Poem Analysis of James Joyce - Claire Dennis

I HEAR AN ARMY by James Joyce

I hear an army charging upon the land,
And the thunder of horses plunging, foam about their knees:
Arrogant, in black armor, behind them stand,
Disdaining the reins, with fluttering whips, the charioteers.

They cry unto the night their battle-name:
I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame.
Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.

They come shaking in triumph their long, green hair:
They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart, have you no wisdom thus to despair?
My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?

In red is the author’s use of end rhyme.
In orange is the author’s use of repetition.
In purple is the author’s use of personification.
In blue is the author’s use of similies.
Underlined is the author’s point of view. In this poem, he uses first-person.
In green is the author’s use of the sense of sound.


ANALYSIS

In the poem "I Hear An Army" by James Joyce, the poet describes a nightmare about charioteers clad in black armor and with long green hair, riding out of the sea and charging towards him. He uses intense, graphic imagery to portray the powerful image of an army of horses galloping in battle.

Joyce opens the poem with sound, writing “I hear an army charging upon the land”. He employs music in his poem, using his words as lyrics that accompany the underlying beat of his stanzas.
In the second stanza, he uses abrupt, short phrases that emphasize his descriptions of the horses and charioteers. Along with his violent imagery, this stocatta-like phrasing establishes a rhythm for the poem. Maybe it matches the rhythm of the horses’ hooves as they gallop across the shore. Maybe it’s the loud, fast beating of his own anxious heart.

Joyce uses repetition in the fourth stanza to emphasize the “clanging, clanging upon the heart”, which is the action of the charioteers as they “cleave the gloom of dreams”. Again the beat of the poem is detected and builds momentum in the reader’s mind.

The threatening force is portrayed in this poem through the charioteers. Joyce continually refers to the soldiers as “they”, using parallel sentence structure in the third stanza to describe what they do and why they are so fearful. He says the charioteers “come shaking in triumph”, making the charioteers seem powerful and frightening.

His fierce imagery and intricate rhythm in “I Hear an Army” allows Joyce to convince the reader of any emotion he wishes to portray. Although a relatively short poem, “I Hear an Army” certainly does not lack ambition.

Analysis of Truth

Fle fro the {pres}, and {dwelle} with {sothefastnesse,}
Suffise thin owen thing, thei it be smal;
For hord hath hate, and clymbyng tykelnesse,
Prees hath envye, and wele blent overal.
{Savour} no {more} thanne the {byhove} schal;
Reule weel thiself, that other folk canst reede;
And trouthe schal delyvere, it is no drede.

Tempest the nought al croked to redresse,
In trust of hire that tourneth as a bal.
Myche wele stant in litel besynesse;
Bywar therfore to spurne ayeyns an al;
Stryve not as doth the crokke with the wal.

[Daunte] thiself, that [dauntest] otheres dede;
And trouthe shal delyvere, it is no drede.

That the is sent, receyve in buxumnesse;
The [[wrestlyng]] for the worlde [[axeth]] a fal.
Here is non home, here [[nys]] but [[wyldernesse]].
Forth, pylgryme, forth! forth, beste, out of thi stal!
Know thi contré! loke up! thonk God of al!
Hold the heye weye, and lat thi gost the lede;
And trouthe shal delyvere, it is no drede.


Essentially what Chaucer is saying in this poem is that if you live life as the universe gives it to you and don’t try and live beyond your means than you will live a good life. It was loved because in this time period people loved poems that had wise meanings or advice. And this one could be no wiser or more advice giving.

{Assonance}

[Repetition]

[[Internal Rhyme]]

Poetic Analysis of "Daffodils" by William Wordsworth

Daffodils by William Wordsworth

This poem exemplifies Wordsworth’s writing style quite well. Wordsworth’s poems often consist of him recounting his memories of nature, in this case a field of daffodils. He beautifully describes the daffodils and compares them to other parts of nature. He tells of how his memory of them can bring him joy even when he is alone and away from nature.

