Akiko’s Poems Essay Examples

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The Perfect Poem of William Blake (2601 words, 3 pages)

Perfectly PoeticT.S. Eliot once said of Blake's writings, "The Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experience, and the poems from the Rossetti manuscripts, are the poems of a man with a profound interest in human emotions, and a profound knowledge of them." (Grant, Pg 507) These two famous books ... Read More

The Changes in the Poem of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner (647 words, 2 pages)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Changes and there effectIn the 1798 and the 1817 text of the, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, There are certain changes. Changes that effect the poem and the way that the reader sees the poem. Some of these changes include reading devices called ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Jungle Night, a Poem (564 words, 1 pages)

Critical Analysis of Jungle NightThe speaker of the poem is a civilian observer, probably a local. There is a sense of tension and fear in the speakers tone. The speaker uses an observatory tone in the poem, a combination between 1st and 3rd person. The author shows us that the ... Read More

A Summary of the Poem Paralytic by Silvia Plath (1668 words, 4 pages)

Paralytic Poetry From The BrinkSilvia Plath has always been famous. She was a very open poet who wrote with so much confession, she became almost like a soap opera. Her life was a constant bout with suicide and the readers loved to watch. After one of her first suicide attempts, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Foreshadows in the Poem Beowulf (796 words, 2 pages)

In the poem Beowulf there are many ways in which the digressions exhibit a correlated foreshadowing and similarity to Beowulf's personal adventures as a single, heroic, entity. The similarities in wording and plot are remarkable. One such, indicative parallel is manifested between Beowulf's ordeal with the dragon and the digression ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem the Flea by John Donne (476 words, 1 pages)

The Flea by John DonneJohn Donne's The Flea exhibits his metaphysical ability his aptitude for turning even the least likely images into elaborate symbols of love and romance. This poem uses the image of a flea that has just bitten the speaker and his beloved to sketch an amusing conflict ... Read More

An Analysis of the Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson (1366 words, 3 pages)

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts. She died in the same place on May 15, 1886. Today people know her as a fascinating, talented writer. Most of the pieces Emily wrote were poems. Emily was a very isolated individual. She rarely ever got out or ... Read More

The Imagery in the Poem, The Tyger by William Blake (688 words, 2 pages)

Can you give to the horse mightyness? Can you clothe its neck with a rustling mane? Can you cause it to leap like a locust? (Job 3919-20)William Blake s The Tyger is reminiscent of when God questioned Job rhetorically about his creations, many of them being fearsome beasts such as ... Read More

A Summary of the Epic Poem Beowulf (1802 words, 3 pages)

Beowulf is an epic poem written, most likely, towards the end of the first millennium. It is considered a masterpiece and is the oldest known piece of English literature. Written in Old English, the story tells of magnificent heroes and terrible monsters, of the struggle between good and evil. Beowulf ... Read More

An essay on the Poem Dover Beach (797 words, 2 pages)

DOVER BEACH Dover Beach is a very 'mood' evoking poem . We are first met with an appreciation for the sea and different emotions that is draws to the observer. However as the poem progresses we are gradually introduced to a large metaphor for love and like the sea is ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Poem Jungle Night (545 words, 1 pages)

Critical Analysis of Jungle NightThe speaker of the poem is a civilian observer, probably a local. There is a sense of tension and fear in the speaker s tone. The speaker uses an observatory tone in the poem, a combination between 1st and 3rd person. The author shows us that ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem “The Odyssey” (965 words, 2 pages)

Completing a JourneyIts been twenty years since Odysseus has been able to go home to his kingdom and family, because Poseidon has a grudge toward him and would not let him leave. Currently his kingdom is slowly falling apart, and Athena, who always liked Odysseus, recognizes this and says that ... Read More

A Critique of the Poem Daddy by Sylvia Plath (1948 words, 3 pages)

A Critique of the Poem Daddy In the poem Daddy, Sylvia Plath describes her true feelings about her deceased father. Throughout the dialogue, the reader can find many instances that illustrate a great feeling of hatred toward the author s father. She begins by expressing her fears of her father ... Read More

An Analysis of Heroic Poem Beowulf (742 words, 1 pages)

Beowulf is one of the oldest existing poems in the English language. Originally written in Anglo-Saxon, it has been translated to give readers the opportunity to enjoy this colorful, heroic poem of England s epic age. It has been declared as a heroic-elegaic poem because of the various characteristics it ... Read More

An Analysis of My Brother, You Must Not Die, a Poem by Yosano Akiko (542 words, 1 pages)

The poem "My brother, you must not die," was written by Yosano Akiko. She is the one speaking in the poem. She is speaking to her younger brother, as she begs of him not to get involved in the Russo - Japanese War. She does it by letting him know ... Read More

