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1 | 'had i not been awake' | seamus heaney | https://poemanalysis.com/seamus-heaney/had-i-not-been-awake/ | In ‘Had I not been awake‘, Heaney brilliantly depicts the humming energy of life that surrounds us everyday, but we rarely have cause to notice.
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The poem begins with an extension of the title, expressing the narrator’s gratitude for being awake as it meant he did not miss the ambiguous “it”. Much of the poem’s intrigue stems from what this thing may be. Heaney employs his typically evocative poetic eye to the natural world around the narrator, notably the wind and its sounds. As the poem continues, it becomes clear that the narrator draws strength and inspiration from the power of nature, which emboldens them to continue living.
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You can read the full poem here. |
2 | 'poem' | william carlos williams | https://poemanalysis.com/william-carlos-williams/poem/ | ‘Poem’ by William Carlos Williams is a perfect imagist poem that focuses on a cat’s movements.
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The poem details, in characteristically brief and exacting details, the movements of a cat. It climbs over a jam closet and then down into a flower pot. There is no more, action-wise, to the poem than that. Readers who understand imagist poetry should take pleasure in the brevity and the focus that Williams allows on the simple, graceful details.
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You can read the full poem here. |
3 | 'twas the old — road — through pain— | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/twas-the-old-road-through-pain/ | ‘’Twas the old — road — through pain—’ by Emily Dickinson is a poem about the path one walks throughout life and toward death.
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In the first stanza of this less-commonly-read Dickinson poem, the speaker describes life as a road that one walks. Some enter Heaven at the end of it, but most do not.
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The next stanza focuses on the path that a specific woman walked. At first, in her youth, she walked swiftly. But, as she aged, her feet slowed down until she arrived at her deathbed. Now, having passed away, the mourners wonder over her possessions and bid her good night. But she’s too far away, in a new heavenly bed, to hear their “hoarse Good Night.” |
4 | 'yes, holy be thy resting place' poem | emily brontë | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-bronte/yes-holy-be-thy-resting-place/ | null |
5 | "take me anywhere" (from hermetic definition: 'red rose and a beggar') | hilda doolittle | https://poemanalysis.com/hilda-doolittle/take-me-anywhere/ | In “Take me anywhere, anywhere;” by Hilda Doolittle, the poet-speaker addresses an archetypical lover, expressing how she takes refuge in her partner’s affection.
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The speaker of “Take me anywhere, anywhere;” Hilda Doolittle, asks her lover to take her anywhere – it doesn’t matter much to her. No matter where they go, the poet will be inside her lover’s mind, hiding away from the rest of the world.
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The speaker then wonders what she will find in her lover’s mind, guessing whether it would be religion or magic. Finally, after some guessing as to whether she will find them there, she presumes that both religion and magic are there in the mind of her lover, equality matched and intertwined.
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By frequently alluding to her former lovers and her personal past throughout the poem, Dolittle takes a tour of her romantic history, as if trying to figure out where it all went wrong. However, Hilda’s narrative is at the forefront of the poem, and as she pines for the attention of her lover, it is clear that she knows she’s the problem. |
6 | "venice — venus?" (#5 from hermetic definition: 'red rose and a beggar') | hilda doolittle | https://poemanalysis.com/hilda-doolittle/venice-venus/ | “Venice — Venus?” by Hilda Doolittle is a free verse poem about why the speaker-poet continues to write love poems despite critiques from her lovers.
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Like the rest of the poems from Hermetic Definition: ‘Red Rose and a Beggar,’ the speaker in “Venice — Venus?” is the poet, Hilda Doolittle.
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In the opening of the poem, Doolittle equates Venice with Venus. She states that her job as a poet is to speak through Venice and Venus, indicating that her sole “station” in life is to write of love.
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The poet mentions that the poem’s addressee, her lover, brushed aside her poetry. Even though he found it fascinating, he thought it was far too refined, concise, and sentimental.
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Doolittle responds by asking herself, “why must I write?” She admits that her lover would not like her explanation. However, she explains that Venus lifts the veil between the divine and mortal world, allowing Doolittle to see beyond her reality.
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The poet then explains that Venus commands her to “write or die,” indicating that Doolittle and her poetry are one and the same. Therefore, without poetry, Doolittle may as well be dead. |
7 | "why did you come" (#1 from hermetic definition: 'red rose and a beggar') | hilda doolittle | https://poemanalysis.com/hilda-doolittle/why-did-you-come/ | "Why did you come" by Hilda Doolittle is a poem in which the speaker expresses her powerlessness over love and emotions as she develops an attraction for another person. Told in the first person, the speaker’s intrusive thoughts and judgments create unresolved conflict.
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“Why did you come” by Hilda Doolittle features the poet as the first-person speaker. Throughout the poem, she speaks to an unnamed visitor to whom she has developed an attraction.
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Doolittle opens the poem by questioning the other person’s motives for coming to see her. She expresses that the visitor’s presence has only made her old age more troublesome, though she feels younger when she is around him.
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Doolittle expresses her growing love in metaphor, stating:
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the reddest rose unfolds,
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However, she is at war with herself over this natural, uncontrollable affection. She calls her love “ridiculous,” “unseemly, impossible, / and even slightly scandalous.”
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Still, the poet resigns herself to it, admitting that nothing, not even her older age, can stop her love-rose from blossoming.
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At the poem’s end, the poet surrenders herself to the unfolding rose that is her affection, though her intrusive thoughts remind her that other people will judge her for it. |
8 | “?” poem | robert service | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-service/question-mark/ | null |
9 | “if thou must love me…” (sonnet 14) | elizabeth barrett browning | https://poemanalysis.com/elizabeth-barrett-browning/sonnet-14-if-thou-must-love-me/ | ‘If thou must love me’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning follows the pattern of a traditional Petrarchan sonnet and declares the speaker’s intentions for how she is to be loved.
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The poem begins with the speaker declaring that she does not wish to be loved for any reason other than for love’s own sake. She does not want her lover to love her for her smile or the way in which their thoughts are similar, as these things are liable to change over time. She would rather not be loved, than to lose love later in life.
