Poetic Form Essay Examples

Figurative Language, Imagery. And Sound in “Sonnet 29” Williams Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 29” is Shakespeare starts the first quatrain with himself talking of disgrace in his fortune and in the eyes of others. In the second quatrain, Shakespeare takes the inward thoughts and looks outward with coveting eyes and wishes he could be a different man. […]

In the poem “Richard Cory”, Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts a “grass is greener” presumption with a twist. The speaker in this poem, representing the working class, tells about a gentleman by the name of Richard Cory; a man everyone admired. This poem is an ironic illustration of how the “glitter[y]” (l. 8) illusion that wealth […]

As seen in the last line of the last couplet, “That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray! ” In contrast, for the title in poem B, ‘Killers’, defined as someone or something that kills or destroy lives, it bears the meaning of the “occupation” of the persona’s subject – in this case, the […]

Comment that the sonnet 130 of Shakespeare is an unconventional poem. Most of the sonnet sequences in Elizabethan England were modelled after that of Petrarch. Petrarch’s famous sonnet sequence was written as a series of love poems to an idealized and idolized mistress, Laura. In those sonnets Petrarch praises her beauty, her worth, and her […]

Sonnet Eighteen is one of the most famous sonnets written by William Shakespeare. The sonnet is about the love that another has for his lover. Many argue that the sonnet is actually written about another man, but either way it is about love. Sonnet eighteen’s theme is that even though the summer and things of […]

William Shakespeare penned down his most touching 29th sonnet, entitled, “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”. This sonnet holds the subject matter of love. More particularly, this poem praises love. In the first quatrain, the author is in a state of melancholy and is treated as an outcast. In the second quatrain, he […]

In Wordsworth’s poem, he portrays a solitary girl singing and harvesting in the fields. Despite not comprehending her song’s meaning, it captivates him with its loveliness. He encourages others to also listen to her and take inspiration from his personal encounter. The poem contains four stanzas that demonstrate Wordsworth’s mastery of poetry. The initial stanza […]

Throughout ‘Nutting’ Wordsworth uses many different techniques to help with the development of its meaning and effects. Written in the first viewpoint, it is allegorical with its focus being on a young boy going out to collect nuts, dealing with the past of the outing framed by the adult’s memories with nature teaching and guiding […]

Ben Jonson expresses his intense grief for the loss of his son in a creative manner within his poem “On my First Sonne.” By utilizing iambic pentameter and referring to his child as “child of my right hand,” Jonson effectively conveys the depth of his emotions. Additionally, the rhyming stanzas serve to accentuate this sentiment […]

All the poems are about the relationship between parent and child. It evolves around the emotions that connect parent and child and the love or hate that evolves around them.The situation in ‘My Father Thought it Queer’ shows the relationship between Father and Son. We perceive the son’s assertion of independence and the Father’s disapproval. […]

A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which means each line has 10 syllables with 5 stressed and 5 unstressed. Sonnets typically follow a strict rhyme scheme and often have regular breaks, like the one in this case, after the eighth line. The first eight lines of both poems, known as the […]

Within the poetry examined, marriage is perceived diversely by the speakers, often contrasting against prevalent views on relationships during the period. The Victorian era pieces of poetry I will concentrate on are “When We Two Parted,” “How Do I Love Thee,” and “Remember.” My study will cover the language, meaning, form, and structure of poems. […]

The poem “Sonnet LXXV” by Edmund Spencer links to Romeo and Juliet’s ideas about love as it is about death and love, which is the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet, although this poem uses death as a positive thing, saying that death will immortalize you and that even if you die, your love will live […]

Both “Song: Stop All the Clocks” and “Remember” both portray a familiar theme, death. On the other hand, the two poems are very similar but they show a different kind of mood and atmosphere. The poet in “remember” conveys the dead person in an optimistic and constructive way, Rossetti, the poet refuses to be sad. […]

The title ”Follower ” intrigues curiosity for what the poem is about, and what is doing the following. This poem, the  ” Follower ”, is about the writer looking up to his father whilst he ploughs some land, and how the roles have changed. The title ‘ Digging ‘ is quite plain, and unusual for […]

The poem “Trout” is a description of a trout’s movements through a river. It uses much repeated imagery and similes to achieve this description of the trout.The poem is made up of four stanzas, each of four lines, and then a single isolated line at the end of the poem.The poem has no regular rhyme […]

The sonnets have fourteen lines and are structured into three quatrains and an ending couplet. The rhyme pattern is abab, cdcd, efef, gg and the rhythm is iambic pentameter.Sonnet 18 is written to the poets loved one. The voice of the poem seems to be Shakespeare himself as in the beginning line he says ‘shall […]

A sonnet is a type of poem, which poets often use to express their feelings. The themes of most sonnets are subjects such as war and death or love and happiness. Sonnets are useful because the poet can tell the reader what they want to say in just fourteen short lines.The person who wrote the […]

The title of the poem ‘Medallion’ automatically conjures up the image of a gold medal with a picture on it, usually awarded to commemorate an achievement. The first stanza, comprising of three lines, sets the scene for the rest of the poem. There is a gate with a moon and a star carved into the […]

I am going to compare Sonnet 130 (‘My mistresses eyes’) and ‘Shall I compare thee’. They are both sonnets about love and appearances. Even though both sonnets have similar subjects they have differing themes. My mistress’s eyes is a realistic sonnet about the depth of Shakespeare’s love for his mistress. He uses his mistress’s faults […]

All of the above poems are mainly about love. They are about men and women about loving and caring for each other, but this isn’t always the case. Sometimes they don’t always get along well and could lead to break up in relationships. Love is a key aspect in many of people’s lives today in […]

Poetry aims to communicate an idea beyond the limits of language, relying on the poet’s introspection. The verses they create symbolize the state of thought rather than physical actions. The emotional dilemma of Shakespeare in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” is demonstrated through his internal conflict between love and lust. This Shakespearean […]