... And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim: Fade away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The wearinessm the feverm and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last gray hairs, Where youth grows pale and spacter--thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs, Where Beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes Or new Love pine at them beyond tomorrow. Away! Away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Becchus and his pards ...

... and the consequences rendered as a result of failing or succeeding these challenges. Sir Gawain is a very symbolic character; symbolic in the sense that he represents innocence in life. He was not afraid to accept a challenge because it meant saving the kingdom from the affects of anarchy as a result of not having a king. Sir Gawain accepting the challenge from the Green Knight instantly represented one of the things that knighthood represented, fearlessness. People accept those kind of challenges everyday. This could possibly be where the term "sticking your neck out" could have come from. When people accept cha ...

... in the reader's mind. Here, it represents the woman's body and her movements: a smooth, flowing order of movements that catch Roethke's eyes, with a softness as her essence. There are about 40 strong "s" sounds in this 28 line poem, with the word "she" being mentioned almost a dozen times (and "her" mentioned as many, stressing the importance of the person). The placement of these words is strategic, emphasizing the natural sound and feel to the poem as well as the natural softness to her disposition. In the third stanza, this is most obvious: "She played it quick, she played it light and loose; / My eyes, they ...

... Chaworth, and "as she became sick of that 'lame boy', he began to see her as a symbol of the perfect, yet unattainable love, and turned his sadness into poetry." (Wolf, 19) Byron traveled and wrote a lot for the next few years and his mother died on August first, 1811. On January second, 1815, Byron married Anne Isabella Milbanke. They had one daughter, Augusta Ada, on December 10, 1811. Byron and Anne Milbanke divorced one year later and Byron left London forever. Byron went to Switzerland where he befriended Percy Shelly, another promenent poet at the time, and became fairly obsessed with him. In 1824, after Byron ...

... is to persuade his mistress to have sex with him. He tries to lure her in when saying, “Had we but World enough, and Time.� He starts out very seriously, in attempt to convince his mistress. The relaxed tone of “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time� and serious tone of “To His Coy Mistress� point out the difference in the way the writers feel about their characters. Both poems are directed to two different audiences. In “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time� Herrick is speaking to all virgins. He never addresses anybody personally. In “To His Coy Mistress� Marvell is addressing his mistress ...

... own mortality. Every aspect of his gloomy existence transpires in his house from which he never ventures forth. Roderick's altered appearance probably was caused by his insanity. He had once been an attractive man and "the character of his face had been at all times remarkable" (667). However, his appearance deteriorated over time. Roderick had changed so much that "[the narrator] doubted to whom [he] spoke" (667). The narrator notes various symptoms of insanity from Roderick's behaviors: "in the manner of my friend I was struck with an incoherence -- an inconsistency...habitual trepidancy, and excessive nervous agi ...

... He could have easily stood back and let Arthur have his go at the Green Knight. He showed to have more honor and courage than the rest of Arthur's Court by coming forward. "Would you grant me the grace,' said Gawain to the King, 'To be gone from this bench and stand by you there." (Gawain, lines 343-344) "I am the weakest, well I know, and of wit feeblest; And the loss of my life would be least of any;" (Gawain, 355-356). The poem is full of instances in which Gawain was forced to face difficult decisions. Gawain could have simply left Camelot never to return. He instead chose the option of keeping h ...

... boy adds to the negativity of the depressing and lonely poem. Furthermore, the fact that the father is drunk continues to show throughout the poem. While there are many negative ideas in the poem, the next is when Roethke states, “At every step you missed / My right ear scraped a buckle� (11-12). This in fact shows that the little boy is being drug around by the drunken father. In this particular instance the boy is being hauled around, but the author compares it to a dance when you would “miss a step� and stumble. Roethke then states, “You beat time on my head�, as if he were keeping time for a ...

... flag has fallen and surrender was pleaded, for each sailor a country was overpowered, for each and every sailor a kingdom was conquered. Pain was planted into their hearts and minds. A plan for revenge has just been born. Captain Jaggery has made his last wish. His death wish... This relates to what happened after the Rebellion, all reactions that became one. Everyone wants revenge! Rebellion The captain worked them day and night for he had no mercy, because of this they had a fight though hungry and very thirsty. In that fight two men had died or at least it was thought to be when they found out one was a ...

... I wrote my happy songs Every child may joy to hear. Introduction (Experience) Hear the voice of the Bard! Who Present, Past, & Future, sees; Whose ears have heard The Holy Word That walk'd among the ancient trees, Calling the lapsed Soul, And weeping in the evening dew; That might controll The starry pole, And fallen, fallen light renew! "O Earth, O Earth, return! "Arise from out the dewy grass; "Night is worn, "And the morn "Rises from the slumberous mass. "Turn away ...