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The speaker hopes that her lover will love her simply because he does, as this love will not be “unwrought” by time. No matter how hard one works for love, if it is based on trite principles of 17th-century relationships, such as mannerisms and looks, it will not last forever. She desires a love that will last through “eternity.” |
10 | “let the world’s sharpness…” sonnets from the portuguese (xxiv) | elizabeth barrett browning | https://poemanalysis.com/elizabeth-barrett-browning/sonnet-24-let-the-worlds-sharpness/ | “Let the world’s sharpness” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a Petrarchan sonnet that proposes a resolution to the world’s strife— all turn to, and accept, Love.
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The poem begins with the speaker comparing the end of the world’s problems with the action of closing a “clasping knife.” The blade, or the terrors of the world, is now out of reach and cannot do harm to anyone. The hand that closed this knife belongs to Love. Or as later made clear, the hand of God’s love. The speaker of this piece then turns to a companion, who is to her an embodiment of all that God’s love can do, and speaks of her trust and faith in this person. She believes she will be guarded against the “worldlings.” Those who would seek to do other’s harm for their own benefit. The poem concludes with the speaker promoting the love that God fosters and the strength he has to control life and death. No man will be able to change the world in the way that God’s love is able to. |
11 | [a] talisman | marianne moore | https://poemanalysis.com/marianne-moore/talisman/ | ‘Talisman’ by Marianne Moore is a short, complex poem that speaks on a mysterious shipwreck the strange object found underneath it.
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The poem describes a grounded ship with its mast torn from its hull, as well as the shepherd who stumbled upon it. Under its wreckage, the shepherd found a strange seagull shaped jewel, a talisman with an unknown purpose.
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You can read the full poem here. |
12 | [buffalo bill 's] | e. e. cummings | https://poemanalysis.com/ee-cummings/buffalo-bills/ | ‘[Buffalo Bill ’s]’ by E. E. Cummings describes the inevitability of death with particular references to Buffalo Bill and Christ.
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The poem begins with a description of Buffalo Bill riding his silver stallion as depicted in popular Bill representations. According to the speaker, he is defunct, not of use anymore. Once he used to ride his stallion and hunt pigeons. Similarly, Jesus was once alive, handsome, and in his full powers. All the speaker seeks to know is how Jesus liked his “blue-eyed boy,” Mr. Death, which is a personified representation of the abstract idea.
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You can read the full poem here. |
13 | [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] | e.e cummings | https://poemanalysis.com/ee-cummings/i-carry-your-heart-with-me/ | In short, ‘i carry your heart with me(i carry it in’ is a love poem in which the speaker is telling his beloved that wherever he goes, he always carries his lover’s heart with him.
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In the poem, the speaker is talking directly to his muse, referring to her as “my darling” and “my dear.” Throughout the poem, the speaker is telling his lover how much he loves and adores her, telling her that she is his fate and his entire world. The poem is rich in imagery, with lines such as “and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart,” leaving an indelible mark on the reader. |
14 | [london, my beautiful] | f.s. flint | https://poemanalysis.com/f-s-flint/london-my-beautiful/ | ‘[London, my beautiful]’ by F.S. Flint describes one speaker’s love for the city of London and how he feels the city improves others and himself.
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The poem begins with the speaker listing out a number of things that are special about London, but are not the reasons he cares so much about “her.” He speaks of the sunsets and the “pale green sky.” Although these things are beautiful, they are not special.
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In the second half, the narrator comes to the moment he loves. He speaks of the moon rising over the city and lighting up the tops of the trees. When this happens he is determined to climb to the top of the trees and bask in the moonlight. His “blood” will be cooled by this action and his whole spirit lifted.
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You can read the full poem [London, my beautiful] here. |
15 | [love is more thicker than forget] | e.e. cummings | https://poemanalysis.com/ee-cummings/love-is-more-thicker-than-forget/ | ‘[love is more thicker than forget]’ by E.E. Cummings is a beautiful expression of the power of love. Through simple language, Cummings conveys the idea that love is a force more powerful than forgetting.
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In the first two lines, Cummings talks about the strength of love: “love is more thicker than forget,” he writes. He defines the ever-changing and never-changing nature of love, its strength, its ability to defy bounds, its agelessness, and much more throughout the following stanzas. He uses numerous examples of figurative language to compare love to natural elements that make it at once harder and easier to understand. |
16 | [o sweet spontaneous] | e.e. cummings | https://poemanalysis.com/ee-cummings/o-sweet-spontaneous/ | ‘[O sweet spontaneous]’ by E.E. Cummings is a thoughtful poem that directly addresses the search for meaning throughout life.
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The poem touches on the way that science, philosophers, and the religious poke, prod, and squeeze the earth, looking for some kind of reason that they all exist. The search for knowledge goes on, but the earth is never going to reveal anything. It is beyond all that. The earth is only ever going to do what it’s always done—greet everyone with spring and move forward with the birth of new life and new beauty. Cummings never suggests the earth doesn’t deserve to be worshiped. His tone is reverential when it comes to the planet. Instead, he’s saying that no matter how much one seeks and prays, no answers are going to come. One should be contented with what plays out in nature.
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You can read the full poem here. |
17 | 1861 | walt whitman | https://poemanalysis.com/walt-whitman/1861/ | ‘1861’ by Walt Whitman is a moving poem about a specific year during the American Civil War from the perspective of a soldier.
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The poem starts with the soldier saying that the year is not one that one writes happy verses about. Instead, it was a terrible experience for everyone. He personifies the year, referring to it as he mentions various locations around the country. In this way, he’s able to connect his experience to the year that the rest of the country saw/experienced. |
18 | 1953 | liz lochhead | https://poemanalysis.com/liz-lochhead/1953-poem/ | Titled simply ‘1953‘, this is one of many autobiographical poems by Lochhead. Composed in two stanzas, a tone of pride is evident in the endeavor of her community and her parents’ efforts to transform their homes and gardens for Coronation Day. Beneath the good humour and bustle of activity her language clearly evokes a city in recovery, only six years after the end of World War Two:
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So gardens happened
where the earth had been one raw wound.
