Jocelyn

poetry journal

**__ AUGUST 17 __** // 1. Romance // - Edgar Allan Poe The rhyme scheme makes this poem a lighthearted read. Personification of “romance” in the form of a bird gives the poem a lively twist.

// 2. A Girl // – Ezra Pound Interesting comparison of a girl to a growing tree. I can almost see in my head how the tree wraps and grows on the speaker’s body.

**__ AUGUST 18 __** // 3. Portrait of Adamine // - Ryan Flaherty The title reminded me of van Gogh’s Portrait of an Artist. Lots of imagery in this poem. I especially like the poem describes the speaker’s feelings of longing.

// 4. A Mystic As Soldier // - Siegfried Sassoon I love war poetry! Despite having to face death, the soldier’s continued patriotism and love for God is absolutely inspirational.

**__ AUGUST 21 __** // 5. The Poor Boy’s Christmas // - Ellis Parker Butler This short poem is rather sad, and even more heartbreaking to think that reality is worse. The repetition of “widow” emphasizes the sorrow of losing a father.

// 6. The Rich Boy’s Christmas // - Ellis Parker Butler Compared to the previous poem, this poem is equally as gloomy. The last line ends strangely with a word that does not fit the rhyme and smooth flow the poet established throughout the poem.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 7. Morning Rain // - Tu Fu <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lots of enjambment to emphasize words and to create pauses. Original poem is in Chinese, would be interesting to see how the translation differs. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">// Could you compare the translation? //

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 8. The Phantom Horsewoman // - Thomas Hardy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Title is misleading because the poem actually talks about a man..

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**__ AUGUST 23 (ABORTION POETRY DAY!) __** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 9. And God Created Abortion // - Sharon Ester Lampert <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The structure of the poem is very unique; the poet numbered each sentence / line. Interesting take on the creation of mankind.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//10. The Abortion// - Anne Sexton <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The poet uses a large variety of descriptive verbs for personification. Repetition emphasizes on the “death” aspect of an abortion, adding a sad feeling to the poem.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__AUGUST 25__** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//11. The Hippopotamus// - T.S. Eliot <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Two completely unrelated things, a hippopotamus and the church is brought together in this entertaining poem. The poet praises the church through comparing it to a hippo. Most stanzas contain solid arguments, with the first two lines talking about the hippo and the last two lines talking about the church.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__AUGUST 28 (WEATHER POETRY DAY, IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE IRENE)__** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 12. *This is not a weather poem, oh well They were Too Poor for Buttons //- Ellie Evans// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This poem reflects the idea that money is not the most important. The mother in the poem is a very creative woman, who loves her daughter very much. The last line of the poem ("... I envied her for the magic wart proud on her knuckles.) was slightly confusing.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//13. The Fury Of Rainstorms// - Anne Sexton <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The poem personifies rain as "red ants", then proceeds to describe the ants with great imagery. Towards the end of the poem, the poet changes subjects and talks briefly about depression. I like the way the poet linked the rain / ants with depression.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//14. Of Nature I shall have enough// - Emily Dickinson <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This short four-lined poem is basically one sentence with enjambment. It is interesting how the poet "entitles" nature to a "Bumble bee's / Familiarities"; I guess it makes sense since bumble bees fly around nature all day long.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**__AUGUST 29__** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//15. Where the Sidewalk Ends// - Shel Silverstein <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the poem, the poet describes a place where conditions are better than the present. I think this is a really creative take on our society (with its pollution etc). It is almost as if the poet wants us all to be children again; to be more naive and simple.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//16. Dream Deferred// - Langston Hughes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This poem is really fun to read! I think how the poem has both a "playful" side, and a more serious side. The playful side explores what crazy things might when a dream is postponed, while the more serious side explores the possible consequences of an unfollowed dream. I really how the poet plays with the different connotations of "dream".