Poetic Devices
(Personification)
(Simile)
(End Rhyme)
(Imagery)
(Hyperbole)
(Alliteration)

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, (repetition)All in the valley of DeathRode the six hundred."Forward, the Light Brigade!"Charge for the guns!" he said:Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knewSomeone had blunder'd:Theirs not to make reply, (end rhyme)Theirs not to reason why, (end rhyme)Theirs but to do and die: (end rhyme)Into the valley of DeathRode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them, (repetition)Cannon to left of them, (repetition)Cannon in front of them (repetition)Volley'd and thunder'd; (internal rhyme)Storm'd at with shot and shell, (end rhyme)Boldly they rode and well, (end rhyme)Into the jaws of Death, (metaphor)Into the mouth of Hell (end rhyme)Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabers bare, (end rhyme)Flash'd as they turn'd in air, (end rhyme)Sabring the gunners there,Charging an army, whileAll the world wonder'd: (alliteration)Plunged in the battery-smoke (end rhyme)Right thro' the line they broke; (end rhyme)Cossack and RussianReel'd from the saber stroke (end rhyme)Shatter'd and sunder'd. (end rhyme)Then they rode back, but notNot the six hundred. (end rhyme)
Cannon to right of them, (repetition)Cannon to left of them, (repetition)Cannon behind them (repetition)Volley'd and thunder'd;Storm'd at with shot and shell, (end rhyme)While horse and hero fell, (end rhyme)They that had fought so well (end rhyme)Came thro' the jaws of Death (metaphor)Back from the mouth of Hell, (end rhyme)All that was left of them,Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade? (end rhyme)O the wild charge they made! (end rhyme)All the world wondered. (end rhyme)Honor the charge they made, (end rhyme)Honor the Light Brigade,Noble six hundred. (end rhyme)

This is written in 3rd person. Tells the story of the Charge of the Light Brigade, which was a battle in the 1850’s. British troops fought against Russians, there was a miscommunication and many British soldiers were killed. This poem honored the men who died and the battle is still remembered in the UK. This is remembered in a way that Americans remember the Alamo. A battle with very high casualties but we still honor the soldier’s bravery. The themes exemplified in the poem include; bravery, honor, death, violence, glory, and being noble.

We are going back again
To the mud and the rain
Where the guns complain (personification)
And the stones stain.




We are leaving the mountain snow.
Once more it is our turn to go
Back to the advanced foe.
It is just we know . . .




We are going back again
To our comrades' graves on the plain,
To the graves sunk in the rain
We do not complain.




We say nothing: but think only
(Heart-constricted, a moment lonely):
"Who will be killed this time
And for what crime?" (endrhyme)




-John Gawsworth

This poem is talking about soilders in fighting in a war, most likely World War 2 and how much they hate it. it is specifically talking about soilders who are returining to the fight after they were on R & R (rest and relaxation), or even veteran soildres who were coming back from a diffrent war who were dreading the fighting and the bloodshed. it states at the end that the soilders are wonderign who will die in this battle, and who will they die, which is a very real and present thought in soilders when they go off to war. the underlying theme in this poem is that no matter how much they dread and hate war, thatr they will always return because they are ordered to, or feel as though it is their duty.

LIGHTHEARTED I walked into

the valley wood

In the time of hyacinths ( imagery)

Till beauty like a scented cloth ( similie)
Cast over, stifled me. I was bound
Motionless and faint of breath ( imagery)

By loveliness that is her own eunuch.(Metaphor)

Now pass I the final river
Ignominiously, in a sack, without a sound, ( imagery)
As any peeping Turk to the Bosphorous. ( similie  and symbolism)

  Wow! I must say that when I initially read this poem I was all sorts of confused. There are so many poetic and rhetorical devices, and words and references that just didn't quite make sense to me at first. Now fully understanding what the poem means, my mind has been blown to a million little pieces! 
  One very interesting thing to take note of is that the tense in this short 10 line poem changes. Lines 1-7 are in the past, and lines 8-10 are in the present.  With the change over of tenses you can infer that Hulme's physical and even psychological presence, in lines 1-7, are different than lines 8-10. Imagery is the most often used poetic device in this poem. Hulme uses it to set the scenery of springtime in the forest in lines 1-3, and he uses it again in line 6 to describe his physical reaction to great beauty. I would also like to clarify that the word hyacinth is one not known by many unless you've studied horticulture. Hyacinth is the plant also known as Baby's Breath.  Line 7 is also one that really gave me a challenge when analyzing it. What makes this a metaphor, are the clauses "by loveliness" and "her own eunuch". Metaphors compare two things that are seemingly unlike. Eunuch, is simply a man who is castrated for religious purposes, opera purposes, or class system purposes. The sight he saw was not actually pleasant but one that frightened him and maybe even disgusted him. In lines 8-10, the tense changes to the present. My interpretation of this might be a bit outlandish, but I believe that Hulme is dead. When he says that he's "passes the final river" it's a symbol for passing through the final stages from life to death. Ignominiously is another word for shamefully. I believe that the entire poem is describing the feeling of dying. The last line is relating the motion of passing through the river to Turks passing through the body of water that separates Europe from Asia.

You Are Old, Father William Poem Analysis

'You are old, Father William', the young man said,
'And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head --
Do you think, at your age, it is right?

