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A Biography of Alfred Noyes, an English Poet, Short Story Writer and Playwright (562 words, 1 pages)

Alfred Noyes was born in Wolver Hampton on 16th September 1880. In 1896, he went to Exeter College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself at rowing. His first volume of poems was The Loom of Years (1902). The Highwayman, Noyess best-loved poem, is included in the volume Forty Singing Seamen and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Many New Authors Who Blossomed in America During the Nineteenth Century (699 words, 1 pages)

During the nineteenth century, many new authors blossomed in America. They strayed away from that of classical European literature, and instead created their own, unique form of literature. The most popular and greatly appreciated form of literature was poetry. America gave birth to several great poets during the nineteenth century ... Read More

What Singles out Beowulf Among All Other Works of Anglo-Saxon Poetry (846 words, 2 pages)

What singles out Beowulf among all the other works of Anglo-Saxon poetry is the way its poet handles time. Unlike the narrative mode of the heroic lay or the folktale in which time moves in a progressive linear sequence in Beowulf temporal relationships happen to be quite complex. It is ... Read More

A Response to Emily Dickinson Regarding Selections from The Complete Poems (271 words, 1 pages)

Response to Emily Dickinson, Selections from The Complete PoemsI found Emily Dickinson to be a wonderful poet. Her way with words is astounding and timeless. To be so full of creative energy to write thousands of poems is almost incomprehensible. Although we covered several poems during class I think this ... Read More

A Review of Robert Seymour Bridges’ Poem “The Chivalry of the Sea” (1271 words, 2 pages)

Robert Seymour Bridges was a physician and British Poet Laureate who wrote many of his works in the early twentieth century. In his poem titled The Chivalry of the Sea, Bridges reflects on Britains naval participation in World War I focusing particularly on the bravery of Britains young men as ... Read More

The Main Characteristics of the Metaphysical Poet (3451 words, 5 pages)

What are the main characteristics of the metaphysical poets?(With reference to The Flea, The Apparition and To His Coy Mistress)A characteristic is a distinguishing quality, attribute or trait applied to something to make it similar to something else. The two metaphysical poets that we will consider are John Donne and ... Read More

Maya Angelou’s Views About Power in the Article “African-American Politicians’ Interviews” (697 words, 1 pages)

Maya Angelo was quoted in an article in Essence African American Politicians Interviews, as saying The power that I have first comes directly from being a descendent of people whose powerful history makes me humble. I would like to think that if I had been born anything other than black ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poetry Works of Stephen Dunn (999 words, 2 pages)

Professor Stephen Dunn Wins Pulitzer Prize, I didnt think I had a chance.By Brandi FornicolaJust yesterday poet Stephen Dunn sat casually awaiting questions from the students of a journalism class at Brookdale Community College. He entered the room, took off the layers of winter, and got settled. Dunn, a 2001 ... Read More

An Analysis of Amy Lowell’s Poem “September, 1918” (393 words, 1 pages)

September 1918"September, 1918 by the modernist poet Amy Lowell was very enlightening poem. It gave a sense of hope and imagination. It was how the writer wanted to see the world in the year of 1918, during World War I. The poet was speaking of the war between the United ... Read More

A Discussion of Women’s Self-Representation in the 18th Century Poetry (2733 words, 7 pages)

Self Representation In 18th Century Womens PoetryDiscuss women's self-representation in 18th Century PoetryIn this essay I will be looking at how women represented themselves in 18th Century British poetry. I will be focusing on the poetry of three 18th Century women writers Lady Mary Chudleigh (1656-1710), Anne Finch (1661-1720) and ... Read More

A Review of John Donne’s Poem, The Flea (2770 words, 5 pages)

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move herIf you can bounce high, bounce high for her too, Till she cry Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!- Thomas Parke DInvilliersFrom the beginning of time, men have attempted to solve a mystery the answer to which always seems ... Read More

Learning About Romanticism in Four Poems (1094 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the past month or so, I have had the pleasure of learning about Romanticism and in what ways it can be expressed. Romanticism is a type of poetry, which is usually expressed through writing. Most of Romantic Poets are close to nature, and have a unique style to which ... Read More

An Analysis of the Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Shelly and Keats (678 words, 1 pages)

Romantic Poets Wordsworth, Shelly, and Keats.The Romantic poets are recognized for the love of nature. They all have expressed their love of nature in relationship to some aspect of life. They reflect on nature as something so immense and beautiful as well as its immutability. Three romantic poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge ... Read More

The Early Life and Writings of Robert Frost (1099 words, 3 pages)

It has been said that Robert Frost was the most popular poet of the twentieth century, and that he was a pioneer in the interaction of rhythm and meter and in the use of vocabulary and inflections of everyday speech. Most Americans recognize his name, and the titles of his ... Read More

Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct ... Read More

Anne Bradstreet’s Challenge of the Ideologies of the Puritans Through Her Poetry (1176 words, 2 pages)

