Concrete-a mouse tale poem PDF

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The poem might simply imply that the mouse is telling a story or that the story is about the mouse itself....

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Title of Poem: "The Mouse's Tale." Author: Lewis Carroll Title Paraphrase

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The poem might simply imply that the mouse is telling a story or that the story is about the mouse itself.  The poem begins by a mouse offering to tell Alice his history which he says is a long and sad tale but Alice thinks that the mouse means its tail and is left puzzled wondering how a long tail can be sad. Meanwhile she pictures the recitation in form of a tail-like shape that is twisted.  The mouse then explains itself in the tale as a third person on how a cur(dog) named Fury proposes they go to law where he will prosecute and condemn the mouse to death acting both as a jury and a judge. Imagery: This is illustrated by Alice picturing the recitation as a twisted tail as she mistakes tale for tail. The poem also has the shape like a mouse's body, with short dashes to show its paws and a longer line to form the tail. Rhythm/Rhyme: The rhyme can be seen as tail-rhyme with rhyming words occurring internally such as judge and jury.

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The tone is one of sadness as the mouse tries to explain how the dog wants to condemn him to death without trial. The poem shifts from a playful tone to one that is serious and sad towards the end of the poem. The title of the poem in my view brings out the justice system where innocent people sometimes go to trial for crimes they did not commit or are sometimes denied their right to trial and sentenced to face jail term or even death without defending themselves. The theme in the poem bring out a journey of sadness and regret as the mouse explains how he is to be condemned to death without a trial explaining the pain that victims of misjudgment undergo when they are denied a chance to defend themselves bringing out the injustice in the judicial system.

Title of Poem: “Epigram on Milton” Author: John Dryden Title Paraphrase

The poem may simply be about Milton or about his life. 

The speaker talks about three epic poets born in three different ages that brought honor in Greece, Italy and England respectively and links

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Milton to the two who in this case are Homer and Virgil.  Homer is unrivaled in lofty thoughts, Virgil in majesty and the third who is Milton is a combination of the first two as nature could not go any further in any of these qualities.  Rhythm/Rhyme: The poem is three couplets which mean it has two lines that rhyme in five feet of repeating iambs.  Punch line: The speaker ends with a punch line as he boldly equates the greatness of Milton as poet to a combination of Homer and Virgil. The tone expressed is one of sadness at the loss of a great man in poetry and society as his achievements are great. This can be seen from the fact that nature could not go any further in creating qualities beyond those he possessed. The poem shifts in tone as the works of the first two are praised which when combined creates a greater third poet. It sad in the end as Milton has to go the way of every man which nature dictates which is death. In my view, the tittle of the poem suggests that life and nature has a way of creating successful and great men in various fields though eventually they must follow the same path, death. The theme of the poem is about journey in this world where some great men and women get recognized for their contribution in society through their works in various fields such as poetry, literature, arts, science among others....