The+Handsome+Heart

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ii. The Handsome Heart
‘But tell me, child, your choice; what shall I buy You?’—‘Father, what you buy me I like best.’ With the sweetest air that said, still plied and pressed , He swung to his first poised purport of reply.

What the heart is! which, like carriers let fly — Doff darkness, homing nature knows the rest — To its own fine function, wild and self-instressed, Falls light as ten years long taught how to and why.

Mannerly-hearted! more than handsome face— Beauty’s bearing or muse of mounting vein, All, in this case, bathed in high hallowing grace…

Of heaven what boon to buy you, boy, or gain Not granted?—Only … O on that path you pace Run all your race, O brace sterner that strain!


 * //Compare to//**
 * "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper**

You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged Oh I realize Its hard to take courage In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then, Don't be unhappy, can't remember When I last saw you laughing If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear You call me up Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow

(When I last saw you laughing) If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear You call me up Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors Shining through I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors True colors True colors Shining through

I see your true colors And that's why I love you So don't be afraid to let them show Your true colors True colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow

//**Literary Techniques**//
 * i. Alliteration / Consonance **
 * In the poem:** plied and pressed**;** poised purport of reply **;** Mannerly-hearted! more; Beauty’s bearing; muse of mounting vein
 * In the song:** all, small; through, you; show, rainbow

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words; the recurrence of similar sounds, esp. consonants, in close proximity.


 * ii. Simile **
 * In the poem:** What the heart is! which, like carriers let fly
 * In the song:** True colors are beautiful Like a rainbow

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. Uses "like" or "as" to draw comparison.


 * iii. Personification **
 * In the poem:** homing nature knows the rest
 * In the song:** If this world makes you crazy

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.