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Set in two stanzas of eighteen lines, we trace the transition of the speaker from childhood to maturity. It can be seen as a love poem to her parents and the close-knit community in which she grew up. The language on the surface appears simple yet is densely packed with allusions and deeper meanings. Written in free verse, her use of punctuation propels the poem along at first, before slowing it down in the final eight lines. It follows a simple pattern, showing the men working together to prepare for Coronation Day celebrations, then the women, before jumping many years into the future and the death of what we assume is one of the Speaker’s parents. |
19 | 2 mothers in an hdb playground | arthur yap | https://poemanalysis.com/arthur-yap/2-mothers-in-an-hdb-playground/ | null |
20 | 29 april 1989 | sujata bhatt | https://poemanalysis.com/sujata-bhatt/29-april-1989/ | ‘29 April 1989’ by Sujata Bhatt describes how the speaker spends time with herself after her infant daughter gets to sleep.
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This poem is about one afternoon when the poet gets her infant daughter to sleep. When she sleeps, she somehow manages to get some time to do the things she likes. On one such afternoon, after her daughter falls asleep, she finds it hard to decide what to do. It is drizzling outside. The trees are soggy and greyish green. She prepares an ample quantity of Assam tea and scrolls through her books and papers. The springtime drizzle of Bremen makes her forget why she opened the books. She just touches her favorite ones and immerses herself in the moist “fullness” present in the air. It feels like she has become part of one of Beethoven’s piano compositions.
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You can read the full poem here. |
21 | 3 november 1984 | sujata bhatt | https://poemanalysis.com/sujata-bhatt/3-november-1984/ | ‘3 November 1984’ by Sujata Bhatt is inspired by the events that were in news around the year 1984, beginning with the Anti-Sikh Riots in India.
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Bhatt, an immigrant poet, lived in the United States while writing this poem. In this piece, she describes how she preferred not to read The New York Times. Whenever she walked into a bookstore, she could not help but stare at the horrific photographs of the people killed in the Anti-Sikh Riots. On 3rd November, she refrained from brooding over the victims of the riots. She did not even want to think about her relatives and friends who were either Hindus or Sikhs. Instead, she cherished the 1978 achievement of the Annapurna (the tenth highest mountain peak in the world located in Nepal) expedition led by American women. Lastly, Bhatt recalls a childhood friend Amrit (a Sikh boy), with whom she used to play.
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You can read the full poem here. |
22 | 35/10 | sharon olds | https://poemanalysis.com/sharon-olds/35-10/ | ’35/10’ by Sharon Olds is about a mother/daughter relationship. The latter is starting to become a woman while the former is going grey and getting more wrinkles and folds.
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In the first lines of this piece, the speaker describes brushing her daughter’s hair. She compares it to her own and describes herself as a servant, standing behind her daughter as she grows more beautiful. She sees the changes happening in her daughter’s body and recognizes how they juxtapose with those happening in her own. Furthermore, she’s getting old, and her daughter is becoming a woman. The speaker sees how her daughter is going to replace her in the world. She’s going to be the woman the speaker is now and once was.
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You can read the full poem here. |
23 | 50-50 | langston hughes | https://poemanalysis.com/langston-hughes/50-50/ | ‘50-50’ by Langston Hughes is a memorable poem that discusses relationships from a male and female perspective.
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The female speaker starts out the poem mournfully wondering why she doesn’t have anyone to share her bed or hold her hand. She doesn’t have a man, and that bothers her. A male speaker picks up the lines next, telling her that she doesn’t have a “head,” and that’s the issue. If she were smart enough, she’d know what she needed to do to attract a man. She, in her desperation, asks him to tell her exactly what it is that she needs to do. In the final stanza, he tells her that she needs to share her bed and her money. The latter is emphasized, suggesting that what the man can take from the woman is what’s really important.
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You can read the full poem here. |
24 | 90 north | randall jarrell | https://poemanalysis.com/randall-jarrell/90-north/ | null |
25 | a bag of tools | r. l. sharpe | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-lee-sharpe/a-bag-of-tools/ | ‘A Bag of Tools’ by R. L. Sharpe depicts human choice and decision making through a “shapeless mass” and “bag of tools”.
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The poem begins with the speaker asking the listener, a generalized representative of all human beings, if they also think it’s strange that “clowns” and “kings” all have the same life to live. No matter who you are or the circumstances of your birth, the days of your life, there is a finite amount of time. This period gives everyone the opportunity to shape a “mass” and use their “bag of tools” to craft a life for themselves.
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You can read the full poem here. |
26 | a ballad of two knights | sara teasdale | https://poemanalysis.com/sarah-teasdale/a-ballad-of-two-knights/ | ‘A Ballad of Two Knights’ by Sara Teasdale is a five stanza ballad poem that tells the story of two knights looking for perfect wives.
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The speaker starts ‘A Ballad of Two Knights’ by saying that there were knights and they “rode forth” in the early morning. They were seeking “maids to wed”. Both knights were looking for specific features in a woman. The first wanted blonde hair and a beautiful face, and the second wanted someone who is dove-like and pure.
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The knights do find wives, but they are the opposite of who they intended to marry. The first knight found someone with brown hair and the second, a “wanton wild” woman. This simple character arc is very pleasing and makes the two knights much more relatable than it seemed like they would be. |
27 | a bard's epitaph | robert burns | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-burns/a-bards-epitaph/ | ‘A Bard’s Epitaph’ by Robert Burns describes how the poet was as a human being and what one could learn from his life.
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‘A Bard’s Epitaph’ by Robert Burns talks about the poet’s imaginary grave in the first stanza. It draws the attention of the people who throng around it at times. Moreover, the lines written in the poet’s grave remind of his contribution to Scottish literary tradition. There is a wise person who stands by the grave of the poet. Even the person drops a tear to see the “whim-inspired fool” who once pleased people with his rusting songs. Whereas in the last two stanzas, the poet talks about his mindless follies that stained his “name”. At last, the poet requests the readers to learn from his life. One should know that prudence, alertness, and self-control are the three ingredients that make one wise in life. |
28 | a bird song | christina rossetti | https://poemanalysis.com/christina-rossetti/a-bird-song/ | “A Bird Song” by Christina Rossetti describes, through the interactions of swallows, the need a speaker has for a consistent companion.
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A Bird Song begins with the speaker stating that a certain amount of time, a “year almost,” has passed since he has seen the woman that he loves. There was a time when the two of them were together for an entire summer. The emotions they shared, and the joy that ran between them, lit up the world. Everything appeared in it’s most vibrant form. The sky was “bluer” and the grass was “greener.” Additionally, the “brambles” were “fewer.” The speaker did not fear getting cut by thorns or emotionally cut by the one he loved.
