Akiko’s Poems Essay Examples

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An Analysis of the Poem, A Decade by Amy Lowell (402 words, 1 pages)

Analysis of Amy Lowells Poem A Decade In A Decade, a poem by Amy Lowell, the reader is shown how a lovers attitude can go from infatuation at first to just predictability and love. In this poem Lowell uses imagery and similes to elaborate on the feelings of the speaker ... Read More

An Interpretation of the Poem Mid-Term Break (560 words, 1 pages)

In the poem "Mid-Term Break", we can appreciate how heaney tries to arouse the feelings of pity and compassion (for the family). He achieves this by introducing a child who talks in a natural way and uses simple vocabulary. Also, he emphasizes those feelings by creating shoking images. While we ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of My Brother, You Must Not Die 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 Analysis of the Poem, Lycidas by John Milton (501 words, 1 pages)

Elizabeth Stevens Milton Professor Baumel 21 September 2004 More often than necessary, the speaker makes several comments about how water plays an important role in sadness and death. Typically, water can be compared to tears of sadness andor joy. The speaker uses this comparison and contrast to explain both the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poem Warren Pryor and the Average (521 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Contrast Essay Ashley Zahacy English 10 Mr. L. Davies April 2, 2001 Parents know best, right. They have so much more knowledge than you theyre wiser, you don't know what youre doing. Warren Pryor believed this, he just went with the flow, and he was what they wanted ... Read More

The Elements that Influenced the Poems of Emily Dickinson (671 words, 1 pages)

Elements that Influenced the Poems of Emily Dickinson Many times an author's works reveal the events that were occurring during or around the time that they authored some work, whether it be poetry, short fiction, or novel. Sometimes the major events that occur in their lives or things that were ... Read More

An Examination of the Poem, The Tyger by William Blake (878 words, 2 pages)

"The Tyger" blake Summary The poem begins with the speaker asking a fearsome tiger what kind of divine being could have created it "What immortal hand or eye Could frame they fearful symmetry?" Each subsequent stanza contains further questions, all of which refine this first one. From what part of ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Poem, The Odyssey by Homer (455 words, 1 pages)

The Odyssey The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus's journey from Troy to Ithaka. During his journey Odysseus is impeded by Poseidon and assisted by Athena. The use of olive wood as a metaphor lies in the differences between Athena and her uncle Poseidon in Odysseus's journey back to Ithaka. ... Read More

An Analysis of Ulysses, a Poem by Alfred Tennyson (392 words, 1 pages)

In the poem Ulysses, author Alfred Tennyson shows us a Ulysses that is quite different from the one we are used to from such epics as the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the first of three sections of the poem, Tennysons Ulysses is a begrudged and aging man who feels ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem “Solstice Poem” by Margaret Atwood (559 words, 1 pages)

Write approximately 250 words stating what significant idea(s) are explored through this text, and how. Use quotes to support your points. The poem, "Solstice Poem," by Margaret Atwood is about a mother sharing her thoughts and asking herself how to raise her daughter well so that she will be able ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems of Robert Frost (1528 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost wrote many poems that gathered interest in readers eyes and minds. Many of the poems made his universe seem almost terrifying. Robert Frosts universe is a show of how terrifying real life is. Death is one part of the terrifying universe that Frost shows everyone. The death in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Poem and the Romance (433 words, 1 pages)

When I first read the title of this poem, I was thinking of a romance. I thought this poem would be about a couple finding A Common Ground during their relationship. Quite a few thoughts went through my mind, and I pictured my parents, my sister and her husband, my ... Read More

The Theme of Life in the Poems (1162 words, 2 pages)

Although the poems, Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, But you didnt Merrill Glass, The soldier Rupert Brooke, Warning Jenny Joseph, The executioner Shane Collins, A prayer for the twenty first century John Marsden and The road not taken Robert Frost have different styles, they all ... Read More

A Poem on Being Hurt Again (292 words, 2 pages)

Hurt Again I've been hurt today, feels as if a spike tore through me today I feel sick from the inside, think I'm gonna throw everything out, from the inside My head sort of spins, Instead of seeing one, I'm seeing twins Christ, I'm going to die Fuck Shit Up, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Paralytic by Silvia Plath (1668 words, 4 pages)

Paralytic Poetry From The Brink Silvia 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 ... Read More

