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TODAY by Billy Collins

Connotation

Imagery- "Cool brick paths and the garden bursting with peonies", "snow-covered cottage."

Figurative Language- The author compares the sky to a glass paperweight, "larger dome of blue and white."

The end of the poem is saying that you are setting the people free from the cold winter into the warm spring.

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Attitude/Tone

The author creates a tone of joy, playfulness, and happiness in the poem by describing a beautiful spring day.

Shifts

letting the people inside go free

from the snowy cottage

they can go out

holding hands and squinting from the sun

into a bigger dome of color

Today is that kind of day.

If there was a perfect spring day

with an unsteady wind

it makes you want to open

the windows in your home

and open the canary's cage

rip open the door

The poem is in present tense.

The speaker and attitude stays consistent throughout the poem.

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Title

Theme

the walkways

and the garden are full of peonies

it feels so drawn in the sky

that you can

break the glass paperweight

sitting on the table

The title is telling the readers that the poem is describing a spring day.

The poem is describing the change from winter to spring and how good spring feels.

The poet is saying that a perfect spring day can make someone "throw open all the windows in the house."

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