Great Regulars: Lacking "wit and sense" such

a jealous lover finds "The fault, wherewith fifteen is lost" and "he that brings the racket in is double diligence." He loses his joy in fantasy and instead of easily returning the volley of love messages, loses his patience and fails to play as a tennis player who out of anger breaks the tennis racket and stalks off the court.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: De Vere's Love and Tennis

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"Birches" consists of sixty lines, divided into two verse paragraphs of 41 and 19 lines. This poem is unrimed free verse, which Frost did not wholly endorse. He claimed that writing free-verse was like playing tennis without a net.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Frost's 'Birches'

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Yet going past this absurdity, the reader understands that once the tiger has ripped the victim's throat, the victim would be dead and incapable of uttering anything further, must less the ridiculous line "I love this cultured hell that tests my youth!"

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: McKay's 'America'

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In the first quatrain, the speaker tells his God-given talent that he is sending this poem to confirm the fact that he accepts the duty his writing talent places upon him. He is not just writing these clever little verses to show off his intelligence; he is writing out of a true call to duty that his talent requires of him.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 26

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The addressee seems to be far from the speaker: "from far where I abide." And though his eyelids are "drooping," the thoughts of the addressee keep them "open wide." So there he is, lying in bed in total darkness, eyes wide open seeing only what "the blind do see," as he contemplates and muses on the addressee.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Shakespeare Sonnet 27

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