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The Manhunt
Opening is instantly intimate,
Repetition of this phrase indicat...,
Metaphor of bullet trail through ...
17
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Sonnet 43
Opening rhetorical question,
Anaphora of this phrase,
The poet has many ways he loves t...
18
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London
Anaphora of this phrase reflects ...,
What things are charter d,
People are disheartened
22
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The Soldier
Patriotism instantly incorporated...,
Somewhere is england enjambment u...,
England is a rich land
19
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She Walks in Beauty
Opens the poem with the title,
Her beauty is unusually compared ...,
She is compared to the beauty of ...
20
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Living Space
Enjambment and caesura in the ope...,
More enjambment and it tells us w...,
Everything is crooked
19
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As Imperceptibly as Grief
Poem starts with its title reiter...,
Summer is leaving dash shows thin...,
The movement is unnoticeable
19
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Cozy Apologia
The poem was dedicated to someone...,
The narrator is reminded of her l...,
Enjambment is used to show how th...
25
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Valentine
Poet kicks off the poem by disreg...,
The narrator gives a gift a very ...,
Something special wrapped in some...
20
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A Wife in London
Used to set the scene pathetic fa...,
London also generic to show how w...,
The fog is layered the adjective ...
25
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Death of a naturalist
Aliteration used at the beginning...,
The plants are sweating in the sun,
Decay and death introduced
31
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Hawk Roosting
Introduces narrator as proud and ...,
Narrator is arrogant as they do this,
The hawk does nothing but believe...
22
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To Autumn
What does the title suggest,
Summer is the season of provision,
Summer is ending autumn is a clos...
27
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Afternoons
Time is passing on is introduced ...,
This language introduces the recu...,
Nature is surrounding
25
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Dulce et Decorum Est
This imagery is used to contrast ...,
More imagery of the soldiers bein...,
The war seems hopeless and rest i...
32
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Ozymandias
These words at the beginning show...,
First narrative voice introduced ...,
The statue is very large but has ...
25
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Mametz Wood
The impacts of war are shown to b...,
The poet believes that war is a w...,
Continual references to fields sh...
26
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Prelude
Poem instantly set in winter,
The day is coming toa,
The skies are clear there is nice...
25
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