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Unfortunately, this time as passed, and the present summer is only an echo of what once was. The speaker then seemingly jumps to an unrelated topic that the reader will come to understand as the basis of this piece. He begins to describe the mating habits of swallows and how he knows, by their presence, that summer has truly begun. There is no way for him to trick himself into thinking that it is not yet summer, the swallows are there as incontrovertible evidence.
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As he elaborates on what he sees when he sees the swallows, the reader comes to understand the kind of relationship he is longing for. When the speaker spots one swallow, he knows it’s mate is not far behind. The two are never more than a moment apart. This is the type of life he wishes he was still apart of. He wants a love that never ends or takes a break. |
29 | a bird that was most used up | riyas qurana | https://poemanalysis.com/riyas-qurana/a-bird-that-was-most-used-up/ | null |
30 | a bird, came down the walk | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/a-bird-came-down-the-walk/ | ‘A Bird, came down the Walk’ by Emily Dickinson describes the simple, yet beautiful, actions of a bird searching for food and then taking flight.
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The poem begins with the speaker describing a bird she sees. She is close by, making it so that she can look at the bird, but it does not immediately notice her. From where she is situated, she sees the bird pick up an “Angle Worm” and bite it in half. It moves quickly from place to place, showing the anxiety inherent to most of its species. It knows the dangers presented by the much larger and stronger world.
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In the last sections the speaker attempts to offer the bird a crumb. It does not want anything to do with a human being and flies away. Its movements are swift yet purposeful as if it is swimming. |
31 | a blessing | james wright | https://poemanalysis.com/james-wright/a-blessing/ | null |
32 | a brave and startling truth | maya angelou | https://poemanalysis.com/maya-angelou/a-brave-and-startling-truth/ | ‘A Brave and Startling Truth’ by Maya Angelou is a powerful poem that alludes to the potential of humankind to create a peaceful world.
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The poem begins with the speaker alluding to a “truth” that humanity will eventually arrive at. As we fly, small and lonely, throughout the universe, we exhibit our worst and best characteristics. The speaker describes how humanity is capable of acts of extreme cruelty and of creating experiences of the utmost beauty. We are reaching for weapons at the same time that we are providing tender care and creating elevating artistic compositions.
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The speaker sees a world that will eventually come into being after humanity reaches the “brave and startling truth” of the title. It will be free of war, racism, fear, and hatred. It is one in which people live and die peacefully, children are free of the nightmares of abuse, our sons and daughters are not buried in identical unmarked graves in foreign lands, and all races are treated equally.
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The speaker concludes by saying that it is only when humanity realizes its full potential, that we are the true wonder of the world, that we will be capable of crafting such an existence. |
33 | a broken appointment | thomas hardy | https://poemanalysis.com/thomas-hardy/a-broken-appointment/ | null |
34 | a brother in need | henrik johan ibsen | https://poemanalysis.com/henrik-ibsen/a-brother-in-need/ | null |
35 | a call | seamus heaney | https://poemanalysis.com/seamus-heaney/a-call/ | ‘A Call’ by Seamus Heaney depicts the relationship between the poet and his father while speaking on themes of time, death and love.
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The poem begins with the speaker on the phone with his mother. She is setting the phone down in order to get the poet’s father. The next stanza is made up of Heaney’s thoughts during the interval in which the phone is left unattended. He is able to visualize his father in his garden, weeding.
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When Heaney’s father gets on the phone the poet immediately struck with the urge to tell him that he loves him. But, only “nearly”. He doesn’t do it, something he came to regret.
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You can read the full poem here. |
36 | a caution to everybody | ogden nash | https://poemanalysis.com/ogden-nash/a-caution-to-everybody/ | ‘A Caution to Everybody’ by Ogden Nash alludes to the possible downfall of humankind if we “forget” who we are at our hearts.
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The poem is quite short, at only four lines, but in these four lines, the speaker describes an “auk” who he says forgot how to fly when it learned to walk. This, he sees, is comparable to what’s happening to humanity. He cautions everyone reading the poem, and everyone else in the world, that if humankind forgets the basics of human life, then we too may become extinct.
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You can read the full poem here. |
37 | a certain lady | dorothy parker | https://poemanalysis.com/dorothy-parker/a-certain-lady/ | null |
38 | a character | william wordsworth | https://poemanalysis.com/william-wordsworth/a-character/ | null |
39 | a child is something else again | yehuda amichai | https://poemanalysis.com/yehuda-amichai/a-child-is-something-else-again/ | null |
40 | a child of mine | edgar guest | https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-guest/a-child-of-mine/ | null |
41 | a child to his sick grandfather | joanna baillie | https://poemanalysis.com/joanna-baillie/a-child-to-his-sick-grandfather/ | null |
42 | a child's sleep | carol ann duffy | https://poemanalysis.com/carol-ann-duffy/a-childs-sleep/ | ‘A Child’s Sleep’ by Carol Ann Duffy describes the ideal, peaceful sleep of a child, who is watched over by her mother.
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The poem begins with the speaker, and mother of the child, entering into the room to view her sleeping daughter. The little girl is completely still and the mother is fighting between not wanting to disturb her and wanting to enjoy the calmness of the moment.
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The speaker continues on to describe what she thinks the child’s sleep is like. She is so quiet and still, that she resembles a small forest. It is a magical place her daughter resides in, and she sees her as being the sole resident of the woods.
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In the final stanzas of A Child’s Sleep the speaker moves to rouse her daughter, speaking her name. The sudden intrusion of sound is like a pebble dropping in a pond. The child hears her but does not wake up. She moves in her sleep and the goodness of her inner life is only clearer when she gets closer to consciousness.
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In the last lines, the speaker moves to the window and looks out into the night at the moon. It is there, staring back at her. She feels as if the moon is reflecting her own emotions. It is “maternal” and understands all the love she feels for her daughter. |
43 | a child’s garden | rudyard kipling | https://poemanalysis.com/rudyard-kipling/a-childs-garden/ | ‘A Child’s Garden’ by Rudyard Kipling is an optimistically toned poem, written from the perspective of a young boy, who is dreaming of escaping his life. The poem begins by informing the reader that the boy has been diagnosed with tuberculosis but has great dreams for his life. The boy speaks on his dislike of the garden in which he forced to “lay / Out in” all day and the noisy cars that drive by on either side. Even worse than hearing the cars is having to ride in them. The boy hates the confining space of his car and it’s closeness on the streets to buses.
