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The Effective Use of Irony in War Is Kind, a Poem by Stephen Crane (545 words, 3 pages)

War is KindIrony is a theme used commonly used in poetry. The most innocent symbols are taken out of context and twisted into something dark. This is shown in Stephen Cranes poem, War is Kind. Stephen Crane gives his poem meaning through the use of irony.In the first stanza, the ... Read More

A Short Review of The Rape of the Lock, a Poem by Alexander Pope (1723 words, 6 pages)

Divine Justification Silliness and Sylphs in The Rape of the LockThe style of the mock epic or mock-heroic is one commonly used as a form of satire. Through the use of high language that elevates the lowly (Robertson) and allusions to narratives written in the true epic form, the mock ... Read More

A Review of The Tunnel, a Poem by Brian Lee (468 words, 2 pages)

The poem, The Tunnel, which is written by Brian Lee describes a mans journey through a tunnel and the challenges that he faces while going through it. The theme of the poem is how man overcomes the challenges that he faces in life. A tunnel is often referred to as ... Read More

An Analysis of Feelings Associated with Poppies, a Poem by Jane Weir (1206 words, 4 pages)

Poppies is a poem written by Jane Weir that describes the sentiments of a mother who had lost her child during the World War. It is set three days before Armistice Sunday in the war burial whereby the persona has left flowers at her childs grave. The underlying theme of ... Read More

An Analysis of a Metaphor in I Felt a Funeral in My Brain, a Poem by Emily Dickinson (333 words, 1 pages)

Emily Dickinson was a poet who was an introvert and suffered depression. Most of her poems were published posthumously and most of it has death as it's central theme. Almost every poem written by her did not had any title. in the poem 'I Felt a Funeral in my Brain", ... Read More

A Study of the Different Themes in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Two Poems by Homer (1729 words, 4 pages)

Homers Iliad and Odyssey share many thematic concerns, as are fundamental to the epic tradition. Most significant are the issues of lineage, xenia, and divine intervention all of which are of the utmost important in Ancient Greek tradition.The extracts from each poem illustrate the centrality of lineage in patriarchal Ancient ... Read More

The Qualities of Men in the Iliad and the Odyssey, Two Poems by Homer (2565 words, 7 pages)

The men of Homers epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are both the best and the worst sort of men. In Ancient Greece, Aristotles view would have certainly been in accordance with others, as heroes such as Achilles and Odysseus are strong, brave, fearsome, and godlike (Iliad I.131 Odyssey ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences on Love Between the Poems Venus and Adonis and A Lover’s Complaint by William Shakespeare (4102 words, 9 pages)

Shakespearean Poetry on Love, Comparison and ContrastAlthough Shakespeare is well known for his plays and sonnets, his other poetry is less popular, even though some of it is quite complex. Here two of his lesser known love poems are compared Venus and Adonis, published in 1593, and A Lovers Complaint ... Read More

A Backlash of Emotions in Author to Her Book, a Poem by Anne Bradstreet (639 words, 2 pages)

Bradstreet's Opposing Emotions Toward Her WorkIn the Author to Her Book, Anne Bradstreet describes the creation and involuntary publication of a piece of her writing, as well as her resulting feelings surrounding the affair. These feelings, though, elude any one label. As a result, throughout the poem Bradstreet chooses to ... Read More

A Literary Review of The World Is Too Much with Us, a Poem by William Wordsworth (938 words, 3 pages)

William Wordsworths poem,TheWorld is Too MuchWithUsexplores the results of distancing man from the natural world due to the societal obsession with materialism. My media product,The People are Too MuchWithoutThemselvesis acreative interpretation of this themeand it is about how humans obsession with technology is distancing them from each other. My media ... Read More

A Literary Assessment of Dulce Et Decorum Est, a Poem by Wilfred Owen (1489 words, 5 pages)

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime." This quote by Ernest Hemingway, the well-known American Novelist Could be associated to the point that Wilfred Owen is trying to expose, which is to shed light on the brutality and criminality of war and ... Read More

An Analysis of Warnings and Consequences in The Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (689 words, 3 pages)

Warnings The Importance and Consequences in The OdysseyThroughout The Odyssey, there are many different themes. While they range in importance, one stands above all. From Thrinacia, to Ithaca and even the Scylla, warnings and consequences are the most predominate theme, dictating events and teaching the readers of the epic to ... Read More

The Presentation of the Mother-and-Son Relationship in Effects, a Poem by Alan Jenkins (1081 words, 2 pages)

Explore the presentation of the speakers relationship with his mother in Effects The poem Effects follows the inner monologue of the speaker as he reminisces his relationship with his mother, following the deterioration of her mental health and her eventual death. Central to the presentation of this relationship is the ... Read More

Comparing the Literary Methods Used to Explore the Relationships in the Poems Genetics by Sinead Morrissey and Out of the Hollow by Ash Dickinson (1379 words, 3 pages)

Compare the methods in Genetics and Out of the Hollow that the poets use to explore the physical traces that relationships leave In Genetics and Out of the Hollow, Sinead Morrissey and Ash Dickinson both explore the repercussions of an ended relationship and what physical traces linger on after the ... Read More

The Discovery of Writing and the Reaction to the Scene in The Author to Her Book, a Poem by Anne Bradstreet (414 words, 2 pages)