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Checked 18 September 15/15-25 KBoyce <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Seems like you are enjoying yourself. Keep going..and expand commentary.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 17. The Road Not Taken // – Robert Frost <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Poet’s contemplation on which road to take; it reflects the process people endure everyday when making decisions. Calm and curious tone.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 18. Television // – Roald Dahl <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Very fun and lighthearted read. Strong message regarding the modern transition for kids from books to television. Lots of imagery and sensory devices.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 19. Mother to Son // – Langston Hughes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Inspiring message. Poem is rhythmic with lots of imagery and juxtaposition within the imagery. The use of apostrophes for abbreviation gives the poem a cultural spin.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 20. One Art // – Elizabeth Bishop <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Interesting referral to “losing” as a form of art that everyone practices. The repetition of “disaster” builds up to emphasize the disaster in the last stanza. As the poem progresses, stanzas in the poem introduce “bigger” losses.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 21. Chemin De Fer // – Elizabeth Bishop <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Characterization and personification of the hermit adds a lively twist to this otherwise calm and slightly sad poem. Some imagery, but also many sound devices.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 22. Letter To N.Y. // – Elizabeth Bishop <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Many references to New York that I can relate to personally. Seems like the speaker is always one step behind everyone else, trying to adjust and catch on. Repitition of “what you are doing and where you are going” ironically outlines the confusion of the speaker.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 23. The Fish // – Elizabeth Bishop <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Lots of imagery giving a lively description of the fish. The fish is personified to a war veteran, interesting imagination of the speaker (fisherman). Structure of the poem is filled with enjambment and long sentences. Great ending where the fish is let free.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 24. I Loved You // (English translation)– Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A poem donning the message that if you love something, set it free. Rather sad tone and mood, but also hopeful. Would be interesting (if I can understand it) to read the original poem for comparison.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 25. Sea Fever // – John Masefield <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Repetition of the starting line of each stanza emphasizes the vast possibilities of the sea. Rhyme gives the poem a sing-song feel. Lots of imagery.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 26. An Almost Make Up Poem // – Charles Bukowski <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The lack of traditional poetry form makes focusing on the content of the poem difficult. The poem speaks truth from a cynical perspective and voice.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 27. The Tiger // – William Blake <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Rhyme in the poem creates a rhythmic flow. Questions the creation of the tiger (referring to God as a creator). Poem has disbelieving tone. The speaker is puzzled on how the same God can create such a beat (tiger) while also create lambs (everything opposite of a tiger).

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 28. Solitude // – Ella Wheeler Wilcox <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Great use of contrasting attitude to illustrate contrasting responses. The repetition of the structure demonstrates that when all remains the same but one’s attitude, everything else can change. The sad tone of this poem delivers a sad, yet often times true message.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 29. The Rose that Grew from Concrete // – Tupac Shakur <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Interesting contract between often delicate, “soft” life to the hard concrete. Short poem with very straightforward language.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 30. She Walks in Beauty // – George Gordon Byron <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Beautiful description of a female, however the poem describes the female from the idea male perspective, where beauty is superior to all else. Calm tone.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 31. A Crazed Girl // – William Butler Yeats <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A lively depiction of a girl gives the poem a gleeful tone. The “crazed girl” in this poem is either very liberated and free, or mentally insane.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">// 32. Have A Nice Day // – Spike Milligan <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Very funny but twisted poem. Lots of sarcasm. The use of conversation within the poem paints a lively image of the scene that is described.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">5 December 2011 32/45-75