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‘A Child’s Garden’ concludes with the boy’s fervent hopes for the future in which he is able to get an airplane and rise above his garden prison. He will see the “angel-side” of clouds and “spit” on all those below riding in cars. |
44 | a clear midnight | walt whitman | https://poemanalysis.com/walt-whitman/a-clear-midnight/ | null |
45 | a coat | william butler yeats | https://poemanalysis.com/william-butler-yeats/a-coat/ | ‘A Coat’ by William Butler Yeats describes the poet’s own writing practice through the metaphor of an embroidered coat.
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The poem begins with the speaker stating that everything he has worked on as a poet has come together as a coat. This is a piece of clothing that he spent a great deal of time on. It was covered with “old mythologies,” or stories of past times, which proved untrue, but still worthy of consideration. They stretch from the top to the bottom.
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In the next section of the text, Yeats describes how his works have been misappropriated. The fools Yeats refers to in the text are likely other poets and other contemporaries, such as politicians. They took his wore, put in their own name, and pretended that they “wrought it.”
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In conclusion, Yeats declares that it doesn’t matter to him in the end. His anger has disappeared and he’s chosen to take off his coat and embrace “walking naked.” |
46 | a coffin is a small domain | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/a-coffin-is-a-small-domain/ | null |
47 | a conceit | maya angelou | https://poemanalysis.com/maya-angelou/a-conceit/ | null |
48 | a constable calls | seamus heaney | https://poemanalysis.com/seamus-heaney/a-constable-calls-by-seamus-heaney/ | null |
49 | a consumer's report | peter porter | https://poemanalysis.com/peter-porter/a-consumers-report/ | ‘A Consumer’s Report’ by Peter Porter is the report of the product that the poet has been using throughout his life.
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‘A Consumer’s Report’ by Peter Porter presents “life” as a product that the poet received from the manufacturer to use. Now, he writes about the report of how the product worked for him. Naturally, for sustaining this product, the poet has to invest in it. So, it wasn’t an economical choice while he was buying it. Moreover, the poet says, the product is tough to get rid of, and the container in which it thrives is also very costly to maintain. At some point, the poet thought to keep it aside. But, in reality, it isn’t possible for a living person. After writing a long report describing the pros and cons of the product like an educated and alert buyer, he says he’d like to buy it if the seller sends him the “competitive product” he promised.
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You can read the full poem here. |
50 | a country life | randall jarrell | https://poemanalysis.com/randall-jarrell/a-country-life/ | null |
51 | a cradle song | william blake | https://poemanalysis.com/william-blake/a-cradle-song/ | This lullaby is mainly a simple song of a mother, who enjoys her baby’s restful sound and expressions. In ‘A Cradle Song,’ she is shown dwelling upon her child’s “Sweet moans, sweeter smiles” and asks that an Angel keeps an eye on her baby’s dreams. The last three stanzas in the poem create a similarity between the baby in her arms and the Baby that once laid in a manger, the incarnate Jesus Christ. The mother can find out the “Holy image” in her baby’s face and discovers in her child’s cries the crying of the Savior for all humanity. Here she talks about Jesus Christ.
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The mother, who is personified as Virgin here, concludes by tracing that, as the mother is beguiled by the baby’s smiles, so beguiles the smiles of the infant Christ “Heaven & Earth to peace.” It’s only as a result of the process of incarnation that God succeeds in restoring a sinful, damaged world to a situation of childlike innocence. |
52 | a crowned poet | anne reeve aldrich | https://poemanalysis.com/anne-reeve-aldrich/a-crowned-poet/ | null |
53 | a day (i'll tell you how the sun rose) | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/ill-tell-you-how-the-sun-rose/ | ‘A Day‘ by Emily Dickinson describes the rising and setting of the sun on a literal level while juxtaposing life and death.
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The poem begins with the persona—an unnamed child—confidently describing how the sun rises, and the events that follow this phenomenon. This speaker shows excitement on sighting birds, hills, and the rising sun itself, thus portraying the child’s innocence regarding his/her view of the world. He/she only sees the beauty of life.
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Coming to the metaphorical meaning, the opening stanzas of the poem show the hustle and bustle that comes with living.
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As the poem progresses, the child becomes less confident describing a sunset. He/she doesn’t have sufficient knowledge to explain it. Nonetheless, this speaker tells of the purpling of the sky as the sun sets until the sky turns completely dark. This symbolizes the inactivity associated with dying. It also shows the little knowledge living beings truly have about death.
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You can read the full poem here. |
54 | a day of sunshine | henry wadsworth longfellow | https://poemanalysis.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/a-day-of-sunshine/ | null |
55 | a description of the morning | jonathan swift | https://poemanalysis.com/jonathan-swift/a-description-of-the-morning/ | null |
56 | a different history | sujata bhatt | https://poemanalysis.com/sujata-bhatt/a-different-history/ | ‘A Different History’ by Sujata Bhatt upholds the roots of Indian (particularly Hindu) culture and revisits the nation’s colonial past.
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The poem begins with a reference to the ancient Greek god Pan. In Indian Vedic mythology, Pushan is the counterpart of Pan. According to the speaker, Pan settled permanently in India, where gods roam freely disguised as different creatures. Nature is worshipped as a deity and knowledge is regarded as divine. This is why Indians have to pay due respect to their books as well as the trees from which books are made. In the next stanza, she poses some questions regarding English, the language of the colonizers, and wonders how this “strange language” became so dear to the present generation.
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You can read the full poem here. |
57 | a different image | dudley randall | https://poemanalysis.com/dudley-randall/a-different-image/ | null |
58 | a dirge | christina rossetti | https://poemanalysis.com/christina-rossetti/a-dirge/ | null |
59 | a divine image | william blake | https://poemanalysis.com/william-blake/a-divine-image/ | The poem begins with little introduction, “cruelty has a human face.” Blake names negative aspects of human behavior and links them inextricably with the idea that they are built into every human on earth and prevent us from being truly honest with ourselves.
