty. Oliver recognizes that there could be something more appealing in the eyes of others, despite her greater respect for the natural world. The poem starts with a statement expressing the beauty of someone you love. "Except for the body of someone you love," it states. It's implied that even if the world is full of beauty, a person you know holds a grand amount of significance. The poem then illustrates that

an appraisal of his beloved mistress’ beauty with a mutual representation of beauty, a fine summer’s season. However, Shakespeare turns it up a notch in this sonnet by providing a practical analysis of the conventions of love poetry in him doing so, not only does he expose the defects of the love poetry through the appraisal but he also suggests the qualities of it by assigning the idea of his endless love, and the capability of verses to preserve both beauty and love within itself. Sonnet 18 is

The controversial issue of such a beautiful thing causing utter destruction has been around for many years. To some, like Edgar Allan Poe, Helen is a beauty beyond words, constantly praised. To others, like Hilda Doolittle (H.D.), she is a curse bestowed upon Greece. As thousands of years have passed since the Trojan War, through their uses of speech, diction, imagery, form, and tone, the two poets display their contrasting views of Helen in their poems “To Helen” and “Helen”. Edgar Allan Poe