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The Effects of the Treatment of a Child’s Curiosity and Fear in the Poems A Barred Owl by Richard Wilbur and The History Teacher by Billy Collins (575 words, 2 pages)

Poets Speaking to ChildrenThe young, adolescent mind of a small child although small is capable of great things as it is a sponge with the ability to absorb anything. Many times adults neglect the fact that a childs mind can rationalize just as well as adults, and would rather lie ... Read More

The Use of Snake Imagery in the Poems The Double-Headed Snake by John Newlove and Snake by D.H. Lawrence (827 words, 3 pages)

The use of the snake to symbolize evil, fear and terror is a commonliterary device in literature. A good number of classical and even modernpoets continue to use the snake to depict the evil nature of man, as wellas his fear towards the natural environment. However, despite the commonuse of ... Read More

The Meanings of Life in the Poems Facing West From California’s Shores by Walt Whitman and A Noiseless Patient Spider (588 words, 2 pages)

What is The Meaning For This?!This lovely paper is going to tell you just what youre lookin for. The two poems by Walt Whitman "Facing West From California's Shores" and "A Noiseless Patient Spider" both introduce meanings to life. The details of the life are more direct in "Facing West ... Read More

A Comparison of the Lamb and the Tyger, Two Poems by William Blake (1302 words, 5 pages)

William Blake wrote a dual collection of poems known as the Songs of Innocence and Experience. The Lamb and The Tyger are perhaps two of his most famous poems. The poems contrast each other, and the reader gets the sense of how Blake sees the world. Jim Baird calls the ... Read More

The Literary Techniques of Wilfred Owen in His Poems, Disabled, Le Christianisme, and Dulce et Decorum est (962 words, 3 pages)

The literary tools used in Wilfred Owens poems is as strong as his anti-war feeling, and he uses his poetry to express his strong beliefs on the topic, as well as to raise awareness of the terrible situations the soldiers were living in. However, the technique with which he does ... Read More

The Theme of Death in William Wordsworth’s Poems (763 words, 3 pages)

William Wordsworth Death and Death Death is an idea is often generalized to have a simple, negative connotation life stopping. In his two poems A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal and She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways, William Wordsworth gives more life to the meaning of death. While both poems ... Read More

The Biblical Theme of the Prodigal Son’s Parable in Bishop’s and Rossetti’s Poems (1587 words, 5 pages)

The Parable of the Prodigal Sonas recorded by Luke in Luke 1511-32 of the Bible, is about the story of a fathers younger son that said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me(King James Version, Luke15.12). The father agreed to his younger sons ... Read More

The Transient Nature of Time in the Poems Father and Child, The Violet, and Barn Owl by Gwen Harwood (961 words, 2 pages)

Gwen Harwood examines the transient nature of time through universal human experiences providing us with insights that change our perspective on the reality of life and its fleeting nature. This philosophy is demonstrated through the portrayal of an inevitable journey of innocence to experience in the diptych poem, Father and ... Read More

Chinese Influence on Tibet and Its Society in the Poems Peeling the Skin and Wine by Jangbu (498 words, 2 pages)

Writing Assignment 3In Jangbus Peeling the Skin (page 62), the poem describes the narrator casually peeling the skin off a piece of fruit. As he peels, the narrator thought that certain parts of the fruit represent love, changing which part of the fruit as the poem progresses. Theres a sudden ... Read More

A Comparison of the Use of Star in the Poems of John Keats and Robert Frost (338 words, 2 pages)

Keats Frost Star JournalIn Keats poem, he at first seems to be saying that he longs to be like as steadfast as a star.However, as the poem progressed on, Keats appears to not long to strived to be like a star, listing the reasons as to why. He is able ... Read More

Depression, Reclusiveness and Suicide Attempts Portrayed in the Poems of Emily Dickenson (595 words, 2 pages)

Dickensons life, once she matured into a woman, revolved mostly around her devotion to writing. Because writing poetry became such a passionate aspect of her life, her works, which she never intended to be published, are very personal and reflect her internal struggles through their themes and symbolism. A major ... Read More

The Life and Poems of Emily Dickinson (667 words, 2 pages)

Emily DickinsonThe website I am using was designed by the Department of English in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a reputable school information presented by English professors should be viewed as reliable to a certain extent. In addition, the site contains a bibliography that cites both primary and secondary ... Read More

An Analysis of Hope and Hopelessnes in the Poems Requiem for the Croppies, Funeral Rites, and The Swing by Seamus Heaney (1002 words, 2 pages)

NAZLI SEVINC 11B SEAMUS HEANEY PASSAGE ANALYSISMuch of Seamus Heaneys poems reflect on past events and his experience of them, or how he envisioned them to play out from a first person narrative. His viewpoints are often expressed subtly, his tone and use of language remaining the only indication of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Structure and Characteristics of the Poems of E. E. Cummings (1494 words, 5 pages)

A reader of an Edward Estlin (E. E.) Cummings poem can definitely come to one conclusion they are almost indescribably unique. Poems by Cummings throw the typical standard of the English language into the wind. He thumbs his nose at poetic orthodoxy through what he always called his firstness. A ... Read More

An Analysis of the Idea of Consciousness in the Poems I Felt a Funeral in my Brain by Emily Dickinson and Man Carrying Thing by Wallace Stevens (818 words, 3 pages)

Emily Dickinson and Wallace StevensEmily Dickinson and Wallace Stevens, two esteemed poets of vastly different generations, explore the idea of consciousness and reality in their respective works "I felt a Funeral in my Brain" and "Man Carrying Thing." Although both poems follow a narrative of sorts, they stand at opposite ... Read More

