"the tyger" by william blake

the poem "the tyger" is paired with the poem "the lamb". the poem "the tyger" shows the opposite of the lamb. the poet writes in the poem that the speaker is crupt and has grown up from being "the lamb". the speaker is also questioning life and many things that happen in life. this poem was fun to analyze because you had to connect it with "the lamb". the diction of this poem wasn't that simple but it wasnt too difficult either. i really enjoyed this poem because theres great meaning. it was also fun comparing the two poems

"the fly" by william blake

the poem "the Fly" is a great poem. it has a lot of great meaning and is fun to read and analyze. the diction is simple and fun. i believe this poem represents a questioning of the difference between a human and a fly. in the first stanza the speakers swats away a fly that shows how careless a human is to a fly. as the poem goes on to talk about death and why when someone carelessly swats a fly they dont think twice about it but when a human dies it is very sad and people cry and mourn.

"to lucasta, Going to the wars" by richard lovelace

This poem is very short but it filled with meaning. the diction is quiet simple and pretty easy to understand. in this poem the speaker talks about "flying to arms" which i believe means the war is avalaible with open arms; arms having a double meaning one weaponry and arms of people. the speaker of the poem is talking about a man leaving his lover to go to war. the speaker talks about the stronger faith of war over his lover; the stronger faith is that the war will always lover him back by giving him courage and the honor to fight. this poem is a good representation of the saying carpe diem meaning "seize the day" because the man wants to live his life to fullest and live for the moment by going to fight in war and not wait for his lover.

"The Lamb" by William Blake

In the poem The Lamb , the lamb could represent one of two things. one it could represent a little kid talking about how God made everything in nature. the second thing the lamb or the lamb of God could represent is jesus. the diction of this poem was a little difficult to understand and comprehend. this poem also shows that little kids aka "little lamb" didnt know any different in the sense that god made everything. this poem also represents a little kid growing up and being curious about life and questioning if God really did make everything. overall i enjoyed this poem and thought it was a cute little poem almost like a little childrens story. 

the rising sun

Busy old fool, unruly Sun,
   Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us?
Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run?
   Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
   Late schoolboys, and sour prentices,
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
Call country ants to harvest offices,
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

   Thy beams, so reverend and strong
   Why shouldst thou think?
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,
But that I would not lose her sight so long:
   If her eyes have not blinded thine,
   Look, and tomorrow late, tell me
Whether both th' Indias of spice and mine
Be where thou leftst them, or lie here with me.
Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday,
And thou shalt hear: "All here in one bed lay."

   She is all states, and all princes I,
   Nothing else is.
Princes do but play us; compar'd to this,
All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.
   Thou, sun, art half as happy 's we,
   In that the world's contracted thus;
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that's done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy centre is, these walls, thy sphere.

this poem is about a young man talking to the sun and telling the sun to go wake
some someone who really needs to wake up with the sun. the young man is sad because
the rising sun means that the lovers have to leave each other and the man is sad
about that. in the 2nd stanza the poet is saying that is the young man closes
his eyes the sun will go away but at the same time he will loose sight of his lover.
it also says that he can ask any one in the town and they were together all day.
in the third stanza the poet is saying the he has the whole world in his arms.
nothing in the world compares to his lover. he is all the princes and she represents
all the states that the princes live in.

Do Not Stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep;

I am not there. I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.

I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.

I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry;

I am not there. I did not die.

i really enojyed this poem because it had a nice flow and great diction. i really enjoy poems that have the same line or two at the begining and end. the subject was interesting. the poet, who is unknown, wrote about someone who is dead laying in a coffin or buried. it was simply says dont mourn for my loss but be happy that i jad a good like. the personal connection it had with me is that i would feel the same way. i dont want people to mourn when i die but be glad that knew me. the diction was good because it could really picture someone standing at someones grave and weeping or crying for their loss.