.... the moment rules. "Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds", "Make no parley - stop for no expostulation." "Let not the child's voice be heard, nor the mother's entreaties, Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses,". In "The Arsenal at Springfield", Longfellow notes the senselessness of war. "The cries of agony, the endless groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own." He also indicates that war could be avoided if man would be more caring and try harder to avoid it. ""Were half t .....

.... upon the "unimportant wood". The appparent arrogance of the narrator is revealed as well by his reference to himself as a Herculean figure standing not alongside nature, but over it: "The grip on earth of outspread feet,/The life of muscles rocking soft/And smooth and moist in vernal heat." Unexpectedly, the narrator then turns toward nature, apparently abandoning his initial train of thought. He reveals the unpredictability of nature, saying that even in the middle of spring, it can be "two months back in the middle of March." Even the fauna of the land is involved with this chicanery; the arrival of the bluebird would to m .....

.... yet she isn't passing by anymore, and to her this hundred years seems as no time at all. Finally she accepts her death, and is able to pass into eternity. To her death wasn't harsh like some see it, but a kindly, gentle soul, taking her for a carriage ride to her final home. A child experiences death much differently than an adult. Children aren't quite able to see death as the sad even that it is. "First Death in Nova Scotia" tells of a young boys death, and his cousins view of it. We are shown Arthur's death through the eyes of a child. The little girl, our narrator, describes the scene of her cousins funeral. Her focus .....

.... to express their opinions. These differences allow us as readers to understand the authors intent and main idea of each poem. The first obvious difference in each poem is the gender of the speaker. This difference may be reflected in the opinions and body of each poem. Sons have different experiences with a father than daughters do with their fathers. Sons and fathers most commonly share a much closer bond than fathers and daughters. This relationship may have had some bearing on the opinions and feeling of each speaker. Cofers removed relationship with her father may have been due to that lack of this gender bond. In turn Roeth .....

.... somber procession. The athlete is being carried to his grave. In Leggett's opinion, "The parallels between this procession and the former triumph are carefully drawn" (54). The reader should see that Housman makes another reference to "shoulders" as an allusion to connect the first two stanzas: Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder high we bring you home, And set you at the threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. (967) In stanza three Housman describes the laurel growing "early" yet dying "quicker than a rose." (967) This parallels "the 'smart lad' who chose to 'slip betimes a .....

.... set of beliefs. They are both very mysterious things that lack conclusive proof. Updike’s experience at the end is somewhat religious because he is completely awed by something so mysterious (the birds). Next the author’s organization of the poem also contributes to the climactic ending. In each stanza the author describes one specific part of his experience. In the first stanza the author depicts the setting, the second stanza talks about the trees and the beauty they possess, the third stanza discusses the author’s amazement about the birds. The fourth stanza then shows the real side to the birds, taking away som .....

.... there is a reference to not-knowing melancholy, and yet she defends that with “one’s pretty lively when ruined” (20), which contradicts with the melancholy tone of the poem, to some extent. The recall of the conversation between the two girls comes to a climax when the narrator describes her fantasies as being like the other girl, she says, “I wish I had feathers…delicate face and could strut about Town” (21,22). Very quickly her excitement is suppressed by “My dear – a raw country girl, such as you be, cannot quite expect that” (23,24), and then a reasoning of being ruined is given, and in desperate tone the nar .....

.... for people to read for generations to come. By doing so, both of the poets are preserving the beauty of the subjects, which are the young friend of Shakespeare and Keats' "Grecian Urn." Beginning with Sonnet 18, and continuing here and there throughout the first major grouping of sonnets, Shakespeare approaches the problem of mutability and the effects of time upon his beloved friend in a different fashion. Instead of addressing the problem of old age, he emphasises his friend's attributes: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... (lines 1-2)" Though time and death work together to .....

.... In the third stanza, this is most obvious: "She played it quick, she played it light and loose; / My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees; / Her several parts could keep a pure repose, / Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose / (She moved in circles, and those circles moved)." Here, there are almost a dozen leading or strong trailing "s"'s weaving through the words, outlining the form one can picture as her "several parts keep a pure repose" and "one hip quiver"s as she "moved in circles, those circles moving." Roethke clearly paid close attention to the physical side of this woman as well, making these small observati .....

.... wondrous words. This narration explains that though these were sights well visited , their beauty and Keats imagination kept them alive. Having read Chapman's translation til dawn with his teacher, he was so moved he wrote this his first great poem and mailed it by ten A.M. that day. In On Seeing the Elgin Marbles for the First Time, the description of his experiences overflows with depression and experience. As the poem continues you see his sad point of view has faded . It gives it a familiarity that hides its true serene character. He describes how his spirit is weak (mortality) and his wonderful memories have faded i .....