.... after my return from France to London, when I could not but be struck...with the vanity and parade of our own country From this account it can be deduced that the poem was spontaneous in nature and originated from an internal response. The poem's use of a realistic setting occurs in line 2 with the reference of England as a "fen." This particular adjective e describes England as a "land wholly or partially covered by water, mud, clay, or dirt."(Oxford English Dictionary). From this line a realistic setting is produced. The narrator f .....

.... song in remembrance of her infant niece. She had no children of her own at the time and was very close to her niece, who died SIDS, and she expresses her feelings for the child very eloquently in the song. In the song, she gives her niece permission to stop fighting and to fly above the clouds on an endless journey of happiness. A friend of mine introduced me to this song while I was in the hospital with my daughter. After listening to the words of this song, I made the heart-wrenching decision to take her off life support. When I brought my daughter home, I would sit and ro .....

.... poem. The serenity and quiet experienced by the shepherds in the hills of Arcadia, was put into words. The present state of humanity was seen as an Iron Age in which humans have become degenerate. There are three main kinds of pastoral that can be identified in different works. The classical pastoral begins with a conception on man and on human nature and locates it in a specific type, the shepherd, the simplicity of whose life is the goal toward which all existence strives. The shepherds remain first and foremost emblem of humanity, a general rather than a specific typ .....

.... to dispel the myth surrounding Poe, the man and his literature. Summary of the story Setting Characters Point of View Style and Interpretation Theme Related Information Works Cited Complete Text Available Other Viewpoints Illustration is copyright © 1997 Christoffer Nilsson Printed publishing rights retained by the author, copyright pending. Internet publishing rights granted by the author to Christoffer Nilsson for use exclusively in Qrisse's Poe Pages. Any for-profit use of this material is expressly forbidden. Educational .....

.... to an empty grave that brings images of death and the end of life, or possibly the beginning of a new life to mind. The grave is lit by moonlight, possibly referring to the white light many people see when they have near-death experiences. You get a creepy feeling when the wind blows and makes the “grass sing” in line 387. In these first three lines it talks of tumbled graves, possibly disturbed by nature, which could tell of troubled lives, or a troubled second life. The empty chapel without windows is nearby, as you perceive from lines 389 and 390: .....

.... in life. [9]But Clara was not satisfied. [10]Something great was there, she knew; something great enveloped her. [11]But it did not keep her. [12]In the morning it was not the same. [13]They had known, but she could not keep the moment. [14]She wanted it again; she wanted something permanent. [15]She had not realized fully. [16]She thought it was he whom she wanted. [17]He was not safe to her. [18]This that had been between them might never be again; he might leave her. [19]She had not got him; she was not satisfied. [20]She had been there, but she had not gripped t .....

.... intercourse within the flea but that is more than the two of them do together. Saying to her that this would not be adultery suggests that she has a strong faith and is ethically bound to abide by the principals of her religion. His argument is to put down the religion by saying even the flea is mixing our blood, so why shouldn't we? That suggests that the flea is one of God's creatures and so it should follow the principals of God as well because it was created by God, so the mixing of their blood isn't wrong. In the third stanza Donne's girlfriend is on the virge of kil .....

.... Shepherd" is set in a romantic, natural backdrop in the seventeenth century. In this rural setting the Shepherd displays his flock and pastures to his love while promising her garlands and wool for weaving. Many material goods are offered by the speaker to the woman he loves in hopes of receiving her love in return. He also utilizes the power of speech to attempt to gain the will of his love. In contrast, the poem "Song" is set in what is indicative of a twentieth century depression, with an urban backdrop that is characteristically unromantic. The speaker "handle(s) d .....