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An Essay on Wordsworth’s Poems and Their Modern Relevance (3089 words, 7 pages)

Wordsworth's Poems Modern relevance A view of oneness with nature fits in with concepts in Zen Buddhism (fastest growing religion in Australia) and the views of the Green movement. Similarities 8226Mostly interior monologue (record of narrator's thoughts and feelings), and not to persuade others 8226Teaching role of the speakers to ... Read More

An Analysis of Robert Frost’s Poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1768 words, 2 pages)

Robert Frost In many of his poems, Robert Frost uses images of and nature, especially trees and forests, to convey his thoughts and emotions. The turning of the seasons, a wooded area, and other things common in nature, were also common in Frosts poems. Many people attest this to his ... Read More

A Paper on Maya Angelou’s Poem Phenomenal Woman (439 words, 1 pages)

Internationally respected poet, writer and educator, Maya Angelou has changed the lives of thousands through her writings and personal offerings. My favorite piece by Maya Angelou is Phenomenal Woman. She reveals her self-confidence, style and inner strength of her femininity. She is true to herself and I respect her for ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Muse Des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden (575 words, 2 pages)

Muse des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters how well they understood Its human position how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting For ... Read More

The Theme of Love in the Poem Love Song by John R. Nash (576 words, 1 pages)

Commentary on Love Song by John R. Nash Love is not a simple subject that can be dealt with casually. Of course there is the omnipresent concept of brotherly love that allows one to get along with another, the fleeting love that preys on desperate souls, the friendly love that ... Read More

The Deity of Krishna in the Epic Poem Bhagavad-Gita Arjuna (357 words, 1 pages)

Krishna is the eighth avatar of Vishnu and is thought my most Hindus to be the supreme god. In the epic poem Bhagavad-Gita Arjuna, a Hindu prince, is in a great battle against his cousins over the throne. He is accompanied on the battlefield with his charioteer Krishna. As he ... Read More

The Physical Journey in the Poems The Town Where Time Stands Still, Crossing the Red Sea, and Immigrants at Central Station (1012 words, 2 pages)

What have you learnt about the importance of journey from your study of physical Journey? Refer to 2 poems, 1 supplementary and 1 stimulus material. A physical journey may be a walk in the park or a travel to a wilderness place where clueless is a common word. The importance ... Read More

Review of Sylvia Plath’s Poem about Her Dead Father (430 words, 1 pages)

The strength of this poem comes from Sylvia Plath's ingenious use of forceful vocabulary and powerful imagery. The theme of the poem is her obsession with her dominant but dead father. Instantly, Sylvia introduces the idea that her father was a dominant figure in her life, "You do not do, ... Read More

A Comparison of Inner Conflict in Two Poems of Robert Frost and William Faulkner (871 words, 1 pages)

Decisions Decisions In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the characters struggle with an inner conflict of making the correct decision. Frosts character has to decide whether he should be a leader and take a path that was less traveled by, or be ... Read More

A Comparison between For Everything That Is Holy, a Poem by William Blake and Imagine, a Song by John Lennon (553 words, 1 pages)

For Everything That Lives Is Holy My Thoughts This poem reminds me of a song written by John Lennon, Imagine. His song was a call to end violence and oppression of every kind. I believe the biggest oppressor is our material positions and ourselves. The first stanza is bright and ... Read More

Miracle in Walt Whitman’s Poem When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer (287 words, 1 pages)

I would like to start off giving a definition of the word miracle. A miracle is an extremely outstanding thing or event. One everyday miracle I am going to focus on is being fortunate enough to eat. Eating is a great thing, it keeps us alive! But many of us ... Read More

Relationship between Humans and Gods in Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic Poem from Ancient Mesopotamia (304 words, 1 pages)

Gods and Humans Your appearance is no different from mine there is nothing strange in you features (Gilgamesh 538). In the Epic of Gilgamesh the relationship between humans and gods is not very complicated at all. In fact they are similar in appearance and behavior. They relay on each other ... Read More

An Analysis of Poems by Robert Burns (1144 words, 2 pages)

Literary Analysis Poems by Robert Burns In a small Scottish town of Alloway, Ayreshire, a rare boy overwhelmed with talent was reading a humerous chapbook, not knowing that ten years later he would be writing poems of his own that would receive the hearts of many readers (Ferguson, p.242). That ... Read More

The Importance of Family and Friends in the Poems of Elizabeth Bishop (535 words, 1 pages)

A Review of Elisabeth and Other Poems Elisabeth and Other Poems reflects the many aspects of life, including relationships with family members and other loved ones, religion, and hardships of growing up. Many of these poems explore difficult experiences, such as a battle with Cancer, as well as the sentiments ... Read More

Physical and Mental Division in the Poems Mending Wall and Home Burial by Robert Frost (2090 words, 5 pages)

The poems Mending Wall and Home Burial are about division, both on a physical level and on a mental level. Mending Wall on first reading is a very simplistic poem about the annual repairing of a wall but after closer reading we can see it has a darker meaning. The ... Read More

