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The Sense of Guilt Felt by a Mother Who Has Performed Abortion in the Poem The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks (806 words, 3 pages)

Abortions, one of the many major actions that someone can take to get rid of an unwanted child. Many people believe that ending the life of a child before it begins is completely wrong, but on the other hand, a lot of others also believe if the child is not ... Read More

Freedom and Slavery in the Poems Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson (719 words, 2 pages)

In the poems Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Lift Every Voice and Sing, by James Weldon Johnson both authors, speak about freedom and use various metaphors and other figures of speech to describe the journey of black people during the times of slavery and even this present day. Even ... Read More

The Characteristics of a Good Poem (434 words, 2 pages)

Poetry is a form of english with the intention to express feelings and ideas by using different styles and rhythms. For a good poem, a poem must be personal. It must connect the poet and the reader. A good poem should also encompass emotion. Poetry can be seen in the ... Read More

The Issue of Racial Segregation in Countee Cullen’s Poems Saturday’s Child and Tableau During the Harlem Renaissance (1218 words, 6 pages)

The theme is the main idea of a poem a passage, or any form of literature. The theme is what the writer uses to explore the subject behind a literary work. The word sonnet comes for the Italian word little song, in a poem a sonnet is generally a fourteen-line ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Word Wanton in John Milton’s Poem Paradise Lost (787 words, 4 pages)

Wanton in Miltons workJohn Milton uses the word wanton in his writing and uses it in different contexts. Miltons poem, Paradise Lost, told the story of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, and also the story of Satan and the disobedient fallen angels. According to Oxford English Dictionary, ... Read More

An Analysis of When I Was One-And-Twenty, a Poem by A. E. Housman (713 words, 4 pages)

The poem When I was One-and-Twenty written by A.E. Housman, is a simple yet elegant sonnet published in 1896. In this poem Housman writes about a young man and his transformation from the age of twenty one to the age of twenty two. Throughout the poem the speaker is given ... Read More

An Argument Against Both Authors’ Representations of the Gods Influence the Lives of the Mortals in the Movie Troy and the Epic Poem Iliad (902 words, 4 pages)

There is no doubt that the movie Troy by Wolfgang Petersen was extremely influenced by the works of the epic poem the Iliad. They both embrace the fact that all the events that had taken place were because of Paris stealing Helen from king Menelaus of Sparta. This paper will ... Read More

An Analysis of the Six Stanzas in the Poem Morning Song by Sylvia Plath (1136 words, 4 pages)

As its title implies, Morning Song, by Sylvia Plath, both celebrates a beginning and mourns an ending. The poem is a free-verse aubade organized in six three-line stanzas. The lines of each stanza alternate in length, contributing to the poems natural, intimate tone. Morning Song does not follow a consistent ... Read More

The Importance of Loyalty and Strength in the Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (799 words, 3 pages)

I believe that Odysseus was a great epic hero. He conquered many challenges and faced many ruts in the road and always seem to find a way to overcome them. With facing these challenges he has had many qualities that make him who he is. Two of the most important ... Read More

An Analysis of the Humanity’s Antithetical Relationship with Nature in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poems Kubla Khan and Frost at Midnight (540 words, 2 pages)

Coleridges fragment of heightened state, Kubla Khan, and conversational poem Frost at Midnight unveils transformative insights regarding the humanitys antithetical relationship with nature, and by extension, mans capacity to transcend the corporeal realm and achieve sense sublime (Woodsworth), subverting Enlightenment mechanised thought. Through imaginative exploration of his psyche, Coleridges Kubla ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of Women in the Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (552 words, 2 pages)

Women weren't taken seriously for much in human history. There were things that men were allowed to do, but women wouldn't even dare to think about. Basically, they were puppets used by men and those who were rich. They were treated as the weaker gender, the gender who was not ... Read More

The Theme of Longing for the Deceased Loved Ones in the Poems Daddy by Sylvia Plath and One Art by Elizabeth Bishop (1155 words, 4 pages)

Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop are famous American poets. Both poets are lonely They lose their fathers at a very young age Sylvias husband betrays her, and Elizabeths lover commits a suicide. Daddy by Sylvia Plath and One Art by Elizabeth Bishop share a common theme Longing for the deceased ... Read More

The Use of the Symbolism of the Dome, the River Alph, and the Woman and Her Demon Lover to Contrast the Power of Nature and the Power of Mankind in S. T. Coleridge’s Poem Kubla Khan (508 words, 3 pages)

The main theme in S.T Coleridges Kubla Khan is the contrast between natures power and mankinds power. And in order to convey this theme to the reader, Coleridge used number of symbolisms which is the dome, the river Alph, and the woman and her demon lover.The first symbolism Coleridge used ... Read More

An Exploration of the Different Themes in the Poems The Limited Edition Platinum Barbie, One Afternoon When Barbie Wanted to Join the Military and Kinky (826 words, 3 pages)

In this essay, I will explore the themes of various poems from Kinky, by Denise Duhamel. The poems The Limited Edition Platinum Barbie and One Afternoon When Barbie Wanted to Join the Military, reflect upon the oppressive beauty standards and gender expectations in our culture and hyperbolize them to a ... Read More

A Short Analysis of The Waste Land, a Poem by T.S. Eliot (710 words, 3 pages)

