AAFTER US In this poem, the poet uses a surplus of imagery to allow the reader to fully see what she is trying to get us to picture. In the first line, she talks about how rain, which can be destructive or helpful, is seeping into a room where books and other material things reside. In the lines to follow, she writes about how everything that flourished under the sun, turned away to try and find the light that they so desperately need. This shows the destructive side to rain because it paints the picture of a dark day with rain falling and silencing all activities that happen during the day. In the second paragraph, the poet writes about a portrait, which has sketches of boats and barns and this creates the image of a perfect utopia where everything is peaceful and nothing has disturbed it. The paragraph that follows this peaceful picture, is where the foreboding and evil rain begins to make its appearance again. She writes about how everything that was ever thought of or invented or t...
DDover Beach The speaker watches out upon a quiet ocean, and notices the totality of the tide and the moon pondering the water. Looking across the English channel, the speaker sees the lights of the French coast disappear, while the precipices of the English coast stand tall and brilliant, and the inlet appears to be quiet. Out of nowhere, the speaker tends to another person, and beseeches this individual to come and take a gander at what the speaker is taking a gander at, and to appreciate the night's charming air. The speaker detects something isn't exactly correct, and portrays the shower where the water meets the twilight land. The speaker teaches the other individual to tune in to the sound of the stones as the waves shift them to and fro, up the sea shore and down once more. The speaker noticed this lethargic rehashing activity, and distinguishes it with everlasting pity. Out of nowhere, the speaker ponders the antiquated Greek dramatist, Sophocles, and envisions Sopho...