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In the second stanza, industrial images like “forge” emphasize the power of humanity to create and reshape their world. However, humans ruled by the emotions in the first stanza end up creating their own prisons and barriers to self-knowledge and a better world. |
60 | a dog called beau | james stewart | https://poemanalysis.com/james-stewart/a-dog-named-beau/ | null |
61 | a dog has died | pablo neruda | https://poemanalysis.com/pablo-neruda/a-dog-has-died/ | null |
62 | a dream | edgar allan poe | https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-allan-poe/a-dream/ | ‘A Dream’ by Edgar Allan Poe describes a speaker waking and dreaming state and the brief moments of light and hope he experiences.
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The speaker begins this piece by introducing a dark dream that he was subject to. This dream, and the emotions he experienced during it, are not unfamiliar to him. He is often consumed by the darkness that these thoughts bring. He is far from being a stranger to it. In contrast, he says that having a good dream would be much more shocking as it is so different from his normal life. If this was to happen, as it does in the form of daydreams, the speaker would be broken-hearted when he returned to the real world.
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As he continues on he describes the kind of life he is living in which he is stuck in a pessimistic, backward-looking rut. Throughout his days he walks with his eyes on the past, unseeing of all that is currently before him. The only times he is roused from this state is by a waking dream in which light guides him to some happier emotion.
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Finally, the speaker concludes by saying that these daydreams are all the more poignant because they are so pure and true. They are much more impactful and meaningful than the light of the morning after a night of bad dreams. |
63 | a dream | william blake | https://poemanalysis.com/william-blake/a-dream/ | A Dream’ by William Blake details the plight of a lost ant who is trying to find her way back to her children and their father.
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The first lines of A Dream’ begin with the speaker desiring how they were lying in their bed, protected by their guardian angel. While there, they dreamed that an ant was wandering lost in the grass (near where they were lying). The speaker goes on to personify the ant, describing it as “confused.” He heard the ant speak as well. She mourns for herself wonders what her children and their dad are thinking about her.
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The speaker is moved by what the ant is going through and cries for her. Then, a nearby glow-worm speaks to the ant, asking what is going on. The worm is there, he says, to illuminate the earth when the beetle walks around. It’s easy enough to listen to the sound of the beetle walking, he notes, and follow that home. |
64 | a dream girl | carl sandburg | https://poemanalysis.com/carl-sandburg/a-dream-girl/ | ‘A Dream Girl‘ is a poem about wishing for love, and the anxiety that we may not be able to find it
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The poem begins with the narrator describing the beautiful woman he hopes will one day come into his life. The woman he envisions is kind, loving, and graceful. He utilizes nature imagery to create an almost nymph-like image in the mind of the reader. He imagines that this woman will enter his life and bring him nothing but joy and happiness.
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However, in the last stanza, the narrator admits that he knows it is possible that he will never meet this woman. He is also aware that it is possible they will cross paths but not end up together. While he dreams of one day finding his dream woman, he knows it is very possible that it will not happen. |
65 | a dream lies dead | dorothy parker | https://poemanalysis.com/dorothy-parker/a-dream-lies-dead/ | null |
66 | a dream of death | william butler yeats | https://poemanalysis.com/william-butler-yeats/a-dream-of-death/ | null |
67 | a dream within a dream | edgar allan poe | https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-allan-poe/a-dream-within-a-dream/ | In ‘A Dream within a Dream,’ Edgar Allan Poe implies that time is slipping away from the grasp of human beings a la sand on the beach, indicating that our existence is at the end inconsequent or a mere abstraction.
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In the first stanza, the narrator demands a farewell kiss on the brow. Although the kiss indicates the parting of ways, it’s usually a melancholic ending in the case of Poe. As luck would have it, the narrator seems to be parting ways with his significant other permanently.
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While they part their respective ways, the narrator affirms that her notion was correct all along; his days with her were just a dream. The narrator realizes the fact afterward as they part their ways. He is in awe as to how time flew which they spent together. It was a la trance state, a dreamy affair that ended abruptly for the narrator.
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As a result, he wonders if this time was measurable quality or just a figment of his imagination. It seems that the narrator has come to terms with the hard reality of life and beginning to learn the ropes.
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As the poem ends, the poet asks only one question to the reader – what if the reader wakes up and realizes that all that he has gone through, the good and the bad, was nothing but a dream within another? If readers have heard of the saying – what if we wake up and realize that we were just dreaming, all this while – then they surely understand this poem in a much better way. What if we open our eyes and realize that we had just been dreaming, all this while, and the reality begins after we wake up? |
68 | a dreaming week | carol ann duffy | https://poemanalysis.com/carol-ann-duffy/a-dreaming-week/ | A Dreaming Week by Carol Ann Duffy uses a deeply melancholic tone to discuss poetry and relationships.
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For Duffy, her art is a form of escapism. Indeed, in moments such as these, when a relationship isn’t working out, Duffy can turn to ‘Books’ and poetry. Duffy creates the idea that ‘Dreaming’ is a form of escaping from the dark of the present. She finds this also with literature, able to engage with ‘a bird that’s never flown’. Duffy moves across one week in her life, exploring the relationship deteriorating as she does so. The final stanza focuses on ‘the last evening’, their relationship finally coming to an end. |
69 | a drink of water | seamus heaney | https://poemanalysis.com/seamus-heaney/a-drink-of-water/ | null |
70 | a drop fell on the apple tree | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/a-drop-fell-on-the-apple-tree/ | null |
71 | a face | robert browning | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-browning/a-face/ | ‘A Face’ by Robert Browning is a highly pictorial poem describing the features of a woman’s face from a particular Renaissance painting.
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Browning begins the poem with a laudatory remark. His poetic persona tries to glorify the lady’s face that he is seeing. The face is painted upon a pale gold background, hinting at how old the painting is. No matter how old it is, one can still notice the beautiful lips, neck, and cheeks of the lady, complementing the overall appeal of that image. The speaker describes how her lips are shown in a manner that they are waiting to be kissed.
