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Articles related to "Quatrain"
Nostradamus Nostradamus, the most famous seer of all, predicted the world would end in 3797. nostradamus • world's end • meteor • quatrains • prophecy
Write ABC, Haiku, Quatrain and Concrete Poems Elementary school teachers can teach students how to write a quatrain poem, a haiku, an alphabet or ABC poem, and a concrete poem and display their poetry in class. poems for elmentary lessons • poetry lessons • quatrain poems • haiku poems • abc poem
Bryant's The Yellow Violet The speaker in Bryant's "The Yellow Violet" celebrates the onset of spring by observing a yellow violet, to which he adds an observation about humility and modesty. bryant’s the yellow violet • when beechen buds begin to swell • lesson in humility • onset of spring • gorgeous blooms of may
Shakespeare Sonnet 15 In marriage sonnet 15, the speaker employs the Time metaphor again to persuade the young man that his only hope for deliverance from decrepitude is to produce offspring. shakespeare sonnet 15 • when i consider every thing that grows • young man • theater metaphor • when i perceive that men as plants increase
Wilbur’s ‘A Late Aubade’ A carpe diem theme runs through Richard Wilbur's poem, which relies heavily on imagery that appeals to all five senses. richard wilbur • a late aubade • carpe diem • imagery • visual
Yogananda's The Cup of Eternity The omniscient speaker metaphorically compares a thirsty traveler to a spiritual seeker on the path to God-realization. paramahansa yogananda • cup of eternity • meditation • soul • god-realization
Shakespeare Sonnet 34 Sonnet 34 portrays with an extended metaphor of weather, sun, and clouds the crests and troughs of the ever-evolving activity of the speaker's writing talent. shakespeare • sonnet 34 • why didst thou promise such a beauteous day • extended metaphor • quatrain
‘A Bird came down the Walk' This poem is one of Dickinson's many fun poems loaded with clever plays on words, making a keen observation that serves to remind the reader of images stored in memory. emily dickinson’s “a bird came down the walk” • frightened beads • thomas h. johnson • complete poem • slant rime
A Liquor Never Brewed: Spiritual Intoxication Indian-American poet offers valuable interpretation of often misunderstood poem. paramahansa yogananda • wine of the mystic • the rubaiyat of omar khayyam • edward fitzgerald • benjamin franklin award
December Poet – Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson was born December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her poem "'Twas just this time, last year, I died" looks beyond the death of the speaker. emily dickinson • ’twas just this time last year i died • amherst • slant rime • death
Shakespeare Sonnet 12 The speaker of Shakespeare's marriage poem 12 again shows how changing nature always comes under "Time's scythe," and only one remedy can fend him off: producing an heir. marriage sonnet 12 • when i do count the clock that tells the time • under the sway of nature • changing nature • time’s scythe
Willilam Blake’s ‘A Poison Tree’ William Blake's "A Poison Tree" makes a didactic but unworkable statement about the efficacy of talking out one's difficulties with enemies. blake’s ‘a poison tree’ • a killing metaphor • songs of experience • difficulties with enemies • i was angry with my friend
Shakespeare Sonnet 5 The speaker of sonnet 5 dramatizes the young man's youth as summer and compares old age to horrid winter, while portraying offspring as the distillation of flowers. shakespeare sonnet 5 • those hours that with gentle work did frame • mariage sonnet • passage of time • summer
Shakespeare Sonnet 8 In Shakespeare's "Marriage Sonnet 8," the speaker for the first time evokes the joyful state of marriage itself, as he continues urging the young man to produce an heir. shakespeare’s marriage sonnet 8 • music to hearwhy hear’st thou music sadly • the state of marriage • music metaphor • the young man
Oscar Wilde's To My Wife Oscar Wilde is noted more for his plays than for his poems. He was a proponent of "art for art's sake," a kind of precursor to the fragmentation of modernism. oscar wilde • to my wife • fragmentation • modernism • elizabethan sonnet
Shakespeare Sonnet 10 In Sonnet 10, the speaker challenges the young man's sense of self, regarding his love and affection for others. The speaker exaggerates the lack as "murderous hate." shakespeare sonnet 10 • for shame! deny that thou bear’st love to any • young man • quatrains • couplet
Shakespeare Sonnet 9 In Sonnet 9, the speaker queries the young man about another possible reason for his remaining single: does he fear leaving some poor woman a widow? shakespeare sonnet 9 • is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye • chiding the young man for not marrying • a crying widow • issuless
