English Poetry Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Literally Analysis of The Flea by John Donne (1170 words, 4 pages)

Poem The Flea by John DonneThe Norton Anthology of English Literature defines the "conceits" of poetics asmetaphors that are intricately woven into the verse, often used to express satire, puns,or deeper meanings within the poem, and to display the poet's own cunning with words.The conceits of John Donne are said ... Read More

A Review of Batter My Heart Three-Personed God by John Donne (1298 words, 2 pages)

Purify my heart for I have sinned An IronyIn John Donnes Batter my heart, three-personed God for You, the moral and religious qualms of the speaker are manifest in a sonnet which seems at first almost like an avowal between lovers. These convictions of guilt, which stem from his sexual ... Read More

An Interpretation of La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad by John Keats (690 words, 2 pages)

Matt MeissnerIs It Better To Have Loved And LostIn La Belle Dame sans Merci A Ballad, John Keats, the author, relates feelings of heartache to the reader by using metaphors of somberness and sorrow. The poem is set around a knights story of how his heart had been broken when ... Read More

A Review of To Sleep by William Wordsworth (302 words, 1 pages)

In his poem, "To Sleep," Wordsworth talks about how he can't seem to fall asleep. He never tells us why, but maybe it's because he doesn't know. There probably was a significant event that he experienced that has either affected him psychologically that he doesn't know would affect him, or ... Read More

A Comparison of Pain and the Carefree Life of the Birds in Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (1093 words, 2 pages)

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALEAs one reads this poem of John Keats, the overwhelming feeling is the envy the poet feels toward the nightingale and his song. He compared the carefree life of the bird to the pain, suffering and mortality of men. He continually referred to Greek gods and mythology ... Read More

An Analysis of the Literary Techniques Used in My Last Duchess by Robert Browning (811 words, 2 pages)

My Last DuchessBy Robert BrowningIn Robert Brownings monologue poem My Last Duchess, the author employs many literary techniques to convey the overriding jealous, controlling demeanor of the persona, the Duke. The poem, through the Dukes careful words, illustrates that appearances can indeed be deceiving. In the first line Browning immediately ... Read More

The Use of Irony, Diction, and Imagery in The Haunting Aristocrat by Robert Browning (777 words, 4 pages)

The Haunting AristocratIn his dramatic monologue, Robert Browning uses irony, diction, andimagery to achieve a haunting effect. Robert Browning frequently wrote dramatic monologues to enhance thedark and avaricious qualities in his works. Brownings use of this particularstyle is to evoke the unconstrained reaction of a person in a particularsituation or ... Read More

A Study of Dramatic Monologue in My Last Duchess by Robert Browning (678 words, 3 pages)

My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning, is an example of a dramatic monologue. Adramatic monologue is a kind of narrative poem in which one character speaks to one ormore listeners whose replies are not given in the poem. The Duke is speaking to an envoyabout his fisrt wife who is ... Read More

The Male Chauvinistic Point-of-View and the Vocabulary Used in Man-Sized Job by Sharlot Hall (417 words, 1 pages)

Man-Sized Job was written by Sharlot Hall (1870-1943). It is a poem that defines a womans work from a mans point of view. Poems like this were uncommon in the late 1800s early 1900s, especially if women wrote them. The two aspects of this poem that I would like to ... Read More

Understanding Alfred Prufrock in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot (879 words, 2 pages)

. Alfred Prufrock constantly lived in fear, in fear of life and death. T. S. Eliot divided his classic poem into three equally important sections. Each division provided the reader with insight into the mental structure of J. Alfred Prufrock. In actuality, Prufrock maintained a good heart and a worthy ... Read More

The Exploration of Childhood Memories in Dylan Thomas’ Poem “Fern Hill” (766 words, 3 pages)

The poem "Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas explores childhood memories and themelancholy reality of lost youth. "Fern Hill" compels the reader to come back over andover again to seek more insight into the joy and pleasure of a time of innocence lost. Thefigurative speech causes the reader to seek the ... Read More

An Analysis of Wilfred Owen’s Anti-War Poem “Dulce et Decurum” (706 words, 1 pages)

Reality Dulce et Decorum Est, an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, ( ) conveys a strong meaning and persuasive argument. The anti-war theme and serious tone is extremely effective at portraying war as horrid and devastating. Upon my initial reading of this poem I felt overpowered by blood, guts and ... Read More

A Plot Review of A. E. Housman’s Poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” (1038 words, 3 pages)

"To An Athlete Dying Young" The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman ... Read More

A Biography of the Life and Times of W.H Auden (966 words, 3 pages)

The Author and His TimesWhen, in 1939, W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood set sail for the United States, the so-called 'All the fun' age ended. Auden's generation of poets' expectations came to nothing after the end of the Spanish Civil War, and they, disillusioned, left the European continent for ... Read More

An Explication of Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (626 words, 1 pages)

Explication of Dulce et Decorum EstIn his poem exhibiting the gruesome imagery of World War I, Dulce et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen conveys his strongly anti-war sentiments to the reader. Through the irony found in the ending, horrific imagery, and the feeling of surrealism woven into the poem, Owen forces ... Read More

The Theme of Love in Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold (1363 words, 3 pages)

