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Analysis of Poems

Me Up at Does ' by E .E . Cummings

The poem seems a very simple presentation of an event involving a mouse but it entails a deeper meaning . It is likely that this poem tells us something about human beings , it personifies the `watcher ' as `us ' and the mouse as `the others . The syntax of this poem is somewhat strange the grammar is not correct and the reader may wonder why the writer wrote it in

this way . All the elements of imagery and syntax plea for reason and compassion for the `mouse ' by the reader

Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes ' by Ben Jonson

The title of this poem is actually To Celia , which has a great theme of love in it . Some alliterations are found like `kiss '-`cup `drink '-`divine ' and `smells '-`swear . The love , described in this poem is so strong that the two lovers don 't need to drink to feel intoxicated by each other . The whole poem reminds the reader to live and love since time and youth are fleeting

The Altar ' by George Herbert

The shape of this poem tells us already , even before reading , what the meaning is . The words of the poem are shaped in the form of an altar The poem does not describe an altar in the direct sense of the word it describes the spiritual meaning , the heart . Herbert records his own private devotional life in the...