Choose one of the following poems and discuss the poem’s theme or central idea? How the author’s use of figurative language or other poetic devices and what effect do those have on the poem?

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Choose one of the following poems:
“The World Is Too Much with Us” by William Wordsworth
“Mutability” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
“This Living Hand” by John Keats
“Work Without Hope” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • Which poem did you choose, and what influenced your selection?
  • What is the poem’s theme or central idea? How does the author’s use of figurative language or other poetic devices and what effect do those have on the poem?
  • How would you describe the tone of the poem? How would you describe the structure or organization of the poem?