Dover Beach Beauty Hides PainPoet, Matthew Arnold, presents a very real theme of love in his poem, Dover Beach. Where he creates a scene of beauty among the sea and shores, mixed with night and moonlight, he also is presenting us with the underlying misery, which is easily over looked ... Read More

A Brief Biography of Matthew Arnold and an Analysis of Sensory Imagery in His Poem Dover Beach (811 words, 2 pages)

"Dover Beach"Before we can discuss Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach," a brief biography of the poet will help us understand the poem and the mood he is in while writing it. The reader should know that Matthew Arnold married Fanny Lucy Wightman at Dover, despite her father's disapproval. Wightman's father was ... Read More

The Wonders of Life as Described in Matthew’s Arnold’s Dover Beach” (689 words, 4 pages)

How can life or anything be so wonderful, but at times seem so unbearable? This is a question that Matthew Arnold may have asked himself one day, while writing "Dover Beach". This is a poem about a sea and a beach that is truly beautiful, but hold much deeper meaning ... Read More

An Essay on the Use of the Divine Rape Conceit in Holy Sonnet 14 by John Donne (805 words, 2 pages)

Doing Donne Donnes Use of the Divine Rape Conceit in Holy Sonnet 14As a young poet, John Donne often utilized metaphors of spiritual bond in many of his Songs and Sonnets in order to explain fleshly love. Once he renounced Catholicism and converted to the Anglican faith (circa 1597), Donne ... Read More

The Influence of Gillian Clarke’s Background in Her Poems (693 words, 1 pages)

Gillian Clarke is obviously a poet of her locality - Wales, and she also writes in her poems of what it's like to be a woman. In this essay I intend to show whether or not her awareness of this affects the subject matter of her poetry.Gillian Clarke being a ... Read More

An Analysis of Wilfred Owen’s Anti-War Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est (739 words, 4 pages)

Dulce et decorum estThe poem is one of the most powerful ways to convey an idea or opinion. Through vivid imagery and compelling metaphors, the poem gives the reader the exact feeling the author wanted. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est," an anti-war poem by Wilfred Owen, makes great use ... Read More

An Analysis of William Blake’s “Garden of Love” (642 words, 1 pages)

William Blake's "Garden of Love"In William Blake's Garden of Love, published in 1794, the speaker shows that from day one of any persons life, nothing remains uniform. That life is always in a state of change, disarray, and inconsistency. The speaker tries to do this by bringing you to a ... Read More

An Analysis of Imagination in the Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats (1677 words, 2 pages)

Someone once said that true love is only an illusion and can never be achieved. This is evidently shown through many elements of the poem by John Keats, The Eve of St. Agnes. Much of this poem is about the imagination and how it can blind people and make them ... Read More

The Portrayal of Human Emotions in John Keats’ English Sonnet “When I Have Fears” (1125 words, 2 pages)

In his English sonnet When I Have Fears (pg. 17, Vendler), John Keats attempts to put into words the human emotions felt when dealing with death. I believe that Keats wrote this poem to describe the natural order of emotions he went through while thinking of his own mortality. The ... Read More

How Self Esteem Affects Love Life in T.S Eliot’s “The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock” (862 words, 1 pages)

, talking of Michelangelo, a subject so deep that it begs a discussion more serious than that of the chatter at ladies' tea parties. But the women just come and go, discussing the great artist only superficially, and Prufrock addresses the ladies with an air almost of biting sarcasm. Prufrock ... Read More

War and Its Effects in the Poem, Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (814 words, 4 pages)

Dulce Et Decorum EstThis poem describes war and its effects on the poet himself. Dulce et decorum estpro patria mori actually means How sweet and pure it is to die for ones country.Owen in this poem describes how this is not at all true and that it is in no ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Dreams by Cecil Frances Alexander (360 words, 1 pages)

1 11 2001DREAMS An AnalysisThe poem Dreams by Cecil Frances Alexander portrays very strong imagery, and has a message that ties in with the theme of this poetry notebook. The emotion shows the speakers feelings about being asleep as to being awake. Although there is nothing original about the layout ... Read More

An Analysis of the Form, Structure, Rhyme, Rhythm and Language of Adultery by Carol Anne Duffy (2200 words, 9 pages)

FORM AND STRUCTURECarol Anne Duffys poem Adultery is structured in a traditional andstraightforward way. It is comprised of eleven verses - each with the common fourlines, which consist of between four and nine words. This makes the poem notparticularly striking at the first look, before it is read. The typography ... Read More

The Effects of War as Described in Whitman’s “The Sounds of War” (1145 words, 3 pages)

James BettencourtFebruary 11, 2000ENG 1021Dr. OHaraThe Sounds of WarWhen a country is at war it is the common people who suffer. In Walt Whitmans poem, Beat! Beat! Drums, the speaker signifies the sounds of war. The speaker, listening to the banging of war drums and shrill sounds of bugles, relates ... Read More

A Comparison of Poem by Richard Eberhart and William Wordsworth (1631 words, 2 pages)

Comparison Essay If I could only live at the pitch that is near madness, When everything is as it was in my childhood... This statement in the Ode is a common theme between the two poems. The poems being If I Could Only Live At The Pitch That Is Near ... Read More

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