An Essay on the Poem, Kiss (1276 words, 2 pages)

KISS Whenever I'm upset or incapable of coping with a problem I'm having, I use writing as a canvas to draw how I am feeling. I think, why I resort mostly to that conclusion, is because neither paper, nor the pen can portray their opinions of my difficulties, they can ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, Incident by Countee Cullen (655 words, 1 pages)

The poem Incident, by Countee Cullen, is one that could be described as a piece of Lyric Poetry. This is because it is a short poem that focuses in on the emotion of the poem, not the speaker or the event as much. Cullen shows how the happy feelings at ... Read More

A Review of the Poem, Home and Away (339 words, 1 pages)

The poem from Home and Away, seemed to start off on such a nice soft note, but it then becomes increasingly harsh? I'm not sure if I am using the correct words to properly describe it. When I read the first few lines, I thought this was going to be ... Read More

The Values in the Poem, Beowulf (726 words, 1 pages)

Beowulf reflects the Anglo-Saxon and Germanic values present up to the eleventh century. Even though it was written in the eleventh century, because it was an oral tradition, many of the beliefs and values could have been present at the time of writing along with in centuries past. Beowulf emphasizes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Fast Break (439 words, 1 pages)

Fast Break 1985 Edward Hirsch The poem Fast Break is written in great depth and detail. As a result, the reader perceives a detailed vision of what occurred on that one particular play. But, the reader would need some basketball knowledge and background, in order, to truly envision what the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Examination of the Poems Blake and Wordsorth (1106 words, 2 pages)

Examine one or two poems of Blake or Wordsworth from each of the critical perspectives The Angel I Dreamt a Dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen, Guarded by an Angel mild Witless woe was neer beguild! And I wept both night and day And ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Poems by Dylan Thomas (452 words, 2 pages)

Death is an aspect of life that everyone becomes acquainted with sooner or later. From my own experiences I am more familiar with death than I could ever want to be. Poetry is something that is very difficult for me to follow, but when it deals with concept that I ... Read More

An Analysis of an Anthology of Poems (3146 words, 4 pages)

Anthology of poems Now I'm going to discuss the three poems that im going to explain afterwards. Now these three poems shows us childhood and its general view from every character as we see the poets describe situation or part of there life that's likely to be a part of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Epic Poem Beowulf (1002 words, 2 pages)

The Great Ones Reveled Numerous stories about numerous heroes have been told and then retold. All of these heroes do different things and all of them have a different set of qualities which make them heroes. Due to the fact that there are only so many heroic adventures and qualities, ... Read More

The Effects of the Poem Beowulf to English Classes (1418 words, 2 pages)

Beowulf is a well-known Anglo-Saxon poem that has been in English classes around the United States for almost as long as there have been schools around. Beowulf is not an actual picture of historic Denmark, Geatland, or Sweden around 500 A.D., yet it is on a general view, a self-consistent ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Epic Poem Beowulf (844 words, 3 pages)

In Beowulf, the conflict between good and evil is the poem's main and most important aspect. The poet makes it clear that good and evil do not exist as only opposites, but that both qualities are present in everyone. Beowulf represents the ability to do good, or to perform acts ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Epic Poem Beowulf (970 words, 2 pages)

The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous ... Read More

An Analysis of To the Reader, a Poem by Baudelaire (414 words, 1 pages)

Baudelaire published his first poem book in 1839. This date is encounters the first movements of modernist period. The philosophy of the time affected Baudelaires style. People was tired of the strict, disciplined, and excessively reason based rules of the time and the acceptation of the reality of human desires ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Poem Christabel by Coleridge (700 words, 2 pages)

HOW TO READ THE POEM "CHRISTABEL" by Coleridge How the poem withdraws possibility of straight-forward reading 1. finished or fragment 2. Narration 3. Reflexivity all characters read "Geraldine" A POEM ABOUT THE UNCONSCIOUS 1. Freudian Slips 2. Proposal - the poem slips, moves into dangerous territory and recovers in Part ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Poem on the Power of Words (387 words, 1 pages)

The poem is about the power of words, though in this case a destructive power. To me this is a very direct poem. Words are like axes, powerful and sharp, loud, emitting echoes, everyone can hear them, everyone can see their effect. Words can be like axes, if they are ... Read More