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  2. Contemplations (poem) - Wikipedia

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    According to scholars, there does not seem to be a very strict form in "Contemplations" upon first glance. However, patterns can be found in the poem, including patterns of imagery. One example of this pattern in the poem is the metaphor of seasons passing. The poem moves from autumn all the way through to summer.

  3. Song of Myself - Wikipedia

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    In section 32, for instance, Whitman expresses a desire to "live amongst the animals" and to find divinity in the insects. In addition to this romanticism, the poem seems to anticipate a kind of realism that would only become important in United States literature after the American Civil War. In the following 1855 passage, for example, one can ...

  4. Sonnet 39 - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet 39 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Structure

  5. Sonnet 141 - Wikipedia

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    Finally, the poem's couplet is often misunderstood. "The basis of the conceit here is the idea of a soul's term of imprisonment in purgatory" writes Stephen Booth. Samuel Butler provides this adept gloss: "I shall suffer less for my sin hereafter for I get some of the punishment coincidentally with the offense".

  6. Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise" poem remains an anthem for the oppressed's struggle against the powerful, especially Black women. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...

  7. One's Self I Sing - Wikipedia

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    One’s-Self I sing, a simple, separate person; Yet utter the word Democratic, the word en-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe, I sing; Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the Muse I say the Form complete is worthier far; The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,

  8. Il Penseroso - Wikipedia

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    Il Penseroso ("the thinker") is a poem by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley. It was presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro , a vision of poetic mirth .

  9. Batter my heart, three-person'd God - Wikipedia

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    The military discourse is prominent in the octave of the poem, manifested in such expressions as: batter, your force, break, blow, burn, usurp'd town, due, viceroy, defend, captivated. The speaker is like a usurped town during a siege, imprisoned by the enemy (Satan and sin), but is awaiting God to use his force and to liberate him.