Shakespeare Sonnet 96 Sonnets 18-126 are often misidentified as being addressed to a "young man." Actually, the speaker is exploring the many aspects of his writing talent. shakespeare sonnet 96 • some say thy fault is youthsome wantonness • sonnets 18-126 • misidentified as being addressed to a young man • writer’s block
Farmer/Poet Frost The speaker in Robert Frost's sonnet, "Putting in the Seed," dramatizes his deep love for the simple act of planting seeds in the earth's rich soil. farmer/poet • analysis of robert frost's ‘putting in the seed’ • elizabethan sonnet • rime scheme • ababcdcdefefgg
Shakespeare Sonnet 13 In sonnet 13 the speaker continues pleading with the young man to marry and father a son. Again, the speaker is quite specific: "You had a father: let your son say so." shakespeare sonnet 13 • o! that you were yourself but love you are • marriage sonnets • young man • who lets so fair a house fall to decay
Shakespeare Sonnet 138 The speaker in Sonnet 138 confesses to a less than perfect relationship based on lies and deceit of which each partner is aware, yet they continue to flatter each other. shakespeare sonnet 138 • when my love swears that she is made of truth • quatrain • couplet • vainly thinking
Shakespeare Sonnet 4 Each "marriage sonnet" employs a particular metaphor, but the speaker continues with his one theme; he is trying to persuade the young man to marry and produce offspring. shakespeare sonnet 4 • unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spend • marriage sonnets • metaphor • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 6 Sonnet 6 might be considered a companion piece to Sonnet 5 as the speaker opens by referring to the metaphor he used in the earlier sonnet, the distillation of flowers. shakespeare sonnet 6 • then let not winter’s ragged hand deface • young man • offspring • sonnet
Shakespeare Sonnet 73 The speaker in sonnet 73 employs three different metaphors to describe his aging process: a tree, a day, and a fire; his purpose is to emphasize the strength of love. shakespeare sonnet 73 • that time of year thou mayst in me behold • metaphor • aging • black night
Shakespeare Sonnet 20 In Sonnet 20, the speaker again addresses his poem, likening it to a woman's charms, but finding it less fickle and more capable of consistently shielding love. shakespeare sonnet 20 • ‘a woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted’ • young man • scholars • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 33 The extended metaphor of sonnet 33 dramatizes clouds hiding the sun. The sun represents the speaker's writing talent or muse, and the clouds are lulls in inspiration. william shakespeare • sonnet 33 • full many a glorious morning have i seen • anon permit the basest clouds to ride • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 36 The speaker/poet of Sonnet 36 again addresses his poem, dramatizing the unique duality of unity and separation, as the artist experiences those two phenomena. shakespeare • sonnet 36 • let me confess that we two must be twain • our undivided loves are one • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 39 In sonnet 39, the speaker dramatizes a division between himself and his poem, in order to think lovingly about the value of the poem without slipping into solipsism. shakespeare sonnet 39 • o! how thy worth with manners may i sing • who is shakespeare • sonnet 138 • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 49 Addressing his muse, the poet/speaker warns that he will do whatever it takes to secure himself from any possible future loss of inspiration. shakespeare 49 • against that time • if ever that time come • against that time when thou shalt strangely pass • against that time do i ensconce me here
Shakespeare Sonnet 51 As in Sonnet 50, this speaker continues the use of the horse metaphor, as he explores the contrast between body and soul. shakespeare sonnet 51 • thus can my love excuse the slow offence • sonnet 51 • pegasus • winged-horse
How to Make Vacation Poetry Scrapbooks Use vacation pictures and original poems to create a family scrapbook! vacation photos • adjective poems • free verse • limericks • rhyming couplets
Shakespeare Sonnet 16 The speaker of Sonnet 16 likens the struggle with time to war. The young man is at war with Time as if it were a bloody tyrant he has encountered on a battlefield. shakespeare sonnet 16 • but wherefore do not you a mightier way • quatrain • couplet • lines of life
Shakespeare Sonnet 30 Sonnet 30 belongs to the group that is mistakenly thought to be addressed to a young man, but no young man appears, only a "dear friend"-only his poetic talent. shakespeare sonnet 30 • when to the sessions of sweet silent thought • quatrain • couplet • sorrow
