The denotation in the poem "first love" is that a boy is late for his date with a girl he has liked through high school CAREER and he ends up finding a bike and riding to his date on the bike. The connotation talks about the INNOCENCE of a first date and how nervous this boy is to see this girl, the bike represents luck/ INNOCENCE BECAUSE this boy is trying so hard and yet is missing all his chances, the bike is luck because it gives him a chance to fight for his love, and innocence because bikes are childhood toys.
Before Reality Broke Through - Free Verse
The denotation of the poem "Before reality broke through" is that the first person character is a heavy drinker, they think the world is confusing, summer days used to be longer, that everyone is hollow, and that you still have skinned knees. The connotation explains how the now mature adult is thinking back at their childhood and thinking about memories they used to have and how they all changed after a certain point in their life to who they are now.
the joy of riding a bike - SHAKESPEARE Sonnet
The denotation for the "Joy of Riding a Bike" poem talks about how this first-person character has ridden a bike for as long as they can remember, how they trained, then how their hobby became a job and they no longer enjoyed it as much so they took a ride on an old bike. The connotations are that this character has always ridden a bike and how this used to be a thing that her and her dad did but now that she is older people recognize her for this talent and she feels that she doesn't enjoy it as much now that it is what she's known for, so she takes a ride on her old bike so she can remember why she had started in the first place.