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Walter De La Mare

Background information:
==== La Mare has a all his own, writing for children, the hopeless romantic, the emotional, and the dreamers. His audience can be seen over many generations, personalities and sexualities; however he was never in favor with the critics. However his work is admired in modern times, in fact a poet by the name of James Campbell, speaks highly of him by saying, “Although Walter de la Mare’s gothic whimsy and goblin language was at odds with the realism of his contemporaries, Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, he became one of the nation’s best-loved poets and story tellers” (Campbell 1). Some have described his tone as being yearning and has given him this unfair image of a poet with his head stuck in the clouds; however this is just his way of examination on his own self. He has also been described as being similar to childlike with his point of view as well as his writing style. His ideas are more about exploration and entertainment than the escape from a reality. His cultural influence with the Georgian movement often discredited him and he often was frowned upon by most modernists. Later in life he took inspiration from the Georgians and looked at life as if there is a problem. His work still lives on even though he died in 1956. ====

Works Cited:
- Campbell, James. “A Kind of Magic.” //Guardian News.// The Guardian. 2013. Web. 15 May 15, 2013. - Faber & Faber. “Walter De la Mare.” //The Poetry Archive//. The Poetry Archive. 2013. Web. 15 May 2013. - Monroe, Harriet. “Walter De La Mare.” //Poetry Foundation.// Poetry Foundation. 2013. Web. 15 May 2013. - “Who was Walter De la Mare?” //Gemini Geek.// Gemini Geek. 2013. Web. 15 May 2013.

Poem One:
**__The Song of the Soldiers By Walter De La Mare__**   As I sat musing by the frozen dyke,     There was a man marching with a bright steel pike,     Marching in the dayshine like a ghost came he,    And behind me was the moaning and the murmur    Of the sea. As I sat musing, 'twas not one but ten--   Rank on rank of ghostly soldiers marching o'er the fen,    Marching in the misty air they showed in dreams to me,    And behind me was the shouting and the shattering    of the sea. As I sat musing, 'twas a host in dark array,   With their horses and their cannon wheeling onward   to the fray,   Moving like a shadow to the fate the brave must dree,    And behind me roared the drums, rang the trumpet,    Of the sea. **__We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together By Taylor Swift__**  I remember when we broke up the first time   Saying this is it, I've had enough, 'cause like   We haven't seen each other in a month   When you, said you, needed space, what? Then you come around again and say   Baby, I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change   Trust me, remember how that lasted for a day    I say, I hate you, we break up, you call me, I love you Oooh we called it off again last night  But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you   We are never ever ever getting back together    We are never ever ever getting back together    You go talk to your friends talk   To my friends talk to me   But we are never ever ever ever getting back together Like ever...   I'm really gonna miss you picking fights    And me, falling for a screaming that I'm right    And you, will hide away and find your piece of mind with some indie record that's much cooler than mine Oooh you called me up again tonight  But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you   We are never ever ever getting back together    We are never ever ever getting back together    You go talk to your friends talk   To my friends talk to me   But we are never ever ever ever getting back together I used to think, that we, were forever ever ever   And I used to say never say never    Huh, he calls me up and he's like, I still love you   And i'm like, i'm just, I mean this is exhausting, you know   We are never getting back together, like ever We are never ever ever getting back together   We are never ever ever getting back together    You go talk to your friends talk   To my friends talk to me   But we are never ever ever ever getting back together We, oooh, oooh, not back together, we  Oh, getting back together You go talk to your friends talk  And my friends talk to me   But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Term: Repetition Definition: The action of repeating a word or phrase Effect: See the Poem

Term: Rhyme Definition: Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of the lines of poetry Effect: See the Poem

Term: Comma Definition: A punctuation Mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark a place. Effect: See the Poem

Poem Two:
**__November By Walter De La Mare__** There is wind where the rose was,  Cold rain where sweet grass was,   And clouds like sheep  Stream o'er the steep  Grey skies where the lark was. Nought warm where your hand was,  gold where your hair was,  But phantom, forlorn,  Beneath the thorn,   Your ghost where your face was. Cold wind where your voice was,  Tears, tears where my heart was,   And ever with me,   Child, ever with me,  Silence where hope was.

**__Wake Me Up when September Ends by Green Day__** Summer has come and passed   The innocent can never last   wake me up when September ends like my father's come to pass  seven years has gone so fast   wake me up when September ends here comes the rain again falling from the stars  drenched in my pain again   becoming who we are as my memory rests  but never forgets what I lost   wake me up when September ends summer has come and passed  the innocent can never last   wake me up when September ends ring out the bells again like we did when spring began  wake me up when September ends here comes the rain again <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">falling from the stars  <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">drenched in my pain again   becoming who we are <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">as my memory rests  but never forgets what I lost   wake me up when September ends Summer has come and passed  The innocent can never last    wake me up when September ends like my father's come to pass  twenty years has gone so fast    wake me up when September ends     wake me up when September ends     wake me up when September ends Term: Theme Definition: A implicit or recurrent idea Effect: See the Poem

Term: Metaphor Definition: A figure of Speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance Effect: See the Poem

Term: Personification Definition: A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstraction are endowed with human qualities Effect: See the Poem

Poem Three:
<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">**__At Ease By Walter de la Mare__**  Most wounds can Time repair. But some are mortal — these:   For a broken heart there is no balm,   <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">No cure for a heart at ease — <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">At ease, but cold as stone,  Though the intellect spin on,   And the feat and practiced face may show  <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Nought of the life that is gone;  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">But smiles, as by habit taught;  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">And sighs, as by custom led;  <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">And the soul within is safe from damnation,   Since it is dead.



**__Love you Like a Love song Baby By Selena Gomez__**  //[Verse 1]//   It's been said and done   Every beautiful thought's been already sung   And I guess right now here's another one   So your melody will play on and on, with the best of 'em   You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible   A sinful, miracle, lyrical   You've saved my life again   And I want you to know baby //[Chorus]// <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat //[Verse 2)//   Constantly, boy you play through my mind like a symphony   <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">There's no way to describe what you do to me   You just do to me, what you do  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">And it feels like I've been rescued  <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I've been set free  <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I am hypnotized by your destiny   You are magical, lyrical, beautiful   You are... And I want you to know baby    //[Chorus]//  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a (love song baby) love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a (love song baby) love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you (I love you, I love you) like a love song, baby And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (like a love song) //[Bridge]// <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">No one compares  <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">You stand alone, to every record I own  <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Music to my heart that's what you are  <span style="color: lime; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">A song that goes on and on    //[Chorus]//  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby  <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I, I love you like a love song, baby <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">I love you...like a love song...

Term: Simile

Definition: a comparison of two unlike thinks using like or as

Effect: See the Poem

Term: Metaphor

Definition: A figure of Speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance

Effect: See the Poem

Term: Hyperbole

Definition: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Effect: See the Poem