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October by Robert Frost

O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; To-morrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; To-morrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts not averse to being beguiled, Beguile us in the way you know; Release one leaf at break of day; At noon release another leaf; One from our trees, one far away; Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Slow, slow! <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">For the grapes' sake, if they were all, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Whose leaves already are burnt with frost, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Whose clustered fruit must else be lost— <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">For the grapes' sake along the wall.

The poem is talking about an October morning and the leaves falling from the trees and the frost on the ground. It uses some imagery describing the leaves falling and the frost. It also uses a lot of rhyming at the ends of each of the lines.

Vacation by Rita Dove

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">I love the hour before takeoff, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">that stretch of no time, no home <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">but the gray vinyl seats linked like <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">unfolding paper dolls. Soon we shall <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">be summoned to the gate, soon enough <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">there’ll be the clumsy procedure of row numbers <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">and perforated stubs—but for now <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">I can look at these ragtag nuclear families <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">with their cooing and bickering <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">or the heeled bachelorette trying <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">to ignore a baby’s wail and the baby’s <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">exhausted mother waiting to be called up early <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">while the athlete, one monstrous hand <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">asleep on his duffel bag, listens, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">perched like a seal trained for the plunge. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Even the lone executive <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">who has wandered this far into summer <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">with his lasered itinerary, briefcase <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">knocking his knees—even he <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">has worked for the pleasure of bearing <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">no more than a scrap of himself <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">into this hall. He’ll dine out, she’ll sleep late, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">they’ll let the sun burn them happy all morning <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">—a little hope, a little whimsy <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">before the loudspeaker blurts <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">and we leap up to become <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Flight 828, now boarding at Gate 17.

The poem talks about how she is waiting to board a plane to go on vacation and all the noise at the airport while everyone waits for their flight to be called. Imagery is used in this poem. The poet describes the scenes of the airport and the crying baby and athlete that is perched like a seal ready for the plunge.

Curse by Pablo Neruda

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">Furrowed motherland, I swear that in your ashes <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">you will be born like a flower of eternal water <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">I swear that from your mouth of thirst will come to the air <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">the petals of bread, the spilt <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">inaugurated flower. Cursed, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">cursed, cursed be those who with an ax and serpent <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">came to your earthly arena, cursed those <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">who waited for this day to open the door <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">of the dwelling to the moor and the bandit: <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">What have you achieved? Bring, bring the lamp, <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">see the soaked earth, see the blackened little bone <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">eaten by the flames, the garment <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10px;">of murdered Spain.

The poet talks about how his motherland will become beautiful again and a curse brought upon everyone who ruined it. Lots of imagery is used in this poem. He describes how it will be born again like a flower of eternal water.