Akiko’s Poems Essay Examples

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An Examination of the Poem, Girl by Jamaica Kincaid (1073 words, 2 pages)

Jamaica Kincaid- Girl The poem Girl by author Jamaica Kincaid shows love and family togetherness by creating microcosmic images of the way mothers raise their children in order to survive. Upon closer examination, the reader sees that the text is a string of images in Westerner Caribbean family practices. Jamaica ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Ethics by Linda Pastan (716 words, 1 pages)

The speaker in Linda Pastans poem Ethics addresses and investigates the moral dilemma that the teacher would present to the students every fall, focusing on the inability of the young to make well-informed decisions. The speaker remembers the question that has been bothering her for years if there were a ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of Quantom Chaos and Poems (326 words, 1 pages)

Cara Benson, Quantom Chaos Poems A Manifest(o)ation, BookThug, 2007, ISBN978-1-897388-14-3The first thing that jumps at you is the cover. On it a braiding of some sort is systematically unraveled until it is 4 strands of the same piece of, lets say, leather. That is what the reader is to do ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Baptism by Franz Wright (807 words, 1 pages)

Redemption Through BaptismPut to death therefore what is earthly in you sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is Idolatry. Because of these the wrath of God is coming.(Colossians 35-6) The punishment for sin is death. Death is the loss of anything precious to the heart. Franz ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem of Jacob Steendam (410 words, 1 pages)

When asked to present a response paper, I took it as any other assignment and thought nothing of it. However, it wasnt until I delved into the assigned reading that I realized this assignment is different. I had to force myself to get past the seventh stanza of the poem ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of the Poem Patients (1525 words, 3 pages)

In my essay I will refer to Patients, Patience Strong, Sisyphus, Canal1977, BCAD, The Contributors and The Sheepdog.Patients is a very disturbing poem in that it challenges the way we usually see the hospital staff. We would prefer to view the hospital staff as professional, reliable, stable and infallible people. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Gunpowder Plot (594 words, 2 pages)

Write an account of a poem which deals with an unusual or unpleasantaspect of life. Show clearly how the poet uses such elements as effectivewords and vivid images to create something memorable. The poem "Gunpowder Plot" was interesting as its title holds threemeanings. The author could have meant an allotment ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem About a Deceased Person (732 words, 1 pages)

The title of this specific piece of poetry is . Now, this title does not really give a reader much to go on. The only thing one would know about this poem is that it is a small one and that it may be about a deceased person or someone ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Design by Robert Frost (923 words, 1 pages)

In the poem "Design" by Robert Frost, the classic use of the color white, meaning innocence and purity is turned around. Instead of giving this color to wholesome, pure objects he gives them to objects that are the reverse, which are death, darkness and unholy objects.When I read the poem ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem by a Michigan Lad (499 words, 1 pages)

Here's a poem by a Michigan lad, Theodore Roethke, whose father ran a nursery and greenhouse business in Saginaw. This poem avoids all psycho-babble about love-hate relationships, childhood idealization of the father, family tensions and conflicts, the borderline between play and violence, whatever. It avoids those cliches and trite formulations ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of an Epic Poem (1061 words, 3 pages)

is considered to be an epic poem as bydefinition. An epic poem as defined by Funk and Wagnalls is a poemcelebrating in stately, formal verse the achievements of heroes, gods, anddemigods (426). as well as the entire Bible was writtenin the form of an epic poem. Major characteristics of epic ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of a Poem (337 words, 1 pages)

The first passage is a simile. This can be supported by itsdefinition. A simile means comparing two essentially unlike things throughthe use of a specific word. The passage is comparing junior high school toa roaring lion. You can see that junior high school is not like a lionitself but it ... Read More

A Report on Nizar Qabbani and His Poems (740 words, 2 pages)

Maryam IshakFebruary 22, 2012ArabicPoetry from Nizar QabbaniNizar Qabbani is one of the most popular and bestselling poets in the Arab world. He was born March 21, 1923 in Damascus, Syria and died April 30, 1998 in London England. He studied law at the University of Damascus in 1945 then started ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Matrix by William Heyen (521 words, 1 pages)

William Heyen's poem "Matrix" (184-185) is a beautiful display of how he feels for his wife. You can tell from this poem that he is sensitive to her feelings of being sick and that he would do any thing to make her feel more comfortable. He shows this is his ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Themes in a Poem (292 words, 1 pages)