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Furthermore, her neck is so sensitive that it appears to the speaker as if it could shiver upon laying his fingers upon it. Then he goes on to compare the image with famous Italian painter Correggio’s paintings. Finally, he ponders upon the mortality of youth and beauty with reference to the fading pale background of the portrait. |
72 | a fairy song | william shakespeare | https://poemanalysis.com/william-shakespeare/a-fairy-song/ | ‘A Fairy Song’ by William Shakespeare is an interesting and musical monologue from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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IN the first lines of this song, the fairy begins by saying that they travel “over hills” and “dales,” or valleys. They go through bushes and over confined spaces. They travel through water and fire. These dramatic lines are followed by more seemingly hyperbolic statements. They say they wander faster or swifter than the moon goes around the earth. Then, that they work for Titania, the Fairy Queen, they organize dances.
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The speaker also describes the cowslip flowers are “her pensioners,” or bodyguards. Their petals contain rubies and smell sweet. Now, the speaker concludes, they have to go and find some “dewdrops” and hang a pearl on every cowslip’s ear. The fairy says goodbye to Robin, calling him a “lob of spirits,” and announces that the queen is coming soon. |
73 | a fairy tale | amy lowell | https://poemanalysis.com/amy-lowell/a-fairy-tale/ | null |
74 | a false step | elizabeth barrett browning | https://poemanalysis.com/elizabeth-barrett-browning/a-false-step/ | ‘A False Step’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is about a woman who disregarded the genuine feelings of a person.
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The poem begins with a direct address to a “Sweet” lady who had admirable qualities during her youth. She was so blind due to her beauty that she could not understand the feelings of a genuine lover. She hurt her and metaphorically trod upon his “heart.” The poet says it was rather the person’s fault who came in her way. At the end, when her physical beauty fades away, she is going to regret her decision. Then she would realize the importance of true love that is not time’s fool, a fleeting feeling. |
75 | a far cry from africa | derek walcott | https://poemanalysis.com/derek-walcott/a-far-cry-from-africa/ | null |
76 | a former life | charles baudelaire | https://poemanalysis.com/charles-baudelaire/a-former-life/ | null |
77 | a friend's greeting | edgar guest | https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-guest/a-friends-greeting/ | ‘A Friend’s Greeting’ by Edgar Guest is a heart-to-heart poem about a speaker who expresses his gratitude to a friend who is always there to help him and makes his life joyous.
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This piece begins with the speaker talking about what is the value of his friend in his life. According to him, he wants to be like his dearest friend who is always glad to help him. The speaker wants to be a meaningful part of his life by doing splendid things for him. All he has is his heart-warming poetic art that can paint his sky blue. When they traveled together, his friend’s shoulder gave him comfort after being weary of the journey. That’s why, on the eve of Christmas, his only wish is to be like his friend.
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You can read the full poem here. |
78 | a frosty night | robert graves | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-graves/a-frosty-night/ | null |
79 | a girl who reads | mark grist | https://poemanalysis.com/mark-grist/a-girl-who-reads/ | ‘A Girl Who Reads’ by Mark Grist is a humorous and surprising poem that outlines what a speaker finds to be the most attractive quality in a girl.
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The poem begins with the speaker asking a question. His friend wants to know what he finds most attractive in a girl. After some hesitation, the speaker replies, reading. He finds a girl who reads to be more attractive than a girl with big “tits” or a big “ass.”
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It is clear in the text that the speaker knows his answer is going to confuse his friends. The following lines are used to explain his preference. He goes through all the different reasons that he finds smart women attractive. The most important being, that they voracious consumers of information. Whether that be the back of a cereal box or books at Waterstones. He also adds towards the end of the poem that he’s not immune to flirting and raunchiness.
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The speaker wants his friends to know that it’s not just the act of reading that attracts him, he actually believes that it makes women more beautiful and sexier. The poem ends with a repetition of some of the most important lines and a final emphasis on the fact that “a girl… With passion“ is the most important thing to the speaker.
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You can read the full poem here. |
80 | a gleam of sunshine | henry wadsworth longfellow | https://poemanalysis.com/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/a-gleam-of-sunshine/ | null |
81 | a grain of sand | robert service | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-service/a-grain-of-sand/ | null |
82 | a helpmeet for him | christina rossetti | https://poemanalysis.com/christina-rossetti/a-helpmeet-for-him/ | ‘A Helpmeet For Him’ by Christina Rossetti is a short poem that speaks on the place of women in society and especially within interactions with men.
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The poem begins with the speaker stating that women were made for men. Their job is to charm and “Be not afraid” of their partners. It doesn’t matter what the man does, the woman must maintain her womanliness.
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The speaker does not deny that women are strong, but that strength needs to be hidden behind layers of meekness. This, she thinks, is the proper way to act. The poem concludes with the speaker comparing women to Christ. They are just as hopeful and representative of good as he is. |
83 | a hero | robert service | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-service/a-hero/ | null |
84 | a hope carol | christina rossetti | https://poemanalysis.com/christina-rossetti/a-hope-carol/ | ‘A Hope Carol‘ by Christina Rossetti describes a liminal space in which the speaker is existing and the phenomenological elements of life which inspire her to hope for the future.
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Each of the poem’s eight-line sections begins with describing a liminal, or in-between, space in which the speaker exists. In the first, she is between night and day, the second, between the stars and moon, and finally, in the third, between today and tomorrow. Within each one of these spaces, she is confronted by a sound that reminds her of something she “longs” for. Voices are calling and sound reverberating, falling, and rising around her. These noises remind her of her birds and the sounds of minstrels playing music.
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‘A Hope Carol‘ concludes with the speaker’s final acceptance of the fact that her future, and all the things she most desires, may come today, or “may be” tomorrow. She knows she can’t control the world and is willing to wait to get what she wants the most. |
85 | a hot noon in malabar | kamala das | https://poemanalysis.com/kamala-das/a-hot-noon-in-malabar/ | null |
86 | a hymn to god the father | john donne | https://poemanalysis.com/john-donne/a-hymn-to-god-the-father/ | null |
87 | a hymn to the evening | phillis wheatley | https://poemanalysis.com/phillis-wheatley/a-hymn-to-the-evening/ | ‘A Hymn to the Evening’ by Phillis Wheatley describes a speaker’s desire to take on the glow of evening so that she may show her love for God.
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The poem begins with the speaker describing the beauty of the setting sun and how it casts glory on the surrounding landscape. The whole world is filled with “Majestic grandeur” in these moments.