''In my youth', Father William replied to his son,
'I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none,
Why, I do it again and again.

''You are old', said the youth, 'as I mentioned before,
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door --
Pray, what is the reason of that?'

'In my youth', said the sage, as he shook his grey locks,
'I kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment - one shilling the box -
Allow me to sell you a couple?'

'You are old', said the youth, 'and your jaws are too weak
For anything tougher than suet;
Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -
Pray, how did you manage to do it?

''In my youth', said his father, 'I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life.

''You are old', said the youth, 'one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -
What made you so awfully clever?

''I have answered three questions, and that is enough,'
Said his father, 'don't give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs!'

This poem is a parody of Robert Southey's "The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them"

In this poem, the son is very age-obsessed because he keeps reminding his father of how old he is. The son repeatedly tells the father that he is old and asks him why he does the things he does now. The father tells his son that when he was young, he was scared of doing things that are risky or scary but now, his age does not matter to him and is just a number. The son is very arrogant in a way because all the thinks of his father is a age and questions his actions. Despite the fact that the father is old, he seems pretty content with the fact he is getting older and at the end seems annoyed with his son. This poem has end rhythm, the rhythm scheme is ABAB, the poem has anapest, and it is burlesque it also has hyperbole in it. This poem is repeative in the sense that the son tells the father he's old, the son questions the father, the father rebuddles back and shuts the son up.

As I Walked Out One Evening Analysis

As I Walked Out One Evening is not the traditional love poem. The first time I read it, it was obvious that the main subject was love. But just like every poem I read, I knew it was much deeper than that. While reading the poem a second time, I realized that the tone changes twice; each time representing a new narrator. The three different narrators have their own opinion about the battle of love versus time. The first narrator is the lovers. They believe that their love is timeless as if time was an avoidable object that could be ignored. They make their love seem perfect as if it could only be stopped when “China and Africa meet.” At the point where they say they hold “The Flower of the Ages, And the first love of the world” the clocks ring as if their love was a lie and time intervenes. The clocks speak for time and they believe that time is unconquerable and it will spare nobody. The love that the lovers share will not be able to last forever because time will take its toll on it. The “t” in Time is capitalized which personifies it and gives it a place in society. Lines such as “Time watches from the shadow and coughs when you would kiss” show Time’s human like qualities and how it can ruin love. The lovers’ “Flower of the Ages” will not be around forever because Time says “Into many a green valley rifts the appalling snow; Time breaks the threaded dances and the diver's brilliant bow.” The last narrator is the narrator of the poem whom I believe to be Auden himself. He believed that neither time nor love could be conquered. Time is constant and cannot be changed but it is not cruel as suggested by the clocks. His perception of love was probably more lenient than most for it is said that he was homosexual. “You shall love your crooked neighbour with your crooked heart” is his opinion of love. I believe that he thought love was an occurrence that happens on its own. A person cannot choose whom they love.

This poem which is told from a 1^st person point-of-view makes use of many poetic devices. The most obvious is imagery. Auden uses lines like “The crowds upon the pavement were fields of harvest wheat” to create the setting of the poem. His use of personification is what makes the element of time an intriguing figure. The poem has an “abcb” rhyme scheme in every stanza which flows with the meter of the poem. There are a few acts of alliteration throughout and he uses repetition at key points during the poem.

-BOOMTOWN

William Blake's Devine Image

William Blake’s “The Divine Image” reveals how he sees God in our world. In the poem, Blake express man prays when he/she is in distress or in need of something. There are four words Blake makes huge emphases on. Mercy, pity, peace, and love are all words God says we should live with. Then Blake makes these words as a human that we pray to. When you pray to this human of the four words, these words and God will live permanently in your life.

To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love (alliteration) (repetition)
All pray in their distress; (end rhyme)
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness. (end rhyme)

For Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love (alliteration) (repetition)
Is God, our Father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love is man, (alliteration) (repetition)
His child and care. (consonance)

For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face, (personification)
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

Then every man, of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine,
Love, Mercy, Pity and Peace. (stanza)

And all must love the human form,
In heathen, Turk or Jew;
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
There God is dwelling too.

Analysis of John Milton's "On His Blidness"

The poem that I have chosen to analyze is “On His Blindness” by John Milton. The main theme of this poem is John’s exploration of his emotions. The subject of this poem is how John has wasted his sight and how he disregarded his spirituality. The basic meaning of this poem is that while he was able to see John wasted this ability he also neglected his spirituality now he is surrounded by darkness.

