Lit. Exam 1 – Work Analysis

Imagery is used to describe this divine woman, described herself as someone to look up to through the goddess in the poem, imagery is vibrant and colorful, the end of the poem is kind of dark with the way that the people treat the goddess

Imagery with colors and the sea/sky used to depict Venus from Sandro Boticelli's painting

Imagery is used, but she also uses regular sentences that are like normal speech rather than the typical nineteenth century verse structure

Uses imagery to describe a beautiful day in September, but as well as feel the pain that everyone felt from the war

Amy expresses her reminiscing her move from new England with imagery of the land and nature, expressing a before and after

Imagery of men is used, poem's speaker is talking about how he contrasts with the rest of his "fellows" in that they are ready to go to war and are anxious to fight whereas the speaker would rather stay home and tend to things such as arrange flowers, sip wine, and enjoy winter nights

Blank verse is used, Neighbors talking about the fence between their properties not being needed, but the neighbor argues good fences make for good neighbors

Suicide poem, the speaker has a conflict between what the woods represent, an escape from his responsibilities and the village, which are the responsibilities that lie ahead of him

The depiction of red and white and the glazing rain are the visual image created and the haiku like poem, speaker reflects on how important a certain wheelbarrow is

The sweet plum is contrasted with the cold human relationship of not sharing or forgiving for one small breach of etiquette

Imagery used to convey pound's emotion

Sonnet, about a woman who is a prostitute and uses imagery to describe the woman

Talks negatively about the juxtaposition in American society with the negative view on dark-skinned people or blacks, compared to light skinned people, or white people; it is talking about the harlem area in the roaring twenties and in the harlem reniassance

The poem was published at the end of slavery but talks about how hostility towards African americans has not ended, paints a picture of a lynching which reveals criticism of how dark humanity is

Talks about dying a meaningful death, blacks must be willing to die for their rights

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Story of a wife who's husband dies and she is happy when she finds he has died because she is freed from her marriage, uses imagery to express her emotions of elation and hope for the future

Story of a wife who is kept locked up in her house by her husband in order to get well, expresses the characteristics that were seen in a patriarchial society during this time, the yellow wallpaper is used as a symbol throughout the work to express her emotions and how trapped she felt

Third person omniscient narration, dog is seen as a means of survival for the man and there is no real companionship; instinct is stronger than intellect sometimes and nature needs to be respected

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