An Overview of the Epic Poem The Odyssey by Homer (1498 words, 2 pages)

The Epic poem "The Odyssey" written in 720 BC by Homer involves the story of a war hero, Odysseus, who is sentenced to twenty years of tribulation after the bloody war of Troy before returning home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus. The reason he faced the tribulation was ... Read More

An Analysis of The South, a Poem by Langston Hughes (558 words, 2 pages)

The South The South has many objects associated with it, to where it is considered either a beautiful place or very disturbing. In The South , Langston Hughes describes his feelings of the south from the point of view of a black man who has had an experience in the ... Read More

A Comparison of Poem and Women in English Literature (858 words, 2 pages)

Shall I Compare my Poem to a Women?When we talk about sex we can mean one of two things. One is being physical with someone else and two to say whether a person is a man or a woman. People contain physical characteristics which distinguishes them from either being man ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Bushed by Earle Birney (549 words, 1 pages)

Bushed The entire poem is a metaphor taken literally it can be considered just a short story about a man stranded on a beach. He wakes up early in the morning, awake and very alive, he goes to sleep feeling secure. He learns how to survive by eating porcupine bellies ... Read More

A Poem of Friends on a Trip to California (854 words, 6 pages)

As we sat around like every other day,We decided we could no longer stay.So we packed up the vanAnd we were determined to darken our tan.California was where we were goingTo the beach where it s never snowing.We were off to watch the scenery during the dayAnd at night, find ... Read More

An Analysis of Yoko, a Poem by Thomas Gunn (904 words, 2 pages)

Thomas Gunn delivers a poem that delves deep into a dog s mind capturing the unsophisticated boredom, anticipation, anxiety, and curiosity that all dogs must feel while locked up and restricted to a domestic life. Yoko begins with a visual and concrete image of a dog named Yoko awaiting the ... Read More

A Comparison of Acquainted With the Night, a Poem by Robert Frost and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, a Poem by Dylan Thomas (982 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" By -Haduchi- These two poems about the night are full of intense emotion. And it is easily said that these two poets offer easily accessible emotion in their verse. For Frost his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop (871 words, 2 pages)

The Catch of a LifetimeAndrienne Rich once said, I am an instrument in the shape of a woman trying to translate pulsations into images. Elizabeth Bishop applies Rich s quote in the poem The Fish. The poem tells about a situation where Bishop catches an unattractive fish. As she studies ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, The Hospital Window (1206 words, 6 pages)

The Hospital Window-The death of a loved one can put unimaginable stress on the loved ones of the deceased. This stress can make one's life chaotic and unpleasant for long periods of time if the mourners do not understand the death. James Dickey, who believes, "poetry is the center of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Lobsters by Howard Nemerov (532 words, 1 pages)

LobstersAre lobsters similar to man? In Howard Nemerov s poem Lobsters, there is a contrast made between the lives of lobsters to the lives of mankind. The speaker uses certain images to set up the reader for the implicit meaning of the poem. The meaning is found at the end ... Read More

The Theme of Revenge in the Epic Poem Beowulf (511 words, 2 pages)

Revenge Is revenge an excuse to commit murder? Some people might think it is. In the epic poem Beowulf, the anonymous author believes this. Beowulf waswritten between the 8th and 10th century and the transcripts were kept in amonastery. The transcripts were there until King Henry VIII desolved allmonasteries, and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, The Gift by Louise Glxck (322 words, 1 pages)

In "The Gift" by Louise Glxck, the little boy is calling oggie, oggie, at his front door.This could mean several things, first we would have to look at clues. The poem states that themother is praying to GOD. One could infer that the boys dog died and he is calling ... Read More

An Analysis of the Aeneid, an Epic Poem by Virgil (1332 words, 2 pages)

The story of Virgil's Aeneid was drawn from many sources, the most influential being the work of the Greek poet Homer. Virgil based the first six books of the Aeneid on the Odessey and the last six books on the Iliad both written by Homer. The Aeneid describes the adventures ... Read More

An Analysis of The Scarlet Ibis, a Poem (404 words, 1 pages)

Brotherhood can either be "the state or quality of being a brother, or an association of men united in a common interest, work, etc., as a fraternity." That statement says that someone really does not need to have another sibling to be a brother. Friends can act like brothers, or ... Read More

The Elements of a Heroic Poem in the Epic of Beowulf (567 words, 1 pages)

Hero s EpicIn the course of time, many heroes have made their name and many stories have been written to proclaim their greatness. However, none as captivating as Beowulf. This Anglo-Saxon epic demonstrates it s power with beautiful language, usage of kennings, metaphors, similes, and alliteration. Also, it gives wondrous ... Read More