The Motif of Religious Devotion in Poems by Dylan Thomas (1412 words, 2 pages)

Despite Dylan Thomas often obscure images, he expresses a clear message of religious devotion in many of his poems. He creates images that reflect Gods connection with the earth and body. In And death shall have no dominion, Thomas portrays the redemption of the soul in death, and the souls ... Read More

Graphic Imagery as a Means of Depicting the Violence of War in Wilfred Owen’s Poem Dulce et Decorum Est (898 words, 1 pages)

History has taught us that no other war challenged existing conventions, morals, and ideals in the same way World War I did. World War I saw the mechanization of weapons like heavy artillery and tanks, the use of poison gas, the long stalemate on the Western Front, and trench warfare, ... Read More

An Analysis of Two Poems by John Donne, the Most Prolific Metaphysical Poet (1199 words, 2 pages)

John Donne is recognised as the most prolific metaphysical poet in history. In the post-modern context, his poetry has been both criticised and appreciated. This paper will discuss two of Donne's most recognised love poems, "the Sunne Rising" and "A Valediction forbidding mourning" in light of a feminist critical reading ... Read More

Imagery in Yeats’s Poem An Irish Airman Foresees His Death (875 words, 1 pages)

Death Up Above The most improbable way of dying, is not knowing where the deathblow came from. To fight for what is right is not always wrong to fight for something wrong is not always right. But to fulfill your duties as a soldier for your country is always right. ... Read More

A Paper on the Issue of Death in Robert Frost’s Poems (955 words, 2 pages)

The Issue of Death in poems by Robert Frost While studying Frostian poems, a topic which tends to arise frequently, is the theme of death. In most poems, Robert Frost deals with this theme is different ways, however, the underlining direction of his thoughts usually point in the same direction. ... Read More

An Analysis of an Epic Poem, Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1280 words, 2 pages)

Dantes Divine Comedy and Aeneid In Dantes Divine Comedy, Dante incorporates Virgils portrayal of Hades from The Aeneid into his poem, and similarities between the Inferno and Hades can be drawn, however Dante wasnt attempting to duplicate Virgils works. Although the hell depicted in Dantes Inferno is essentially based on ... Read More

A Review of William Carlos Williams’s Poem The Dance (609 words, 1 pages)

Dance of the Merry There is no better dance than a dance of joy. Whether its the joy of having fun, knowing the right moves, or being in an altered state, dancing is an important part of every culture all around the world. Most people might agree that a poem ... Read More

Comparison between the Poems Little Libby, by Julia Ann Moore and Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen (337 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Costrast Little Libby and Dulce Et Decorum Est Dulce Et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during WWI. I believe this poem is excellent because it doesn't only have good imagery, but the language is also very good. Owen uses very harsh words to describe ... Read More

An Analysis of Coleridge’s Poem Kubla Khan (1008 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the nineteenth century and even during the first quarter of the twentieth century "kubla Khan" was considered, almost universally, to be a poem in which stron feelings overwhelm any trace of sense. By far the most intriguing of questions asked about the most intriguing of poems is "what does ... Read More

An Analysis and Comparison of Two Poems That Issue Warnings (798 words, 2 pages)

Choose two poems that issue warnings and write about the ideas they present. How powerful are the messages. The poem Windscale, by Norman Nicholson, talks about a place beside the sea in Cumbria. It is the sight of a nuclear processing plant. It is a very bitter poem and has ... Read More

An Interpretation of the Language and Structure of Charles Simic’s Poem “Bug Doctor” (494 words, 1 pages)

cOUT WITH LARKIN, IN WITH SIMICc My overall perception of Simics poetry is that he is a fun guy. At times he is much more dramatic than I anticipated his poetry to be. I found myself still thinking about his poetry hours after I read it and slowly understanding some ... Read More

Review of Walt Whitman’s Poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomd (1229 words, 2 pages)

English 1302.018 October 11, 2000 Blooming Trinity In the poem When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomd, by Walt Whitman, three important symbols are introduced. These symbols of a star, the lilac, and a bird exhibit Whitmans transcendentalism and serve as an allusion to Abraham Lincolns life and death. Whitmans ... Read More

Review of Robert Frost’s Poem Birches (682 words, 1 pages)

In the poem Birches, Robert frost takes an image of a birch tree whose branches have been worn from the winter, and transforms the literal image into a deeper poem about escaping from the ground and the earth into a safe haven up in the branches, being able to swing ... Read More

The Conflict in the Poem, The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot (618 words, 1 pages)

In "The Hollow Men" there is a conflict between an intense longing for a state of edenic purity and the contradictory search for a more lasting form of order through denial and alienation. It can be observed that "The Hollow Men" expresses the depths of Eliot's despair, but the poet ... Read More

An Analysis of Poems in the Songs of Innocence in 1789 (965 words, 1 pages)

"The Lamb" is one of the poems in the Songs of Innocence, which was published in 1789. As the contrary poem to "The Lamb", "The Tiger" in the Songs of Experience came 5 years later in 1794. In the fifth stanza of "The Tiger", there is a question asked by ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013