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In the next section, she speaks on how it is God who makes the sunset as beautiful as it is. She wishes that she, and those reading this piece, could take on some of the “glow” she sees and keeps it in their breast. The speaker believes this will allow one to truly worship God and wake more peacefully the next morning. |
88 | a jet ring sent | john donne | https://poemanalysis.com/john-donne/a-jet-ring-sent/ | null |
89 | a lady | amy lowell | https://poemanalysis.com/amy-lowell/a-lady/ | ‘A Lady’ by Amy Lowell contains a speaker’s analysis of the life, appearance, and worth of an old woman.
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The poem begins with the speaker telling her listener, an older woman, that she is both “beautiful and faded. “ She uses the next lines to compare the listener to an “old opera tune” and “sun-flooded silk.” The opera is out of date and suffering from a change in musical preference, but it is still lovely. This is emphasized by the fact it is played on a harpsichord.
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The following lines are dedicated to how the woman smells. She carries on her person the scent of all her previous days. It is made real through a comparison to “sealed spice-jars.’
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In the final quatrain, Lowell’s speaker explains how she will dedicate her “vigour” to the old woman. She refers to herself as a “new-minted penny” without intrinsic value or history. The speaker is willing to let her own naive, youthful “sparkle” entertain the older woman. |
90 | a lake and a fairy boat | thomas hood | https://poemanalysis.com/thomas-hood/a-lake-and-a-fairy-boat/ | null |
91 | a lament by percy | sshe shelley | https://poemanalysis.com/percy-bysshe-shelley/a-lament/ | null |
92 | a late aubade | richard wilbur | https://poemanalysis.com/richard-wilbur/a-late-aubade/ | ‘A Late Aubade’ by Richard Wilbur is a poem dealing with the theme of an aubade and emphasizing a speaker’s desire to be with his beloved.
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In this poem, the poetic persona imagines what his beloved would have done if she left her earlier. She is there with him till noon. When she is about to say goodbye to him the speaker engages in a humorous conversation with her. According to the speaker, if she has left him earlier that morning, she might have found her engrossed in meaningless activities. The activities such as reading in a library, gardening, taking a walk with her setter, or listening to “Schoenberg’s serial technique”, can make her busy. But, she might be missing those warm kisses and satisfying physical proximity with her partner.
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You can read the full poem here. |
93 | a late walk | robert frost | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-frost/a-late-walk/ | null |
94 | a leave-taking | algernon charles swinburne | https://poemanalysis.com/algernon-charles-swinburne/a-leave-taking/ | ‘A Leave-Taking’ by Algernon Charles Swinburne discusses how the poet took leave from the lady whom the poet loved the most.
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‘A Leave-Taking’ by Algernon Charles Swinburne is an emotional poem about a lady’s rejection of the poet’s love. In the poem, the poet talks with his verse that was composed of the lady. He tells it to take leave from the lady to whom it was dedicated. The lady is so passive that she can’t hear the pang of the poet. Even if the poet goes elsewhere, she won’t know or weep about it. There is a firm resistance in her heart against the poet’s heartfelt words.
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The poet also says though the verse he is writing for the lady doesn’t infuse love in her. The reason is she doesn’t care about all the things the poet does after being rejected. In the end, the grief-stricken poet feels that even if “all men seeing had pity on me”, the lady cast her eyes elsewhere and remain constant in not accepting the poet’s proposal. |
95 | a lecture upon the shadow | john donne | https://poemanalysis.com/john-donne/a-lecture-upon-the-shadow/ | null |
96 | a legend of the northland | phoebe cary | https://poemanalysis.com/phoebe-cary/a-legend-of-the-northland/ | ‘A Legend of the Northland’ by Phoebe Cary presents the legend of a greedy old lady who turned into a woodpecker.
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‘A Legend of the Northland’ by Phoebe Cary first of all describes the Northland and the people living there. Thereafter, the poet introduces the folk story that is popular in that region. In the tale, there are two characters. One is an old lady and another is Saint Peter. Once, St. Peter visited Northland to preach. As he walked a long distance he was hungry and tired. He came to seek some food from the old lady. She, being selfish, tried to bake a small cake for the guest. Each time she baked, the cake turned out to be bigger. She became confused about what was happening to her. So, she refused to offer a cake to the saint. It made the pious Peter angry and he cursed the lady for her selfishness. Consequently, she turned into a woodpecker and flew away from the cottage. |
97 | a letter to her husband, absent upon publick employment | anne bradstreet | https://poemanalysis.com/anne-bradstreet/a-letter-to-her-husband-absent-upon-publick-employment/ | ‘A Letter to her Husband, absent upon Publick employment’ by Anne Bradstreet tells of a speaker’s longing for the return of her long-absent husband.
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The poem begins with the speaker telling the listener that she belongs to her husband totally. All parts of her have been given to his warmth. He is absent at this point though, traveling far from her as the sun moves from the earth during the winter months.
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She frequently compares him to the sun and herself to earth. The speaker freezes without his presence and will only feel whole again when he returns to her “in Cancer.” |
98 | a light exists in spring | emily dickinson | https://poemanalysis.com/emily-dickinson/a-light-exists-in-spring/ | ‘A Light Exists in Spring’ is a simple nature poem, at the same time, it has a religious connotation, for the light symbolizes faith.
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‘A Light Exists in Spring’ is a fine poem about the spring season. This speaker strives to portray a certain kind of light that “exists in spring” or very near spring, for it has moved her very deeply. Since the speaker cannot portray the light’s physical nature, she has remained vague about what this light looks like. However, she has made it quite clear how it has made her feel mentally and spiritually in the poem. |
99 | a line-storm song | robert frost | https://poemanalysis.com/robert-frost/a-line-storm-song/ | ‘A Line-storm Song’ by Robert Frost is a thoughtful poem about the difficulties inherent to love and relationships.
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In the first lines of the poem, the poet uses his characteristic imagery to depict a storm and its effects. He then asks the listener, someone he loves, to embrace the storm and be his “love in the rain.” The same pattern emerges throughout the next stanzas as the speaker describes elements of nature and then addresses his love. No matter what’s going on in the world, there is a sense of perseverance in the lines. The speaker wants to continue seeking and bettering his love no matter the difficulties. Love is at once beautiful and destructive, the speaker suggests.
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You can read the full poem here. |
100 | a litany for survival | audre lorde | https://poemanalysis.com/audre-lorde/a-litany-for-survival/ | null |
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