Anne Bradstreet, a female poet who was pushed the societal boundaries set fourth, and struggled to redefine her place within them. Through the writing of her poetry Bradstreet challenges the ideologies of the Puritanical society by being a female yet writing and publishing her own works. Not only does she ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poetry of John Donne and William Shakespeare (1048 words, 2 pages)

Poetry Comparison (donne And Shakespeare)From the beginning of time human kind has had the urge to communicate their feelings, emotions and thoughts whether it be in the form of speech, writing, dancing or singing. The complexity of mans emotions forced him to express these feelings through writing. Poetry is the ... Read More

An Essay on Dylan Thomas’ Selected Poems (2651 words, 5 pages)

Poetry - Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas's poems are exuberant, often florid and occasionally obscure".a)How far do you agree with the above assessment of the collection in "Selected Poems"?Dylan Thomas's "Selected Poems" offers a wide magnitude of poetry, ranging from poems that are filled with exuberant, elaborate, florid words to poems that ... Read More

The Importance of Love and Revolution in the Success of Poetry (650 words, 1 pages)

Poetry succeeds because it exists in realms (love and revolution) the viewer can accept. Sohn, who plays the creative writing teacher with a sordid, mysterious past, also reaches a depth in her jail scenes that she never attains on the "outside." In her farewell speech to her poetry students, she ... Read More

An Analysis of Liz Lochead’s Poem “Poem for My Sister” (1039 words, 2 pages)

A poem I have recently read is called poem for my sister, which was written by Liz Lochead. This essay is going to investigate how Liz Lochead feels as an older sister towards her little sister, what techniques she uses to get what effects, what the sisters relationship is like ... Read More

A Description of Paradise Lost as Often Referred To as an English Christian Epic (414 words, 1 pages)

Paradise Lost is often referred to as an English Christian Epic. It has the distinguishing marks of an epis a major central theme. In Paradise Lost, the fall of man is central to the poem. Milton writes of events that occurred before Creation and shortly thereafter. Indeed, the main outlines ... Read More

An Analysis of the Saddest Poem Written By Pablo Neruda (461 words, 1 pages)

Tow weeks ago one of my classmates has presented a poem from his culture, and I am sure that its a Latin culture. The poem is called Saddest Poem written by Pablo Neruda who is as I understood one of the most famous Latinos poet. This poem was translated to ... Read More

The Symbolism and Imagery in John Milton’s On His Blindness (573 words, 1 pages)

Unlike Shakespeare's poem, but still refusing to acknowledge the sonnet's traditional form, the story of Milton's "On His Blindness" is autobiographical and describes a man who has suffered enormously through the loss of his sight and his talents. These are equal to the author and he refers to them as ... Read More

The Use of Capitalization and Unusual Pauses in Emily Dickinson’s Poem 241 (589 words, 1 pages)

On Emily Dickinson 241Utilizing capitalization and unusual pauses to emphasize significant words and thoughts, the poem illuminates the absolute sincerity of death for the poet. Reinforcing this sincerity or honesty found through death, these devices create a fixed image of death itself. Through this image, death possesses a physical representation ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting Poetry About Nuclear Disaster and Possible Aftermath (1942 words, 3 pages)

Nuclear Peoms -compare And ContrastFrom the Selection of Poetry about Nuclear Disaster and Possible Aftermath,Choose to Poems to Compare and Contrast For this essay, we were given a selection of poems by different authors, and asked to choose two to compare and contrast. The two I have chosen are Your ... Read More

An Examination of the Poem, Mr. Z by M. Carl Holman (453 words, 1 pages)

Mr. ZCreating Situational Irony in PoetryPoetry often tells a brief story which encapsulates the entire life of a character in a few verse paragraphs. A skilled poet can generate an infinite variety of emotional responses from the reader, depending upon whether he or she intends the general tone of the ... Read More

An Analysis of Maya Angelou a Very Triumphant Woman (961 words, 5 pages)

Maya Angelou is a very triumphant woman. She has written many books and poems that have given her great success. If one would talk to her, he or she would think she has lead a normal, happy life. Her life is blissful now, but it wasnt always perfect. Maya Angelous ... Read More

The Changes from the 17th Century Style of Writing from Death to Life Themes (734 words, 1 pages)

During the 17th century the style of writing was changing from poems about death to ones whose subject was about living life to its fullest extent. This kind of writing was also known as carpe diem. Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell were two of the first carpe diem poets. Although ... Read More

An Analysis of Andrew Marvell’s Poem “To His Coy Mistress” (529 words, 1 pages)

At first glance, Andrew Marvel's poem "To His Coy Mistress" is a fairly typical carpe diem poem, in which the speaker tells his beloved that they should "seize the day" and have sex now instead of waiting until they are married.. Marvell, however, isn't suggesting that unbridled lust is preferable ... Read More

Zeus’ Seduction of Leda in the Poem, Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats (1032 words, 2 pages)

William Butler Yeats poem Leda and the Swan is an awkward recreation of the Greek myth in which Zeus takes the form of a swan in order to seduce Leda. In this poem William Butler Yeats, known as one of the greatest twentieth century poets of Europe chose to use ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013