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- "The breath of air had died of cold" - sounds like what I feel every morning! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Contrast between the summer bird and the winter bird is interesting <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Disappointed tone, perhaps a little sad mood || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- AABBCC rhyme scheme <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of imagery <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- While the poem describes a winter scene (which most associate with the color white), different colors are incorporated into the poem (e.g. "red / Banner of poppies", " <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">sunsets o'er it throw / Flame-like splendor, lucent glow", "Rainbow", "golden cup") || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- I do not generally associate worms and snakes with my room <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Interesting diction to describe the worm and snake (e.g. "creeping blood", "surveyed my chamber floor", "Propitiation's claw", "He fathomed me -- / Then to a Rhythm Slim / Secreted in his Form / As Patterns swim / Projected him") <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Little surprise at the end as the poet reveals that all is but a dream || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Religious references ("swept up to heaven", "Christmastide") <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- While the majority of the poem 'feels' cold, "The sun-brown and the summer-gold are blowing" gives a warm, toasty feeling <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The cold weather emphasizes the sadness in death <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Generally gloomy tone, however some phrases gives the feeling of light shining through the darkness --> hope ("But they shall gleam with spiritual glinter") || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The horse in the poem ends tragically; the knight can achieve very little without his horse, but ruthless enough he is able to leave his horse at the door of the castle to die.. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Contracting emotions regarding the knight; at first the knight seems heroic and brave, however his treatment towards his horse suggests a cruel nature || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Darkness is associated with death = negative connotation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lightness is weaved into the darkness (" sang the sun in flight ", "blinding sight", "blaze like meteors") <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Although poem revolves around death, mood is more hopeful and encouraging rather than somber and depressing || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- This poem is hilarious, I would love to quote some parts **everything** <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Very fun and pleasant to read; although title seems gloomy - lighthearted, motivational, optimistic mood <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- 1st stanza = not too interesting introduction, 2nd / 3rd / 4th stanzas = exciting scenarios, 5th stanza = dies down to a not too interesting conclusion <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Interesting to see elders participating in activities generally perceived to be for younger people || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Imagery of the goldfish really freaked me out because I have fear of fish <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lacks structure of a poem, seems more like a prose spread across several lines <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The greatness of maternal love is shown once again through the braveness of the mother when faced with domestic violance <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Still freaked out by the goldfish.. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Beautiful nature imagery contrasts with the stereotypical drunk "scene" / what is associated with excessive drinking (often unclassy and unpleasant) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- I like this: " We share life's joys when sober. Drunk, each goes a separate way." || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- There are lots of similarities between the two poems, for example the idea of the moon, shadow and speaker together, the nature imagery and the ending with the Milky Way <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- More lonely and somber tone compared to the first poem <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Personification of the moon seems to amplify the poet's loneliness || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- A powerful and sad message delivered through a fun and lively poem, however I don't feel like the context of the poem fits with the mood || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Life symbolized by light, thus death the dying of light <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Somber mood || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of enjambment used to slow down pace of the poem || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Title of poem reminds me of the rugby movie (haha) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Powerful last lines that summarize the theme of the poem: taking control of your own destiny || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Context of poem can be applied to so many situations.... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Enjambment towards the end helps emphasize the short lines even more || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Fun poem, chaotic but mood is light: fun to read <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Don't really understand what it's talking about though || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">- Wonder is there is a significance between the ages 73, 91 and 104 || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Rhythm of poem is fast <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Perhaps the intent of the poem is to comfort the family of the dead || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The poem seems more like a prose broken into lines || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Definitive structure <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Repetition of "With ... I'll .. you" and "... you choose" defines clearly the relationship between the speaker and the audience || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Simple language <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- ABAB rhyme gives poem a smooth rhythm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Mood is lighthearted || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Perhaps a metaphor to dreams that die young and are unable to come true <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Mood changes from ambitious and exciting, to sad and neutral || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Depicts the quickly change of events: a sad truth, soldier who fight with their lives often fade out of glory upon the end of war, their sacrifice forgotten <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of gruesome imagery || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- I don't know if chickens are a metaphor for something more serious.. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Interesting how the hour of the soul is AWAY from books, art etc; these are elements we turn to today for enjoyment || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Comparing manmade to natural; perhaps trying to say that we can never "make" nature <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- May be talking about deeper themes such as resource exploitation || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- I'm not sure whether the poem is simply telling a story, or explaining something deeper || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- It's interesting how instead of demoting hiding behind a facade, this poem promotes and shows the positive of hiding <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Contrast between start of poem and end of poem || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The end of the poem is a lonely and depressing mood || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Loose rhyme <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Theme: everything deserves to be loved || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Waltz, an elegant dance, to describe a horrific event: method of coping <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of dark imagery ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Title -// Poet || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Comments ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">33. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Looking For a Sunset Bird in Winter// - Robert Frost || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Very rhythmic and pleasant to read; follows a rhyme scheme