The Intriguing and Interesting Subject of Young Love in the Poems, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick and Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel (847 words, 4 pages)

One of the most naturally intriguing subjects among humanity is young love. Regardless of the setting or the people it may involve, hearing the stories of young, nave love triggers an interest that no person can fully ignore. This is completely evident when noticing the novels, movies, songs, etc. that ... Read More

An Overview of the Issues of Identity in the Poems An Unknown Girl and Presents From my Aunts in Pakistan (1218 words, 3 pages)

Both poems are centred around the idea of identity- yet the meaning and the structure of the poems is very different PFMAIP (Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan) is very explicit about the authors feelings whereas in AUG (An Unknown Girl) the reader has to infer more to learn about ... Read More

The Sense of Belonging in the Poems Migrant Hostel and St Pats by Peter Skrzynecki and the Picture Book The Island by Armin Greder (1027 words, 3 pages)

A need to belong is an integral component of all individuals. An individuals sense of belonging is relied on the relationships they form within their lifetime. Their experiences are the key to building strong relationships, it determines whether a sense of belonging is created or destroyed. This is clear through ... Read More

The Common Theme of Exile in the Poems, Odysseus to Telemachus and May 24th, 1980 by Joseph Brodsky (1643 words, 6 pages)

Exile seems like a distant issue for someone living in the United States today. However, for Joseph Brodsky, no other matter has dominated both his life and poetry more than his exile from the socialist state of Soviet Union. The two poems, Odysseus to Telemachus and May 24th, 1980 are ... Read More

Father-Son Relationship in the Poems My Father’s Dahlias and My Son is Not a Bat by Bruce Lundgren (874 words, 3 pages)

Everybody has various types of relationships in their lives. A relationship is the way two or more people connect with one another. Relationships can be positive or negative. The poet Bruce Lundgren explores father-son relationships in the following poems My Fathers Dahlias and My Son is Not a Bat. In ... Read More

The Perspectives on Ethnic Stereotyping in Three Poems from the Collection Trapped in Stereotypes: Today Was a Bad Day Like TB, In Response to Executive Order 9066, and Pigeons (855 words, 4 pages)

Judging a Book By its CoverWhen meeting or being introduced to an individual for the first time, first impressions, positive or negative are typically made. Even though it is best to refrain from making those immediate judgments until after properly getting to know the individual, sometimes stereotyping within the first ... Read More

The Awe and Hatred of Helen in the Poems, Helen by Edgar Allan Poe and H.D. (558 words, 2 pages)

Helen Beauty Fair Yet PerilousPeople who possess extraordinary attributes elicit many feelings from others Admiration of their talent, envy of their accolades. Helen of Troy held extraordinary beauty, and thus invoked conflicting feelings in others. To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe shows the awe of her beauty which she inspired ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall and Birmingham Sunday by Langston Hughes (649 words, 3 pages)

I analyzed the poems Ballad of Birmingham authored by Dudley Randall and Birmingham Sunday authored by Langston Hughes. I will go into depth of the different tones used in each poem and how Ballad of Birmingham was more loving and ironic at the same time versus Birmingham Sunday giving off ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poems, Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost and Unnamed Poem by Emily Dickinson (751 words, 3 pages)

Poem Contrast Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost and Emily Dikinsons Unnamed Poem The poems, Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost and Emily Dickinsons unnamed poem, use the themes of darkness and night to describe the unavoidable troubles one must face during life. These themes of helplessness are ... Read More

An Analysis of the Romanticism in the Poems Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth and Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (804 words, 3 pages)

Romanticism, based on the writing on certain authors in class, couldbe described as certain mysteriousness and unknowing as well as uncaringfor the future or outside world and embracing the individual personality. In "Lines written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey," Wordsworthdescribes the location he is in and how he saw ... Read More

An Analysis of Feminism in the Poems by Walther von der Vogelweide (746 words, 3 pages)

Walther as a FeministConsidered the best poet of all time, Walther von der Vogelweide wrote love poems from the late twelfth century into the early thirteenth century as part of the Renaissance of the time. Not only were these romantic poems, but they were also comments on courtly love and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Sexuality in Walt Whitman’s Poems Song of Myself and Leaves of Grass (1509 words, 6 pages)

Within Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, there are frank sexual references and descriptions in the book. In the poem, Song of Myself, the idea of sexuality is seen as a pure and wholesome act because it is natural. Whitman, in a sense, had an idea that the body and soul ... Read More

An Analysis of the Idea of Behovely Sin in Julian Norwich’s A Book of Showings and George Herbert’s Poems The Altar, Easter Wings, and The Collar (1210 words, 5 pages)

While the term behovely translates directly as useful, Julian of Norwich, in A Book of Showings, writes that sin is behovely or fitting (Julian 418). Julian employs the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Jesu) as an explanation to her reasoning. George Herbert further develops and illustrates this idea of behovely sin ... Read More

The Flourishing of Arabic Poems During the Abbasid and Nahda Period (824 words, 3 pages)

Throughout the Middle East, Arabic poems flourished during the Abbasid and Nahda period. Poets of these passionate poems wondered about ideas of morality, life vs. death, and other several existential questions. They tried to find the answer to these questions using nature and ideas which surrounded them in their everyday ... Read More

An Analysis of the Three Themes That Intertwines Throughout Emily Dickinson’s Poems (498 words, 2 pages)

Of the Emily Dickinson poems there are three themes intertwined throughout. Those themes are God, death, and the afterlife. Dickinson nearly constantly makes reference to the three. She capitalizes God and Death comparing them while putting them on the same fundamental level. She is also taking a step back and ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013