On His Blidness by John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent (Metaphor)
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide (Alliteraiton),
And that one talent which is death to hide,
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present
My true account, lest He returning chide,
'Doth God (Allusion) exact day labor, light denied?'
I fondly ask. But Patience to prevent
That murmur soon replies (Personification), 'God (Allusion) doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state
Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait

Imagine

In this poem, John Lennon is basically asking us to imagine a world without many of the things that cause problems in the world. Even though this poem was reflecting the times in which it was written, these problems are still prevalent today. In the poem, Lennon asks you to imagine a world with no religions, no countries, nothing to kill and die for, no possessions, no greed or hunger, and no heaven or hell. The poem explains that if this were possible, “the world will be as one.” The poem says that people will be living for today and living in peace as we share the world. Though this is a wonderful idea, I don't think it could ever become a reality. I join Lennon as a "dreamer;" however, I feel that this idea will remain only as a dream.


Imagine there's no Heaven (parallelism)
It's easy if you try (end rhyme)
No hell below us
Above us only sky (end rhyme)
Imagine all the people (repitition)
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries (parallelism)
It isn't hard to do (end rhyme)
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too (end rhyme)
Imagine all the people (reptition)
Living life in peace (alliteration)

You may say that I'm a dreamer (internal rhyme)
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one (alliteration)

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can (end rhyme)
No need for greed or hunger (internal rhyme)
A brotherhood of man (end rhyme)
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world (parallelism)

You may say that I'm a dreamer (internal rhyme)
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one (alliteration)

"At The Window"
The pine-trees bend to listen (Personification) to the Autumn wind as it mutters
Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter (Synesthesia);
While slowly the {house of day (Metonomy for day) is closing its eastern shutters}metaphor (Personification).

Further down the valley the clustered tombstones recede,
Winding about their dimness the mist's grey cerements (metonomy for fog) ,after
[The street lamps in the darkness have suddenly started to bleed (End Rhyme).] metaphor

The leaves {fly over the window and utter a word (Personification) as they pass} Paralleslism
To the face that leans from the darkness, intent, with two dark-filled eyes (Imagery)
That watch for ever earnestly from behind the window glass.

"At the Window", a structured poem by D. H. Lawrence, is full of personification and imagery of the outdoors. It is in third person from the point of view of an onlooker at a window. The living and nonliving aspects of the outdoors are given human qualities; this devise is called personification. It is as if the weather and outdoor objects are communicating in conversation. The imagery gives the poem a more real and vivid description of the view the person sees from the window. The reader should be able to see the trees laughing and the mist physicallly covering the graveyard. D. H. Lawrence wonderfully allows the reader to feel and relate to the emotion in the outdoor scene. I think that he adds in the last two sentences about the onlooker because the readers can put themselves in the place of the watcher in order to more emotionally feel connected to the scene. The first stanza has a happy anf joyful mood because the trees are laughing and listening to the wind. It ends with the closing of day and is followed by the second stanza which describes night. The imagery is more eerie and dark, using words like "bleed" and "cerements". The last stanza describes the messenger as wind giving a message to the onlooker. The change in mood throughout the poem gives it more emotion and substance.

Poem Analysis

A Boat Beneath the Sunny Sky
By Lewis Carroll



A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July —
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear —
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream —
Lingering in the golden gleam —
Life, what is it but a dream?

alliteration
end rhyme
metaphor
personification
allusion
repition


A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky is a seemingly lighthearted and whimsical poem about the boatride that Charles Dodgson went on with Alice Liddell and her two sisters. It was on this boat ride that Dodgson told the three girls the story of Wonderland, which served as his rough draft version of the Alice books. This poem begins as a remembrance of this specific ride. The tone of this first stanza seems happy and alluring, as it is summer time and the group is on a leisurely boat ride on the river. The tone changes suddenly in the third stanza; words like "die," "fade," and "slain" show that something negative has occurred. I believe this specific stanza to relates to Alice's growing up, and the falling out between the Liddell's and Dodgson. Alice's change has saddened Charles, as he was in love with her childhood self, and the imagination and innocence it entailed. He goes on to talk about how Alice "haunts" him, which further reiterates that she has grown up, but the younger version still is on his mind, constantly reminding him of his obsession.
The fifth stanza lightens the mood a bit, because it talks of new youngsters- "children yet"- that will hear and carry on with them the tale of Wonderland. Carroll finally alludes to the tales of Alice in Wonderland in the first line of the fifth stanza, but combines it with the suggestion of the passage of time. It's depressing how this stanza shows hope for the eternity of childhood, but then proceeds to admit that these children will too grow up and forget their youth by saying "dreaming as the days go by...summers die."
The very last stanza reverts attention back to the actual setting of the boat ride, where Carroll uses a metaphor to relate the boat to life, and then calls life "a dream." I think this is Carroll's way of saying that in reality life is just the way it is, people grow old, memories are forgetten, and there's not much to do about it. In the last line he gives the solution to this fact by claiming life to be a dream, and since it's no longer reality, Carroll makes the point that nothing matters because it's all just make-believe anyway, which is extremely characteristic of Carroll.
The basis for this poem is the loss of Carroll's loved one. Alice grew up and forgot her childhood, which was everything he loved about her. This poem is Carroll's reflection of the sad truth that everyone grows up, leaving behind all the great things about being young and naive, and that no matter how hard you try, nothing stays the same. In a broader sense, the message Dodgson was trying to get across was to enjoy the times of youth, because that in itself is more beneficial than anything else.


