Homework Help: English

Posted by Adrian on Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 8:34pm.

I have two poems that i have to analyze for poetic devices / figurative language such as (Alliteration, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Simile, Etc)
I also need the theme of these poems, Not just "Love" but the more specific theme
Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee

-William Shakespeare

Abby

Every time we embrace,
I go to that far away place
When we just walk hand in hand.
I’m in never, never land.

Whenever I look into your eyes,
I begin to get butterflies,
Then my heart skips a beat,
And our lips passionately meet.

You are always on my mind,
Your face is all it can find.
I think about you everyday
And know it’ll work out somehow, some way.

Some say we’re dumb and foolish
Some say we should do as we wish
But all my heart could ever do
Is tell you that I’ll always LOVE YOU.

- Clinton Followell

Thanks a lot , Cheers
Adrian =)

English - Writeacher, Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 8:41pm
First of all, be sure to read and reread each poem carefully. Follow the directions in the two links below to read them thoroughly, make notes, and write your thoughts coherently:

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReadingPoetry.html#top

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/best/study/poetry.htm

Let us know what you come up with, and we'll be happy to comment and give you feedback on your work.

=)

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