Amends Adrienne rich Poem amends by Adrienne Rich personifies moonlight as a female caring for other people. The mood of the poem is generally peaceful and tranquil, though at some places it turns violent. The poems starts with the mention of ‘nights like this’ and further on describes the kind of night being talked about. The words ‘cold’ and ‘white star’ further add to the atmosphere of night time. There are white stars, first one, and then another ‘exploding’ out of the apple tree. Exploding
artist creates a beauty through his poem. Also, a tranquil, calm, still and even a magical evening is created throughout the whole poem. With the reference to another poem with a similar theme (of the moon), we can look at the poem written by Adrienne Rich, ‘Amends,’ a beautiful imagery is portrayed of the moon and it is also personified throughout the whole poem. This poem has a sensuous, calm, relaxed and a contemplative tone, as in the 1st line there is a pause caused by a colon and a gap, ‘Nights
POETRY the dover beach The poem is a dramatic monologue where the speaker is the poet, listener is the wife and we – the readers are the audience. The theme of the poem is of conflict between religion and science. The poem is set in Dover beach, dover is a town in southern england that connects the english channel on southern to north sea on northern. The poem starts with description of the nature, “The sea is calm...” he uses sea to symbolize science and the cliff to symbolize religion. “moon
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