Virtue Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/virtue/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Virtue Group at eNotes. Sun, 6 Dec 2009 07:15:38 en-us <![CDATA[Wood burns and turns to coal , ie. its death.  It is like day becoming...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-coal-l-15-represent-text-71479 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-coal-l-15-represent-text-71479 Sun, 6 Dec 2009 07:15:38 PST <![CDATA[What does "coal" (l.15) represent in the text?]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-coal-l-15-represent-text-71479 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-coal-l-15-represent-text-71479 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:04:46 PST <![CDATA[What parallels and oppositions can be drawn in terms of overall and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-parallels-oppositions-can-drawn-terms-overall-71465 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-parallels-oppositions-can-drawn-terms-overall-71465 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:25:10 PST <![CDATA[The poem "Virtue" is about how life is completely transitory; it ends. ...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-thispoem-conventional-70881 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-thispoem-conventional-70881 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:51:55 PST <![CDATA[What is the relationship between the poem "Virtue" and the conventional...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-thispoem-conventional-70881 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-thispoem-conventional-70881 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:27:48 PST <![CDATA[Herbert uses these three things to carry the theme of the transitory...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-role-do-symbols-day-rose-spring-play-relation-70763 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-role-do-symbols-day-rose-spring-play-relation-70763 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:09:44 PST <![CDATA[In the poem "Virtue" what role do the symbols of the "day", the "rose"...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-role-do-symbols-day-rose-spring-play-relation-70763 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-role-do-symbols-day-rose-spring-play-relation-70763 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:47:32 PST <![CDATA[A paradox is either a statement or group of statements that, at first,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-meaning-thy-root-ever-its-grave-what-paradox-70497 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-meaning-thy-root-ever-its-grave-what-paradox-70497 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:57:58 PST <![CDATA[What is the meaning of "Thy root is ever in its grave"? What is the...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-meaning-thy-root-ever-its-grave-what-paradox-70497 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-meaning-thy-root-ever-its-grave-what-paradox-70497 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:47:18 PST <![CDATA[What does the line "bridal of earth and sky mean" in the poem "Virtue"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-bridal-earth-sy-mean-from-poem-virtue-63739 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/what-does-bridal-earth-sy-mean-from-poem-virtue-63739 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:32:31 PST <![CDATA[Start with 3 lines of strict iambic tetrameter, ba-BUM, ba-BUM, ba-BUM,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/how-four-stanzas-interconnected-terms-rhythm-meter-61439 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/how-four-stanzas-interconnected-terms-rhythm-meter-61439 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 18:44:00 PST <![CDATA[How are the four stanzas interconnected? (in terms of rhythm and meter)]]> http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/how-four-stanzas-interconnected-terms-rhythm-meter-61439 http://www.enotes.com/virtue/q-and-a/how-four-stanzas-interconnected-terms-rhythm-meter-61439 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 13:19:42 PST