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Syliva Plath- “Lady Lazarus”

This poem has three lines in each stanza. Some of the words are slant rhymes. This poem also starts off with a lot of n sounds. For example in the first stanza there are the words “again,” “ten,” “done,” and “manage.” In this poem Sylvia Platt uses symbols to represent herself. It shows that she is almost scared of the world. The sentence “Dying/ Is an art, like everything else.”  This is symbolizing Sylivia Platt because she tried to kill herself five times. Dying you can get creative with it like an art. Natzi’s would make lamps and furniture out of baby skin and this is the connection she makes in the second stanza of the poem. She compares herself to a Jew because they have just seen 6 million Jewish people die. Right after you die your identity is gone just like everyone else (the Jewish people).

Robert Frost- “The Road Not Taken”

In the poem the “The Road Not Taken” Robert Frost is monosyllabic with his diction and uses consitant rhyming. This poem is about turning points in a persons life. Robert Frost effectively camputres that essentaul moment through his use of rhyme and story telling. In the first stanza Frost sets the scene for the reader. Then in the second stanza Frost tells the reader that he chose to take the road less traveled by describing it as grassier and “wanted wear.” Frost also adds an element of chance and surprise by saying “and both that morning equally lay in leaves not step in trodden black” meaning there was no difference between the two paves when he was faced with a choice. The poem comes full circle when it is describes that he will eventually look back on this turning point and see the differences between these two similar paths.

Jean Toomer- “Reapers”

This poem has a rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is A, A, B, B, C, C, D, D.  In this poem the lines are almost iambic pentameters. But it is not because there are some lines breaks in the middle of the poem and sometimes there are anapests. For example “with the sound” is an anapest. Because the “with the” is unstressed while “sound” is stressed. This poem gives a scary feeling and makes me feel scared.

Elizabeth Bishop- “Filling Station”

In this poem the first two stanzas almost make the poem seem like its going to be a sestina. The words “dirty” and “station” are used at the end of two of the seven lines in both the first and second stanza. The last two stanza’s do the same thing, they use the words “doily” and “plant” and the end of two of the seven stanzas. There is no rhyme in this poem; it has more of a natural rhythm. In the poem it talks about a “black translucency.” This shows that you can still see what it really is. Also in the second stanza one of the lines is in parenthesis it says “(it’s a family filling station).” This links the family to the station. This poem has a questioning, and puzzled tone. Which leaves the reader uncertain about exactly what’s going on in the poem.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning- “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways”

This poem has an A, B, C, D rhyme scheme. In this poem the lines have caesura’s. This poem also has repetition. For example the word “thee.” It is found in the first two sentences and then towards the end of the poem three lines start with “I love thee.” Even though this poem has a A,B,C,D rhyme scheme. This poem really speaks to whom ever the lover of Elizabeth is.

Shirly Geok-lin Lim- “Riding into California”

This poem as an internal couplet. This poem also has caesura’s because in some of the lines a sentence will end and a new one will start again. This poem really shows what America can look like to an outside. It is explained has having “Oil rigs litter the land like giant frozen birds.” The poem being titles “Riding into California” is just a small description about how an outsider to America can really feel neglected. You have to “be your own ancestor.” This would be hard to have no one want to sit next to because your foreign. This poem could really teach people a lesson about prejudice’s.