Shakespeare Sonnet 31 The speaker/poet dramatizes the importance and function of his poetry: through his talent, his friends and lovers whom he thought dead remain alive in his poem. shakespeare sonnet 31 • thy bosom is endeared with all hearts • talent • love • art
Shakespeare Sonnet 38 In Sonnet 38, the speaker makes a distinction between his talent and his "Muse." shakespeare sonnet 38 • how can my muse want subject to invent • who is shakespeare • sonnet 18 • quatrain
Shakespeare Sonnet 14 In sonnet 14 the speaker says he does not have the power to predict the future by gazing at the stars in the sky, but the eyes of the young man tell all he needs to know. shakespeare sonnet 14 • ‘not from the stars do i my judgment pluck’ • to predict the future • understanding of astronomy • from the heavenly stars
Shakespeare Sonnet 17 Sonnet 17 is the last marriage sonnet; the speaker makes a final plea to the lad, urging him to produce offspring, this time for the sake of the speaker's own veracity. shakespeare sonnet 17 • who will believe my verse in time to come • quatrain • couplet • last marriage sonnet
Shakespeare Sonnet 32 In Shakespeare sonnet 32, the speaker seems more humble than usual about his poems as he addresses a loved one. shakespeare sonnet 32 • if thou survive my well-contented day • compare them with the bettering of the time • quatrian • couplet
Shakespeare Sonnet 35 In Sonnet 35, the speaker addresses the writer's block or failure of his muse to inspire him, but he realizes that along with the positive, always comes the negative. shakespeare • sonnet 35 • no more be griev’d at that which thou hast done • lazy muse • clouds and eclipses
Shakespeare Sonnet 37 The speaker addresses his sonnet as a father would a son, dramatizing how the speaker's life is enhanced in multifaceted ways by his written creations. shakespeare sonnet 37 • as a decrepit father takes delight • quatrain • couplet • for whether beauty birth
Shakespeare Sonnet 50 The speaker laments the battle between body and soul-the dualism that even his art cannot surmount in times of tribulation and woe. shakespeare sonnet 50 • how heavy do i journey on the way • the beast that bears me • tired with my woe • dualism
Shakespeare Sonnet 52 In sonnet 52, the speaker observes that pleasure is best enjoyed infrequently, as he likens his enjoyment of his own creations to traditionally rare occasions. shakespeare sonnet 52 • so am i as the rich whose blessed key • therefore are feasts so solemn and so rare • so is the time that keeps you as my chest • blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope
Shakespeare Sonnet 54 In sonnet 54, the speaker avers that beauty is only beautiful when it represents the truth of the soul; outward beauty is truly only skin deep. shakespeare sonnet 54 • o! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem • the truth of the soul • outward beauty • only skin deep
Shakespeare Sonnet 55 The poet/speaker again lauds his own ability to immortalize his subjects. In this sonnet, he addresses the sonnet itself in order to praise it. shakespeare sonnet 55 • not marble nor the gilded monuments • when wasteful war shall statues overturn • 'gainst death • and all oblivious enmity
Shakespeare Sonnet 53 In Shakespeare Sonnet 53, the speaker explores the nature of the Divine, as he has examined the nature of his own soul and its relationship to his poetic ability. shakespeare • sonnet • 53 • adonis • helen
Shakespeare Sonnet 11 In marriage sonnet 11, the speaker again evokes the young man's pleasing qualities, claiming that the lad has an obligation to marry and pass them on to offspring. shakespeare sonnet 1 • as fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow’st • marriage sonnet 11 • the young man’s pleasing qualities • obligation to marry
Shakespeare Sonnet 7 The speaker employs a clever pun in Sonnet 7 as he metaphorically compares the young man's life to a daily trip of the great star across the sky. shakespeare sonnet 7 • lo! in the orient when the gracious light • young man • father a child • clever pun
Lewis Carroll’s ‘Jabberwocky’ Hailed as the most important nonsense poem in the English language, the poem, "Jabberwocky," serves to exemplify how language works and how it revitalizes itself. lewis carroll’s jabberwocky • sense and nonsense • through the looking-glass • alice’s adventures in wonderland • humpty dumpty
(Part 2) Gibran and Rihani: Two of Lebanon's Best Thinkers Focusing on Ameen Rihani, this is the second part of an article on two of the Arab Worlds best poets/writers and social/political thinkers, arab poets • writers • arab writers • poets • gibran
Malay Pantoum Found in America The Pantoum is a poem of Malay origin that requires quatrains to repeat a pattern of lines in a specific manner. poetry • writing poetry • pantoum • malay • neil gaiman |
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