Bradstreet Poems - The Author to Her BookIn the poem, The Author to Her Book, Anne Bradstreet explains the story about how her writing was discovered, and gives her reaction to the scene. The public view brought out the flaws of Bradstreets poetry, which eventually led to her leaving home. ... Read More

The Questionable Decision-Making of the Narrator in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a Poem by T.S. Eliot (600 words, 2 pages)

In T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the narrator seems to be an older man who spends a lot of time making decisions but perhaps also second guessing himself. He is unconfident and uncomfortable in his surroundings, because he is always questioning, how should I presume? or ... Read More

The Presentation of Decision-Making in Troilus and Criseyde, a Poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (998 words, 5 pages)

Word Count 1009In Troilus and Criseyde, Chaucer presents decision-making in a variety of ways, including through the relationship between fate, knowledge and freedom of action, ideas that are at the centre of medieval philosophy. Troilus claims to not believe in total free will, but rather a passive free will of ... Read More

Human Nature and the Topic of Extreme Loss and Grief in Daddy, a Poem by Sylvia Plath (7988 words, 18 pages)

I will begin this section by discussing one of Plaths most well known and highly anthologised poems Daddy, written shortly before her death on October 12th, 1962. Daddy is a poem about extreme loss and grief, the human nature of which is concealed with a harsh tone and Plaths controversial ... Read More

Religious Hierarchy in the Passage from Book 5 of Paradise Lost, a Poem by John Milton (1606 words, 5 pages)

The text I will be analysing is a passage from Book 5 of John Miltons Paradise Lost. This section comes relatively near the end of Book 5, just after Raphael attempts to articulate the fact that God did not create Adam as entirely perfect, as he possesses the ability to ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences Between the Poems Wind by Ted Hughes and Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley (871 words, 2 pages)

A comparison of Ted Hughes Wind and Shelleys Ode to the West WindThe notion common to both Hughes and Shelleys poems is that of the wind as a tremendous, uncontrollable force, and the need to reconnect humans with the natural world. There is a host of imagery in Hughes poem ... Read More

The Use of Stylistic Devices in Nothing Gold Can Stay, a Poem by Robert Frost (854 words, 3 pages)

The poem, Nothing Gold can stay by Robert Frost has a myriad ofmeanings that can be derived from a careful analysis of the themes andstylistic devices used by the author. Some of the examples that have beenapplied to inform the audience on various matters include Garden of Eden,sunrise, and spring ... Read More

The Concepts from the Book of Revelation in At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners, a Poem by John Donne (496 words, 2 pages)

John Donnes metaphysical poem, At the round earths imagined corners..., is based upon an extract from the Book of Revelation. It is written in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet, and it contains a variety of literary techniques designed to portray attitudes to death.The opening four lines of the sonnet ... Read More

An Analysis of Tone in The Road Not Taken, a Poem by Robert Frost (1160 words, 4 pages)

The Road Not Taken Tone EvaluationRobert Frosts work The Road Not Taken conveys a very simplistic, yet introspective theme. The poem describes the dilemmas and choices one must make in life, and how those specific decisions affect that person. Frost establishes this theme with an allegorical illustration of two paths ... Read More

A Comparison of Adrienne Rich and John Donne’s Version of the Poem A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (1539 words, 5 pages)

The primary aim of this paper is to provide a comparison between Adrienne Richs Poem titled, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, and that of John Donne with the same title. The two poets employ a sophisticated poetic language in their quest to express the feeling about the circumstances that the speakers ... Read More

A Literary Review of Those Winter Sundays, a Poem by Robert Hayden (646 words, 2 pages)

Those Winter Sundays is a poem written by Robert Hayden. The poem involves a speaker who can be deduced to be regretting of not being grateful to a figure he refers as father (Poetryfoundation.org). This father forms the basis of the poem such that all the themes presented in the ... Read More

Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragedy in Relation to the Iliad, a Poem by Homer (1388 words, 5 pages)

Without the existence of Holmers the Illad, a work that is in line with ancient Greek, it is very unlikely that Aristotle would have constructed his theories of art education the way he did. In order to have an in depth understanding of Aristotles perspective of art education, one will ... Read More

A Literary Review of the Allusion, Dramatic Monologue, and Imagery in I, Too, a Collection of Poems by Langston Hughes (665 words, 2 pages)

I, Too by Langston Hughes is a short poem that talks about a man who is hidden from guests but later comes to be accepted. The poem was written during the period of the Harlem Renaissance a time when writers from the black community had started rising from obscurity. The ... Read More

The Use of Different Styles to Show Love in the Poems Magic of Love by Helen Farries and Love Poem by John Farries (1731 words, 5 pages)

When one wants to compare or contrast poems, ethos, pathos, and logos bring out the expected contrast or comparison. Use of poems is a good way of expressing and delivering any message. Both Magic of love by Helen Farries and love poem by John Farries try to expound their titles. ... Read More

Light and Darkness in The Divine Comedy, a Poem by Dante Alighieri (414 words, 2 pages)

The glory of Him who moves all things penetrates the universe and shines in one part more and in another less (Dante, 1990). The text is an excerpt from Dantes third book, Paradiso, which is the last book in his epic poem Divine Comedy. Dante Allegri was born in 1265 ... Read More

The Brave and Strong Character of Odysseus in Odyssey, a Poem by Homer (994 words, 3 pages)

In Homers Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus is expressed as a brave man and ruler who undergo various challenges. I think that Homer uses Odysseus as an example to represent the strong characters in the Greek society that upheld the culture and values of the society. He also uses this ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013