Pattern Poems 4

"Edward"'s progressive pattern helps to clarify what is happening. He goes from killing a small animal, to a large animal, and eventually to his own father. And when he finally admits that, his mother stops questioning hi, meaning she knew who he had killed all along. And at the end, he says it was the "counsels she gave to [him]" that caused him to do it. Although he now has to run away for the crimes he did, his mother is the one who will have to live with the "spiritual" consequences. It is a strong poem about how other people can influence you to do things you otherwise would never think of. He has to abandon everything he's ever known to escape punishment while his mom gets off free and clear. And yet all she is concerned about is herself.

Pattern Poems 3

"That Time of Year" is very romantic because he is very ill and knows that he has many flaws which might make him unbearable to love, but his lover knows this and still stays with him anyways. He says that he is like the late fall when the beautiful things in nature are gone for the season. He also says that the fire of death is inside of him. His lover has even greater love for him because of all of these things. Throughout the course of the poem, the author uses three different images of fall, fire, and sunset. All of these repesent the ending of a lifetime. And even though they could have a positive connotation for their beauty, they do not. This author views death as a bad end.

Pattern Poems 2

"Death, be not proud" uses diction to present the effect of death. The speaker is not afraid of death. He actually seems to be challenging it, or enticing it. He says that "nor yet canst thou kill me" and thou art slave to fate", showing that even death is not invincible. His use of words such as "poison, war, and sickness" shows the negative side of death, but not necessarily it's power. In the last line of the poem, he says that eventually even death will die. This made me think that the poem may have had religious undertones. Christians believe that death will be destroyed and we will have everlasting life. Because of this, we say that we should not fear death, even though everyone still does. Maybe the speaker is just trying to call death's bluff, but he really is still afraid of him.

Pattern Poems

The poem "Lonely Hearts" is written as a villanelle. It gives the poem a very structured similarity through each stanza even though they are all very different "preferences". The speaker speaks about how people are all looking for a different kind of companion with specific attributes, but they are all looking for one common thing, love. It is this "simple wish" that connects all people. Another pattern in this poem besides it's repetition of the lines "Do you live in North London? Is it you?" and "Can someone make my simple wish come true?" is its newspaper ad stanzas. They are all based off of the ads found in newspapers or magazines. They are not complete sentences, but are very short descriptions of exactly what they are looking for. This pattern adds to the tone of the poem, which is the desperateness of searching for someone to love.