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        <title><![CDATA[The poem actually means that when he sees nature, he gets excited and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem actually means that when he sees nature, he gets excited and happy.
He hopes when he is an old man he will still enjoy the nature of life.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:32:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One figure of speech in the poem is personfication, where inanimate...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One figure of speech in the poem is personfication, where inanimate objects are given human-like traits.  Wordsworth, right from the beginning, calls England "she," which makes her seem like a person, not a country.  Then, he personifies the "altar, sword, and pen," by saying that all three of these have "forfeited" their capability for bringing internal happiness to people.  Only people can forfeit things; it implies intent, forethought,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:51:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This poem is probably one of Wordsworth's only nationalistic poems. He...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This poem is probably one of Wordsworth's only nationalistic poems. He seems frustrated with the way English society has fallen away from the noble virtues of just a few years ago.
He begins the poem with an exclammation and a dramatic outcry.

Milton! England has need of you.

Wordsworth feels that Milton exemplified all that was good about English society. Milton wrote Paradise Lost some time back and was considered a moral and virtuous...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:46:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did the poet write the poem of "London 1802"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did the poet write the poem of "London 1802"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:26:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you pick up the figures of speech in the poem "London, 1802" by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you pick up the figures of speech in the poem "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:16:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem is addressed to John Milton, who is dead, the figure of speech...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem is addressed to John Milton, who is dead, the figure of speech known as apostrophe is used.  

"Apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present." 

There are similies and metaphors in this poem.  A similie is when you compare two unlike objects using the words like or as, a metaphor is when you compare two unlike objects and you say that the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 14:26:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you show the figures of speech in the poem, "London, 1802" and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you show the figures of speech in the poem, "London, 1802" and analyze it?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 13:52:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 10:05:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[teardrop,
William Wordsworth's poem London, 1802, is reproduced here:...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[teardrop,
William Wordsworth's poem London, 1802, is reproduced here:

MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour:    England hath need of thee: she is a fen    Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower,Have forfeited their ancient English dower    Of inward happiness. We are selfish men;    O raise us up, return to us again,And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power!Thy soul was...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 06:09:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you analyze each line of the poem "London 1802" by William Wordsworth?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you analyze each line of the poem "London 1802" by William Wordsworth?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:40:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of the poem "London 1802"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of the poem "London 1802"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 05:32:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wordsworth dedicates this poem to Milton--London has gotten completely...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wordsworth dedicates this poem to Milton--London has gotten completely out of hand.  He sees London in need of a leader who can lead them from the "fen of stagnant waters."

"We are selfish men;Oh! raise us up, return to us again;And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart;Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea"

He longs to be what London used to be--a place of virtue and freedom.  I often...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:41:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of "London 1802" by William Wordsworth?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of "London 1802" by William Wordsworth?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:52:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The child that he was predicts the man he will become: just as it did as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The child that he was predicts the man he will become: just as it did as a child, the natural beauty and magic of a rainbow still has the power to make his heart leap. Despite the knowledge and understanding that comes with maturity (he now knows something of what makes a rainbow presumably), the beauty still moves him.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:09:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[He previously speaks of the joy a rainbow causes him.  This line is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[He previously speaks of the joy a rainbow causes him.  This line is continuing the concept of the age referrence.
To be the "child is the father of the man" is referencing the continual growth and lessons you learn as a child which helps toward the development of the man he will be as he grows. As a child he found great joy and a natural connection to nature and he wants this to give birth to his perspective as an adult.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:51:06 PST</pubDate>
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MY heart leaps up when I behold     A rainbow in the sky:   So was...]]></title>
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MY heart leaps up when I behold     A rainbow in the sky:   So was it when my life began,     So is it now I am a man,   So be it when I shall grow old             Or let me die!   The child is father of the man:   And I could wish my days to be   Bound each to each by natural piety.

When the speaker sees the rainbow, his heart "leaps up" with joy. He was happy to see rainbows as a baby, is still happy to see...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:04:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the "child is the father of the man" mean in "My Heart Leaps...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does the "child is the father of the man" mean in "My Heart Leaps Up"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:08:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The main theme of this poem reflects the importance of always staying...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The main theme of this poem reflects the importance of always staying on the path of responsible behavior.  Wordsworth instructs us in this poem about the value of duty or work.  He wants to make the reader understand that even though one may think that they do not want to follow the rules of life, by going to school, or work or behaving in a responsible fashion, in fact that is exactly what we need to do in order to feel free.
It is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:42:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can somebody please post the theme of the poem "Ode to Duty" by William...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can somebody please post the theme of the poem "Ode to Duty" by William Wordsworth?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:02:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Child is the Father of the Man., The Child is father of the Man....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Child is the Father of the Man., The Child is father of the Man. Which one is correct?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:16:19 PST</pubDate>
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