Question

In a response of no fewer than two paragraphs, discuss the theme of James Russell Lowell’s poem and the poetic devices he uses to communicate the message of the poem. In your answer, be sure to discuss the mood of the poem and the impact of Lowell’s language, metaphors, rhyme scheme, as well as the point of view he employs in the piece.

Answer 1

Life is a leaf of paper white
Whereon each one of us may write
His word or two; and then comes night.
Though thou have time
But for a line, be that sublime;
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
In a response of no fewer than two paragraphs, discuss the theme of James Russell Lowell’s
poem and the poetic devices he uses to communicate the message of the poem. In your
answer, be sure to discuss the mood of the poem and the impact of Lowell’s language, metaphors,  and rhyme scheme, as well as the point of view he employs in the piece