.... picture. This is created in large part by the oily sounds themselves. When spoken out-loud the diphthong [oi] in oil creates a diffusion of sound around the mouth that physically spreads the oil sound around the passage. An interesting seepage can also be clearly seen when looking specifically at the words "oil-soaked", "oil-permeated" and "grease- impregnated". These words connect the [oi] in oily with the word following it and heighten the spreading of the sound. Moreover, when studying the [oi] atmosphere throughout the poem the [oi] in doily and embroidered seems to particularly stand out. The oozing of the grease in the filling stat .....

.... portion of me be Assignable-and then it was There interposed a Fly� (9-12). I interpret this statement to say that she has closed out all that was her life, and is ready to pass on, when the presence of a pesky fly seems to catch her attention. The introduction of this fly - a part of the world she has closed out - signals that her life is not quite complete. Perhaps she has not succeeded in gaining final closure. There comes a time in life when it is necessary to conclude that the focus of existence is complete and decide what to do with the times that follow. The speaker considers the time following this conclusion a period for closure whi .....

.... was the persona’s present. It is not clear if they already had sexual relations but the woman was naked and in his bed. The last two lines were contradictory. Coolness and warmth were mentioned together. The same object, the orange, was the coolness of the night yet was the warmth of the persona’s life. On the other hand, in This is Just to Say, the plums were eaten already by the persona. It was not offered to the persona during that time. It was not supposed to be eaten at that instant. The sexual relation in this poem was not obviously stated. It would seem that the poem was just stating a situation in which the persona ate cold, delicious .....

.... the almost unbelievable story. The reason a person is to make sure that he or she believes it temporarily to be true is because the Mariner in the story is trying to get the point of forgiveness from God across to the reader and if the reader chooses not to believe the story behind the poem then they will not understand the effect of the point of the tale. Coleridge's main point in writing the story was to get people to understand forgiveness by understanding the poem. The Mariner in the poem is telling his tale to a "Wedding Guest" who has no choice but to listen and to believe. The "Wedding Guest" in the poem represents "everyman" in the sense .....

.... After all of the “Great Awakenings� and religious revivals, the people of New England began to question the old ways. What used to be the focal point of all lives was now under speculation and often doubted. People began to search for new meanings in life. People like Emerson and Thoreau believed that answers lie in the individual. Emerson set the tone for the era when he said, “Insist on yourself; never imitate� (McMichael 691). Emily Dickinson believed and practiced this philosophy. When she was young, she was brought up by a stern and disciplined father. In her childhood she was shy and already different from the others. Like all the .....

.... loves. Through comparing and contrasting the context in which the invitations occur, what each speaker offers, and the tone of each speaker, these differing methods can be understood. The "Passionate Shepherd" is set in a romantic, natural backdrop in the seventeenth century. In this rural setting the Shepherd displays his flock and pastures to his love while promising her garlands and wool for weaving. Many material goods are offered by the speaker to the woman he loves in hopes of receiving her love in return. He also utilizes the power of speech to attempt to gain the will of his love. In contrast, the poem "Song" is set in what is indicati .....

.... verse asks does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? If anyone has ever seen anything dry up whether in the sun or not you can understand the gist of what he is saying. Drying up like a raisin in the sun would suggest losing hope after trying so hard. Another example Langston used was the festering of a sore. Of course, it is painful to get a sore. Such an act or thought could equate to the struggle the blacks in-lets say the sixties went through during all those marches across the country. The pain and suffering they endured trying to become a part of the so-called "American dream". In many ways those efforts were null and void because we sti .....

.... who listens intimately to the sweet murmur of your voice, the enticing laughter that makes my own heart beat fast. If I meet you suddenly, I can't speak- my tongue is broken." She wishes that she had the same relationship with her love that he has. The Greeks believed that love was so strong of an emotional feeling that it could have physical effects. In the poem, the speaker becomes ill from loving so much. She is hurt inside because she is not with her love, and the emotional pain transforms to physical effects. "I drip with sweat; trembling shakes my body and I turn paler than dry grass. At such times death isn't far from me." The speaker goes .....

.... form a choreopoem. A choreopoem is a piece of work that is written as a poem but is intended to be acted out on stage sort of like an opera. It is constructed in such a way that it flows just as well on paper as it does on stage. She either writes in all capital letters or all lower case letters and never mixes them. This creates a style that she is personally known for. It sets her apart from other writers and makes her work original. None of the characters have names or any type of identity except for the color of their clothes. When the piece is done on stage the characters are never introduced they are just eventually recognized by the color of .....

.... could afford. These particulars, indeed might excite our wonder at his productions; but his poetry, considered abstractly, and without the apologies arising from his situation, seems to him fully entitled to command our feelings, and to obtain our applause. One bar, indeed, his birth and education have opposed to his fame, the language in which most of his poems are writtin. Even is Scotland, the provincial dialect which Ramsay and he have used is now read with a difficulty which greatly damps the pleasure of the reader: in England it cannot be read at all, without such a constant reference to a glossary, as nearly to destroy that pleasure. As .....