John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever" is a work of art that brings beauty to the English language through its use of rhythm, imagery and many complex figures of speech. The meter in "Sea Fever" follows the movement of the tall ship in rough water through its use of iambs and hard hitting...
Next comes that poem of ten thousand weddings, sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments"). Two sonnets explicitly referring to a woman, 130 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun") and 138 ("When my love swears that she is made of truth, /...
Most of the figures of speech covered in this unit are often – but not exclusively -- found in poetry. The AP Literature exam has consistently had one poem on it, so you are very likely to see figurative language. And you must be able to analyze and discuss the relevance to and the...