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A Personal Reflection on the Lessons Learned in a Poetry Class (686 words, 2 pages)

Reflection PaperI think one thing I learned is there is a lot more to poetry than I thought, from everything pretty much having some technical terminology of meaning to all the different genres and styles there is a lot more to poetry than meets the eye. I believe because of ... Read More

A Personal Account of Taking a Gender and Sexuality in American Poetry Class (2057 words, 6 pages)

Final EssayThe class Gender Sexuality in American Poetry has taught me many great things about poetry and life itself. When I began this class, I already had a well developed knowledge of gender and sexuality, but was in fact seeking more exposure to poetry itself and knew that gender and ... Read More

The Incorporation of Poetry in Rap Music (710 words, 3 pages)

051315Final Essay 2Rap is PoetryPoetry on the whole is on the rise in America, granted its rising through different outlets. Kids today are exposed to poetry anytime they listen to rap music. The rap game's greatest star, Kendrick Lamar deems his music as poetry. Many others who put countless hours ... Read More

A Personal Account of Performing Poetry on Black History in Front of the Whole School (975 words, 3 pages)

Spoken WordsMy senior year of high school and I still felt like a freshman. The typical freshman vibe of not fitting in due to the fact that I was a new kid in school and the majority of people had been there since junior kindergarten. These four years at Cannon ... Read More

Sylvia Plath’s Life Covered by a Perfect Exterior Hid a Tempestuous and Deeply Troubled Spirit (930 words, 2 pages)

The Life of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plaths life, like her manic depression, constantly jumped between Heaven and Hell. Her seemingly perfect exterior hid a turbulent and deeply troubled spirit. A closer look at her childhood and personal experiences removes some element of mystery from her writings.One central character to Sylvia ... Read More

An Introduction to the Definition and an Analysis of Poetry (2882 words, 17 pages)

What is Poetry?What is poetry? What is a poem? How can you tell the difference between poetry and prose?I usually try to provide a defintion, knowing that the definition is little more than a simplified starting point for this elusive and irresistible genre. I developed this one collaboratively with my ... Read More

An Examination of the Presence of God in Poetry (2035 words, 8 pages)

Essay for English Poetry ClassEvery poem has an element of God in it's words. Just as God spoke throughthe writings of Peter or Matthew, elements of His word are in the beautifulthemes in poetry. In this essay, I will compare the poems of William Blakeand William Wordsworth with the written ... Read More

The Works of Ann Sexton and Robert Lowell, Creators of the Genre of Confessional Poetry (970 words, 2 pages)

In September of 1958, Anne Sexton enrolled in a graduate level poetry class at Boston University and began her career as a poet. Her professor was the highly-esteemed Robert Lowell, famous among the Boston Brahmin for his literary and intellectual family as well as his own work. In that September, ... Read More

A Description of How God Speaks to Us Through the Words of Poets (2032 words, 2 pages)

God Speaks Through The Mouths of PoetsEssay for English Poetry ClassEvery poem has an element of God in it's words. Just as God spoke through the writings of Peter or Matthew, elements of His word are in the beautiful themes in poetry. In this essay, I will compare the poems ... Read More

I Had a Dream of Crosses Poem Should Be One of the Top Poems Studied in Poetry Classes in United States (477 words, 3 pages)

I had a Dream of Crosses I had a dream the other night, I was entering a room, I stood upon its threshold, It was quiet as a tomb. It was large and filled with crosses, Like the one, on which Christ died, Some stood alone, erect and tall, Others ... Read More

The Difference Between Poetry and Prose and a Glossary of Poetry Terms (2882 words, 11 pages)

What is Poetry? What is poetry? What is a poem? How can you tell the difference between poetry and prose? I usually try to provide a defintion, knowing that the definition is little more than a simplified starting point for this elusive and irresistible genre. I developed this one collaboratively ... Read More

A Biography of Sylvia Plath (1394 words, 2 pages)

The first time I came into contact with Sylvia Plaths poem was in an English poetry class. I was deeply impressed by her poem, Mirror and I heard the instructor saying that Sylvia Plath ended her life by killing herself. This piece of news aroused my interest in Sylvia Plath ... Read More

A Comparison of the Effect and Function of Poetry in the Victorian and Contemporary Era (911 words, 3 pages)

When looking at it from different points of view, one will soon realize and recognize that poetry is not as approached as it might have been during the Victorian era or in earlier centuries. During the Victorian era poetry might have been taken more seriously by the readers and even ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013