ASHLEY

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

In analyzing the 18th Shakespearean sonnet, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day,” I have come to attain a great amount of information about this poem. Let’s start with simply what the poem is saying:

Shall I compare you to a summer's day?
You are lovelier and more constant:
Rough winds shake the beloved buds of May
And summer is far too short:
At times the sun is too hot,
Or often goes behind the clouds;
And everything beautiful sometime will lose its beauty,
By misfortune or by nature's planned out course.
But your youth shall not fade,
Nor will you lose the beauty that you possess;
Nor will death claim you for his own,
Because in my eternal verse you will live forever.
So long as there are people on this earth,
So long will this poem live on, making you immortal.

Shakespeare starts by questioning whether to compare her to a summer’s day. He doesn’t realizing that she is far superior to a summer’s day. He then states the reasons that place her above a beautiful summer’s day. He describes that her traits are moderate, comfortable, and that she has welcoming qualities. The third line suggests that the rugged winds of summer can be disastrous to the buds of flowers. In saying this, he is saying that this woman possesses no such qualities to be harmful. He advances to say that summer is short and limited, while her beauty has no end, no limitations. The poem then takes us into discussion of temperature. He explains to us how the summer is hot, humid, and unbearable. He says that clouds also sometimes diminish the beauty of summer. These qualities are in complete contrast to the glamour and elegance of her. Line 7, which has a very literal meaning, communicates that everything beautiful will at a time lose its beauty. He claims that all beauty tarnishes except that of his lover. In the next line, Shakespeare essentially supports why beauty doesn’t last forever, offering that this happens by misfortune or by nature taking its course. In the next line, which is considered the turning point of the sonnet, he signals that something is changing by using the word, “but.” In the following lines Shakespeare says that her beauty will not change, fade, become lost, or die. Line 11, describes that she will never die, that death will never claim her beauty. The last three lines explain that she will not die, because her beauty will live and grow in his poem for eternity. Shakespeare is saying that as long as there are people on this earth, his poem will live along with her, making her immortal.


Shall I compare thee to(Alliteration) a summer's(Assonance) day?
Thou art more lovely and more(Internal Rhyme) temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds(Assonance) of May,
And summer's lease hath all too(Internal Rhyme) short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion(Internal Rhyme) dimm'd;
And every fair from fair(Alliteration) sometime declines(Assonance),
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall(Alliteration) not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal(Consonance) lines to time thou(Alliteration) growest(Consonance):
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see(Assonance),
So long lives this and this gives(Assonance) life to thee.

Beauty, Mistress Immortal

The poem that I have chosen out of Ivor Gurney’s vast collection is one of my favorites, titled “Beauty.” This poem describes beauty as an immortal being that can heal what is wrongfully done. The writer is searching for this mystical being throughout the seasons, although every time he is just not quick enough to grasp this immortal concept. This poem demonstrates a vast ray of characteristics that the author has woven into his poetry, such as personification and ending-rhyme. I love this poem as it contributes a greater perspective on what beauty truly is and about those who search for it shall find it eventually.

The original poem for those interested:

Beauty
I cannot live with Beauty out of mind.
I search for her and desire her all the day;
Beauty, the choicest treasure you may find,
Most joyous and sweetest word his lips can say.
The crowded heart in me is quick with visions
And sweetest music born of a brighter day.

But though the trees have long since lost their green
And I, the exile, can but dream of things
Grown magic in the mind; I watch the sheen
Of frost, and hear the song Orion sings.
Yet O, the star-born passion of Beethoven,
Man's consolation sung on the quivering strings.

Beauty immortal, not to be hid, desire
Of all men, each in his fashion, give me the strong
Thirst past satisfaction for thee, and fire
Not to be quenched . . . . O lift me, bear me along,
Touch me, make me worthy that men may seek me
For Beauty, Mistress Immortal, Healer of Wrong