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">34. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Garden in Winter - Lucy Maud Montgomery || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Enjambment in order to create rhythmic 7 syllable lines (all lines except one are 7 syllables long)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">35. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//In Winter in my Room// - Emily Dickinson || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of enjambment creates may pauses; enjambment used to emphasize certain words
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">36. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Winter Song// - Wilfred Owen || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- War poetry? "The browns, the olives, and the yellows died" - possibly referring to difference races of people dying in war
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">37. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Fast Rode the Knight// - Stephen Crane || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Sounds like the stereotypical description of Prince Charming --> "To save my lady!"
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">38. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night// - Dylan Thomas || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Repetition of " Rage, rage against the dying of the light " reminds reader of the main idea of this poem: (sounds cliché.. ) to live each day fully and to not idle life away
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">39. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Let Me Died A Youngman's Death// - Roger McGough || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA <-- my first reaction
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">40. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//A Smile To Remember// - Charles Bukowski || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The title implied a cheerful memory but the poem was quite depressing and horrifying
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">41. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Drinking Alone// - Li Po || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- First thought: I did not know ancient Chinese drank wine
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">42. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Alone And Drinking Under The Moon// - Li Po || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Can this possibly be a sequel?!
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">43. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Talking Turkeys!// - Benjamin Zephaniah || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- I felt like I was reading rap song lyrics typed by a 10 year old through text message (dey ofen typ lyke dis)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">44. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> //Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night// - Dylan Thomas || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Interesting way to plea for life
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">45. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Don't Go Far Off// - Pablo Neruda || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- A touching poem, very longing mood
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">46. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Invictus// - William Ernest Henley || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Rhyme gives poem a smooth flow
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">47. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Fire and Ice// - Robert Frost || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Obvious contrast between fire and ice
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">48. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//On the Ning Nang Nong// - Spike Milligan || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Abundance of sound devices: onomatopoeia and alliteration
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">50. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Let Me Die A Youngman's Death// - Roger McGough || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Strange: " Or when I'm 104 / and banned from the Cavern / may my mistress / catching me in bed with her daughter"
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">51. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Do not stand at my grave and weep// - Mary Elizabeth Frye || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Repetition of "I am (something)" emphasizes the poet's view of death
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">52. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//I Speak Not// - George Gordon Byron || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Ironic how the poem is entitled "I Speak Not", yet the content of the poem speaks about a secret love
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">53. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Anywhere You Choose// - Ernestine Northover || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Beautiful poem, very sensual
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">54. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Childhood// - David Bates || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Captures the essence of childhood with great imagery and similes
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">55. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//To an Athlete Dying Young// - Alfred Edward Housman || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Talks about a promising athlete's sad early death
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">56. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Disabled// - Wilfred Owen || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Another sad, pensive poem by Wilfred Owen
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">57. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens// - Jack Prelutsky || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Imagery of chickens is quite funny
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">58. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//A Clear Midnight// - Walt Whitman || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Very short poem
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">59. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Trees// - Joyce Kilmer || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The rhyme contribute to the poem's lighthearted tone and mood
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">60. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//As Soon as Fred Gets Out of Bed// - Jack Prelutsky || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- It's a silly poem
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">61. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//We Wear the Mask// - Paul Laurence Dunbar || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- The mood of the poem is neutral at first, but more exciting towards the end