This poem isn't just about "foregoing the chores." This poem is a reality check. First, there's no mention of the two being a married couple, and I don't believe they are. However, they are living together--a woman with an artist--and how the realty of living with an artist is completely ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem If Only (873 words, 6 pages)

If OnlyBy Breanna MillerIt's dark and cold and lonelyI can't help to think If Only'I could have chosen the right wayNo' I could have choose to sayAll my friends followed this pathThey said to take the other way was daftThey told me it was neat and coolBut over it I ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Poem (205 words, 2 pages)

I was a petite seedand no one paid any heedPlaced in a nurseryListen to my story, it is a mixture of glee and tragedyOne day a little girl came byHey! I said, can you hear my cry? I prayed to god to relieve me from hereWill my dream come true ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Gods Grandeur (974 words, 2 pages)

God's Grandeur When reading this Poem I had envisioned the poet describing the world that he sees, showing that it was a struggle or challenge in his eyes, because he sees a temporary world. He gets frustrated and has an inner struggle with the world and with the people around ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poems About Love (385 words, 1 pages)

Carter BrandMr. RiggsEnglish IVFebruary 14, 2011The poems about love were all expressed in these poems, one more clearly than others but they are all similar in the way that he talks about love and the poems are depressing and sad, none of them are really happy. The poem Annabel Lee ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem by William Yeats (458 words, 1 pages)

Easter 1916 is a poem by William Yeats that pertains to Irish nationalists revolting against the British Empire. Yeats uses a stream in the poem to represent Britain and its constant rush on the Irish rebels. He uses a stone embedded in the stream that causes steady disruption and chaos ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem Dover Beach (514 words, 2 pages)

In the poem Dover Beach, the poet uses conflicting imagery to givemeaning to the poem. The differences in the way that the poet sees therelationship between the beach and the sea and the way that most peoplewould see it become more pronounced as the poem develops. He also uses thechange ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem 465 (630 words, 1 pages)

Imagine the different emotions that you would experience when lying on your death bed, as your life flashes before your eyes. There may be feelings of guilt, remorse, regret, contentment, or perhaps the feeling of being alone. In poem 465, the speaker describes her feelings toward the life she has ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Poem (389 words, 1 pages)

For as long as history has been recorded and probably for much longer, man has always been at odds with the idea of his own death. Even those of us who have accepted death graciously, have at least in some way feared, dreaded, or attempted to delay its arrival. We ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem by Churchgoing (538 words, 1 pages)

The poem Churchgoing portrays the actual act of going to church as a faithless ritual. Marilyn Nelson conveys a very mundane attitude in this poem to describe the atmosphere in the church. The church attendants sit stolidly, while the ceremony drags on. The narrator of the poem is also on ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Poem by Dudley Randall (1088 words, 3 pages)

In the poem , by Dudley Randall, written in 1969, Mr.Randall uses of irony to describes the events of the mothers decision, and alsoher concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that thischild would even know what a freedom march is, but this would be ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem The Fly by William Blake (635 words, 2 pages)

In the poem The Fly, much vivid imagery is employed in creating agraphic depiction of the housefly as the filthy, disease ridden scourge ofman that it is. The author, having obviously spent a great deal of timeobserving and noting the characteristics of the housefly, creates a vividsummation of his observations ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem The Soldier by Rupert Brooke (502 words, 2 pages)

I am analyzing the poem "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke. This poem isabout a man who loves his country dearly. The country is England. He believesthat if he should die in a far away battle field that people should remember ofhim only that he was English. Brookes says in his ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1887 words, 6 pages)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, to those who know and understand his poemswell, exists in three modes, as Philosopher, Poet, Friend. If the truthwere told, we should all be obliged to admit that the Philosopher escapesus. It is the opinion of many that Coleridge as Poet is almost equally anevanescent shadow and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Poem (763 words, 1 pages)

It was really a difficult poem to me. 'Cause the poem has used many metaphorical conceits. The meaning is not so apparent. I have had problems to figure out the clear and correct ideas, also I had some doubts and questions. Actually the main idea of this poem is trying ... Read More

An Analysis of Strength of Passion in the Poem Wordsworth (454 words, 2 pages)

Wordsworth poetry derives its strength from the passion with whichhe views nature. Wordsworth has grown tired of the world mankind hascreated, and turns to nature for contentment. In his poems, Wordsworthassociates freedom of emotions with natural things. Each aspect of natureholds a different meaning for Wordsworth. 'The beauty of morning ... Read More