And I will show you something different from either your shadow at morning striding behind you or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust. Eliot, as a textual narrator, sees something different in his time the fear out of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Imagery, Simile, Onomatopoeia, and Metaphor in Wilfred Owen’s Poem Dulce et Decorum Est (583 words, 3 pages)

Near the end of the First World War in 1918, Wilfred Owen wrote a poem called "Dulce et Decorum Est". This Latin phrase means "sweet and fitting to die for one's country''. At the time Owen wrote this poem, there is propaganda about war.Owen uses imagery, simile, onomatopoeia and metaphor ... Read More

The Importance of Love, Relationships and Family Traditions in the Poem Legacies by Nikki Giovanni (443 words, 2 pages)

For generations family traditions have been passed down from the eldest family members to the next in line. In the poem Legacies by Nikki Giovanni, the theme of independence is used to describe the relationship between the grandmother and the granddaughter. In my opinion, the poem gives an example of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy (915 words, 3 pages)

Explication on Barbie Doll By Marge PiercyWithin our society there is an extraordinary want and need for women to be perfect on the outside. There is too much importance and too much anxiety placed on women to surrender to the image of being or becoming a Barbie doll. In the ... Read More

The Influence and Connection of the Poem, Canzoniere by Petrarch to Dante’s La Vita Nuova and The Journey of Persephone (2080 words, 7 pages)

Arising with the key inside the lock I fleeO, how long the grass O, how high the sky The dreams of dreams, I buried, now appearNever mind the march every step a jewel within my gaze April showers, fresh art thou, never cease but to amazeMy sins, my woe forgotten ... Read More

The Unresolved Issues in the Poem, A Poison Tree by William Blake (548 words, 2 pages)

In Williams Blake's A Poison Tree from his wildly popular work Songs of Innocence and Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794), Blake addresses the "poisonous" results of issues gone unresolved. The poem's title is entirely fitting in that it provides a metaphor for the results ... Read More

An Analysis of Szymborska’s Poems on the Terrors of War (982 words, 4 pages)

Terror Meets WarMany of Szymborskas poems feature terrorism and war two of these poems are The End and The Beginning and The Terrorist Hes Watching. The End and the beginning showcases war, while The Terrorist Hes Watching gives the reader an encounter with an act of terrorism. Both poems are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, The Writer by Richard Wilbur on the Difficulties and Experiences of Parents as Children Grows Up Into Adulthood (825 words, 4 pages)

The Writer, by Richard Wilbur is a poem that conveys the difficulties that many parents experience as their child grows up and goes out on their own. The poem opens with a father listening to his daughter in another room. While it is not directly stated, one could assume that ... Read More

The Impact of War in the Poem The Bridegroom by Rudyard Kipling (734 words, 3 pages)

War has had a huge impact on many known people in our society. It isthe case of the poet Rudyard Kipling, who has been surrounded by lots ofguilt after the great period of World War 1. After losing first hisdaughter and then, later on, his son John in the war, ... Read More

An Examination of the Poem, The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell (599 words, 2 pages)

PERSONIFICATION ESSAY THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUSIn the poem, The Chambered Nautilus, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, he tells the fate of a nautilus to show us that we should live our lives like everyday like its our last and that we should move forward from the past. To prove his moral, ... Read More

An Interpretation of This is a Photograph of Me, a Poem by Margaret Atwood (1328 words, 5 pages)

This Is a Photograph of MeThis is a Photograph of Me by Margaret Atwood, is a poem that starts off as the reader describing a photograph of herself. The reader interprets the photograph that the speaker is explaining, and makes it seem like the photo can be seen but it ... Read More

A Journey to Be a Hero in the Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (970 words, 3 pages)

Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist said, I'm saying to be a hero it means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. In The Odyssey, an epic poem written around 700 B.C. by Homer, a main character named Odysseus attempts ... Read More

The Use of Christian Themes to Depict a Disgusting Evil in the Book of Revelations in the Poem, Second Coming by W.B. Yeats (1095 words, 3 pages)

I chose the Second Coming because it is one of Yeats most notable and talked about poems. This poem uses a lot of Christian themes to portray a disgusting evil that is revealed in the book of Revelations. I believe that although the poem portrays the figure in a negative, ... Read More

Each Writer’s Unique Way of Using Poetic Devices in Sekou Sundiata’ Poem Blink Your Eyes and Natasha Trethewey’s Poem History Lesson (1539 words, 6 pages)

For a long time racism has been a big issue in American culture, and many poets used this issue as a theme for their poems. A very good example of this would be the poems called Blink Your Eyes, by Sekou Sundiata and History Lesson, by Natasha Trethewey, because they ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the End of an Epic Poem (731 words, 4 pages)

The End of an Epic PoemThe Odyssey is termed as one of the greatest literary works ever written on western civilizations. The story is a composition of 24 books with over 12,000 lines, giving chronicles of the king of Ithaca, Odysseus. The book places a key focus on the nobility, ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis between Two Poems by William Blake: The Lamb and The Tyger (1203 words, 4 pages)

A world of discord is essentially harmony. Throughout time, the perceptions of good and evil intentions has been brought up in literature how humans can have both intentions at the same time. William Blake who lived from 1813-1882 expressed his judgment of heaven and sin through his two collections of ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013