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">62. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//I Cry// - Tupac Shakur || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Quite sad to cry alone
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">63. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Love's Philosophy// - Percy Bysshe Shelley || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Lots of imagery with nature
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">64. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//My Papa's Waltz// - Theodore Roethke || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">- Perhaps talking about abuse?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">65. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Not Waving but Drowning - Stevie Smith || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poet states very un-subtlely (e.g. "And now he's dead"). Although the poem talks about death, the mood is quite neutral. The contrast between the man's "larking" and his sudden death is interesting, almost as if the man has been hiding behind a mask of larking, hiding his dark side. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">66. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight? - Christopher Marlowe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"It lies not in our power to love or hate, / For will in us is overruled by fate" - These two lines are interesting. Relates to our world today, where our actions are ruled by so many guidelines, we may not always act as our hearts desire. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">67. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Passionate Shepherd to his Love - Christopher Marlowe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Rhyme and meter create strong rhythm. This poem is very different from the previous Marlowe poem I read; this has a more lively and optimistic tone. It talks about love and its endless possibilities. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">68. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">On Raglan Road - Patrick Kavanagh || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lots of enjambment in this poem, although I don't really understand its purpose. The lines of the poem are very long. Punctuation in this poem serve to escalate the mood of the lines. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">69. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Broken Appointment - Thomas Hardy || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I do not feel bad for the speaker even though he was stood other; on the contrary, I think that the speaker's self pity is sad. He seems to be dwelling on the past rather than moving on. The entire poem has a depressing mood and the speaker's tone is disappointed. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">70. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Happy Man - Edwin Arlington Robinson || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Although the title suggests happiness, the mood of the poem feels rather neutral and even sad. I think the speaker is reflecting on the past happiness. It seems that the speaker is dead ("Leave me to my quiet rest / In the region of the blest").. but I don't understand how he/she can be speaking from the grave. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">71. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In a Station of the Metro - Ezra Pound || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This poem is two lines long, and I don't understand either lines.. The first line evokes a dark mood, as the faces in the crowd are painted like ghosts. In my mind, I have an extremely strange image regarding the poem: a fruit tree, except instead of fruits there are ghostly faces hanging on the branches. Strange. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">72. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is Just to Say - William Carlos Williams || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This is a fun poem. The enjambment cuts the line of the poems extremely short and creates lots of pauses. Enjambment acts to emphasize words in the lines of the poem. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">73. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Amidst The Flowers A Jug Of Wine - Li Po || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Again, Li Po talks about wine / drinking in this poem. It's often difficult to analyze structure, punctuation etc. in translated poems, as it may not be the intent of the original writer. The mood of the poem is quite neutral; the speaker feels lonely as he drinks under the moonlight. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">74. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Knoxville Tennessee - Nikki Giovanni || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Enjambment makes the poem feel like a list of things. There are lots of imagery, especially that of nature. Similar to the poem we read in class (it was about some state..), this poem focuses on promoting Knoxville through nature imagery and heartwarming descriptions. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">75. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tarantella - Hilaire Belloc || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">First thought: reminds me of Nora Helmer and her tarantella dance! The rhyme and rhythm of the poem almost renders the poem lyrical. Enjambment emphasizes the rhythm. Mood is lighthearted and adventurous. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">76. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All the World's a Stage - William Shakespeare || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Like many other poems, this Shakespeare piece explores the stages of life. Perhaps Shakespeare is making a reference to his playwrights through the title "stage"; life is like a stage, and we are like actors, each show has a climax but eventually ends. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">77. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"Hope" is the thing with feathers - Emily Dickinson || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In this poem hope is compared to a thing with feathers, presumably a bird. However at the same time, the poet may be conveying the idea that hope is elusive. Comparison of hope to a bird may also signify that hope can truly propel us to newer and greater heights. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">78. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">As I Grew Older - Langston Hughes || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In the start of the poem, the speaker's dream is described as intense, bright light. However towards the end, contrast is created as the dream dies and everything becomes dark. Contrast in lighting emphasizes the downfall of the dream. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">79. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mother to Son - Langston Hughes || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The contrast between crystal stair and roughness create great imagery. Climbing stairs may be a metaphor for overcoming obstacles in life. I like how the poem is very rhythmic and the tone is confident. I don't, however, like the abbreviation of words (e.g. reachin', goin'). ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">80. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Fairy Song - William Shakespeare || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This poem was fun to read because of the meter and the rhyme, but I don't have a clue what the content is about.. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">81. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I Am Not Yours - Sarah Teasdale || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The tone of the poem is definitely longing. Imagery exemplifies the degree of love. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">82. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">One Art - Elizabeth Bishop || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poem is filled with a detaching mood. The speaker begins my talking about loosing items. As the poem progresses the speaker begins to loose untouchable things. In this case, Bishop talks about losing friendship. It's interesting that Bishop considers loosing a form of art. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">83. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">No man is an island - John Donne || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I think the poet's intent is to show the whole is greater than the sum of parts. Again though, this poem feels more like a prose to me. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">84. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bright Star - John Keats || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poet juxtaposes the pain and joy of love in this poem. Bright star may be a symbol of long lastingness; at the same time a star cannot be touched, but only admired from a distance. Perhaps the poet is suggesting that his love is within reach, but so far away. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">85. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Hot and Cold - Roald Dahl || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I'm not sure if this poem is about infidelity. If it is, then this poem is very funny and witty. The poem portrays the innocence of childhood against adult affairs. Must be awkward for the mistress.. ;) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">86. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House - Billy Collins || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I hope the poem is not comparing the music of Beethoven to the barking of dogs. If so, I am extremely offended as Beethoven is my favorite composer. Juxtaposition of barking and imagery of the performing orchestra gives the poem a chaotic mood. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">87. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Introduction To Poetry - Billy Collins || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In this poem, Collins urges reader to simply enjoy poems, rather than tear them apart through analysis. Ironically enough, I am trying to dissect the poem as I read, and the theme of this poem goes against everything I've learnt in the years of English class. It's interesting, because I've often wondered whether authors and poets wish for their works to be analyzed in depth like we often do. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">88. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I really enjoy this poem's winter imagery. Perhaps the purpose of this poem is to show that we cannot always spend time to enjoy the different parts of life, as we must move on the keep up with the pace of things. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">89. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Time to Talk - Robert Frost || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Unlike the previous Frost poem, this poem expresses the leisurely pace of life. Perhaps Frost wants to stress the importance of balancing out the aspects of life; in the case of this poem, it's important to not neglect one's relationships with others because of work. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">90. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Still I Rise - Maya Angelou || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This poem about rising above the ashes and defying odds is told in a neutral tone. The use of questions within the poem works to exemplify the speaker's statements. I especially enjoy the poet's use of wide vocabulary, such as "sassiness" and "sexiness". ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">91. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Five Ways To Kill A Man - Edwin Brock || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poem begins with an allusion to the death of Christ. As the poem progresses, time also progresses, making references to gas chambers in WWII. Despite the gruesome imagery, the poem comes to a surprising end when the poet advertises to simply leave the man alone rather than kill him. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">92. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face - Jack Prelutsky || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Along with it's rhyme, this poem is an easy read and very lighthearted and funny. It's unlikely assumptions serve to remind us to appreciate ourselves. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">93. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dreams - Langston Hughes || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Similar to Emily Dickinson's poem where hope is the thing with feathers. In this case, dreams are compared to dreams. Again, the idea of dreaming being elusive is expressed. The rhyme is very loose, and the structure of the poem divides the different scenario of dreams. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">94. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">If You Forget Me - Pablo Neruda || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poem is written in very simplistic language. There are lots of beautiful imagery that help express the beauty of human feelings. The tone is calm, yet the mood is rather emotional and exciting. I'm sure the original poem in Spanish is much more beautiful (or at least sounds nicer) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">95. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All That is Gold Does Not Glitter - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The ABAB rhyme gives the poem a lyrical feeling. Imagery of glittering gold, fire and light contrast with imagery of ashes, shallows and deep roots. It's a nice poem, but I don't really understand it. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">96. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Annabel Lee - Edgar Allan Poe || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This poem talks about a woman who loved and died young. The rhyme scheme varies within each stanza, and the mood of the poem is longing. The narrator seems to loved Annabel Lee very much, almost so much to worship her. Repetition serves to assert the narrator's strong love for Annabel Lee. The simplistic language has a childish tone, perhaps to reflect the young love between the narrator and Annabel Lee. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">97. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Richard Cory - Edwin Arlington Robinson || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The poem talks about a man, Richard Cory, who seems to have everything: money, education and physique. Yet the poem ends with a bang (pun intended!) when Richard Cory "put a bullet in his head". The first three stanzas sound envious, as they talk about the wealth of Richard Cory. The reason behind Richard Cory's suicide is unknown, perhaps the poet intends the reader to fill in the blanks regarding the unknown reason. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">98. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">"Faith" is a fine invention - Emily Dickinson || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In this poem, Dickinson again compares something unseen to an object. "Microscopes are prudent / In an Emergency" because we cannot simply rely on faith in times of extreme need, rather we need to see in order to believe. However, that does not mean faith is not "a fine invention". ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">99. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">A Very Short Song - Dorothy Parker || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This poem is simplistic and easily understood. The ABAB rhyme scheme renders this heartbreaking poem rather lighthearted. The humorous language contrasts with the sad theme of heartbreak. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">100. || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All You Who Sleep Tonight - Vikram Seth || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The mood of this poem is somber, and the rhyme contributes to the calm tone. The first stanza contrasts with the second stanza, as the first deals with loneliness, while the second stanza attempts to comfort loneliness by saying that others are just as lonely. ||