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        <title><![CDATA[The root meaning of 'imagery' is to 'imitate.' It literally means 'a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The root meaning of 'imagery' is to 'imitate.' It literally means 'a reflection in a mirror.'  Hence, an 'image' is 'a word picture' by means of which the poet conveys his feelings and emotions to his readers. When we come across an image in a poem it helps us to imagine and experience the same feelings and emotions which the poet experienced.
For example, Shelley in his "Ode to a Skylark" is captivated by the beauty of the bird but he is...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Imagery in poetry refers to the pictures or images that are conjured up...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Imagery in poetry refers to the pictures or images that are conjured up in the readers mind, by the words that a poet uses in his or her poem. For example, instead of saying "wealthy woman with a dog", a poet could say, " a diamond studded collar hung from the neck of her poodle" which would indicate wealth.
Through the use of words, the poet creates images that evoke meaning in the reader's mind.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:13:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is imagery in poetry?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is imagery in poetry?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:49:01 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Actually, some poetry lovers among the ordinary rank and file of the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/would-you-explain-following-statement-120221</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Actually, some poetry lovers among the ordinary rank and file of the common speakers among the public have been heard to express that it is the emotion of seeing a universal worry/anxiety/reflection expressed in blindingly simple terms that really shocks them and gets them to identify with a poet and his message instantly. They say,for them,that is what makes a great poem - reading it, being gripped by it and then thinking 'Yes! That's how it...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:53:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA['Thought' refers to the 'content'/ 'matter', and 'language' refers to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA['Thought' refers to the 'content'/ 'matter', and 'language' refers to the 'form' / 'manner'. The definition you have cited significantly contains the word 'elevated' as a common qualifier for both 'thought' and 'language' in poetry.
Something 'elevated' means that it is higher than the ordinary or commonplace, something lofty/noble/rarefied/transcending. If poetry is 'elevated thought', it must contain ideas which aim to transcend the limits...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:35:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The essence of what the quote is saying is that poetry has two...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The essence of what the quote is saying is that poetry has two elements:
(1) Poetry has thought.
(2) Poetry is expressed in language.
The commonality between the two is that both thought and language are in some ways elevated. I think we would need more context to determine exactly what "elevated" means. But just from the quote, it seems that the author is saying that poetry is intellectually superior and it is expressed in a superior style....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:08:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I guess the key to understanding this is to understand the word...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I guess the key to understanding this is to understand the word "elevated."  In this case, it means "superior" or "better than the normal run of things."
So the quote you cite is, presumably, from someone who thinks quite highly of poetry.  The author of the quote is saying that poets have thoughts superior to those of other people.  The author then goes on to say that poets express those superior thoughts through the use of superior...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:57:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Would you explain the following statement?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/would-you-explain-following-statement-120221</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Would you explain the following statement?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:52:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[First, as I am sure you are already aware, this is a poem by a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/what-your-interpretation-following-poem-119927</link>
        <description><![CDATA[First, as I am sure you are already aware, this is a poem by a University of California professor named Eileen Myles called "That Country." I am not saying that everything poets in respectable positions produce is good, but I do think that she deserves the benefit of the doubt and the consideration that there may be more going on here than meets the eye.
This is definitely not a classically constructed poem (or even one that easily fits the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:44:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I do not consider the above words as strung together a "poem." I...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/what-your-interpretation-following-poem-119927</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I do not consider the above words as strung together a "poem." I consider it an "utterance," maybe even a "stream of consciousness." It reminds me of the writing of someone who would love to wear the title of "poet" but does not believe it is necessary to study the craft of poetry to write poetry. Becoming a "poet" is not an event it is a process. While poetry should not be subjected to traditional logical process, it inherently embodies a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:12:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How would you interpret the following poem?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/what-your-interpretation-following-poem-119927</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How would you interpret the following poem?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:21:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I've tried not to look at the first answer because I don't want to be...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/what-do-you-think-need-some-peoples-interpretation-118873</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I've tried not to look at the first answer because I don't want to be influenced.  So I hope I won't repeat it, but I doubt I will because I think that person is actually a literature person and I'm not.  So -- disclaimer here -- I don't know what this is about but you asked for interpretations so I'm assuming you want a variety.  Mine comes from the point of view of someone who's not an English teacher and someone who hates this kind of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:37:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a very witty contemporary poem that takes up the new world order...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is a very witty contemporary poem that takes up the new world order of Globalization and Postmodernism where extreme hybridity has led to an impasse in zeroing down on anything. One  thing always appears to be everything or nothing for that matter.
De-spatialization and the problematics of naming is at the core of the poem. The problems voiced would have to be understood in terms of the prevailing multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:42:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you think ?I need some peoples interpretation of this poem.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you think ?I need some peoples interpretation of this poem.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:16:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the poem 'Desert Places' by Robert Frost we have a lovely description...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the poem 'Desert Places' by Robert Frost we have a lovely description in the first stanza.
It is not only the snow falling, but the night too, and speed is referenced - it is happening quickly. The poet looks into a fiied to see it covered in snow - he makes special mention that the weeds and last years cereal stubble are the last to get covered by the smoothness.
He sees the woods as owning the snow which has smothered all animals which...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Would you paraphrase the poem of "Desert Places" by Robert Frost stanza...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/would-you-paraphrase-poem-desert-places-by-robert-118005</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Would you paraphrase the poem of "Desert Places" by Robert Frost stanza by stanza?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This poem is interesting, and I'll gladly offer my comments. I hope...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/need-help-with-literary-criticism-poem-115673</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This poem is interesting, and I'll gladly offer my comments. I hope they're helpful.
1. I wouldn't rule out a feminist critical approach so quickly, particularly a critical approach that draws on what's called "essentialist feminism," as might be seen in the poetry and essays of Adrienne Rich, for example. Essentialist feminism (also often called "radical feminism") is a branch of feminist thinking that posits that, in addition to the obvious...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:41:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I need some help with literary criticism on Kateri Akiwenzie Damm's poem...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/need-help-with-literary-criticism-poem-115673</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I need some help with literary criticism on Kateri Akiwenzie Damm's poem entitled "To You Who would Wage War Against Me."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:27:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is there a poem called "The Empress of Nowhere " and if so who wrote it.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/there-poem-called-empress-nowhere-who-wrote-115427</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Is there a poem called "The Empress of Nowhere " and if so who wrote it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:37:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ 
Denotation/Polysemy
A common misunderstanding in interpreting a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/poetry/q-and-a/how-context-will-determine-which-denotations-which-114709</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ 
Denotation/Polysemy
A common misunderstanding in interpreting a passage or poem is to look for meaning in individual words. On the surface this point sounds counterintuitive. After all, do not words convey meaning? However, some reflection will show that meaning is found in contexts, because the denotation or definition of words is broad. A brief look at any dictionary will make this point clear. For example, people would say that the word...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:02 PST</pubDate>
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