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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

A Literary Analysis of The Sea Is History, a Poem by Derek Walcott (1351 words, 4 pages)

The Sea is HistoryDerek Walcott creates a poem related to the bible and how history rests in archaeological evidence such as the ocean in his work entitled, The Sea is History. Walcott uses a crafty way of words to bring his writing to life for readers. He often uses motifs ... Read More

Mythology and History in No Second Troy, a Poem by William Butler Yeats (2064 words, 8 pages)

Two Wooden Horses The poem No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats is composed of four sentences comprehending a question within each of them. The format of this poem is into a twelve line iambic pentameter for the reason that the poem has a kind of lyric to help in ... Read More

The Normal Restrictions of Sonnet Writing in Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room and On the Sonnet (581 words, 2 pages)

The Restriction of Sonnet PoetryThe two sonnets, Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent's Narrow Room, and On The Sonnet, use a similar subject, but convey the meaning of the topic in two different ways. The authors use many aspects of poetry through their writing to symbolize and embody their feelings ... Read More

The Consequences of Living a Sinful and Rebellious Life in We Real Cool, a Poem by Gwendolyn Brooks (704 words, 2 pages)

Gwendolyn Brooks poem We Real Cool written in 1960 tells the story of a group of rebellious pool players and how they live their lives. With intricate rhymes and hidden meanings, this poem holds a meaning much deeper than its face value can show. The overarching message being conveyed in ... Read More

Comparing and Contrasting The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus and Ozymandias by Percy Shelley (804 words, 3 pages)

Comparing and Contrasting The New Colossus and OzymandiasEmma Lazarus, author of The New Colossus, and Percy Shelley, author of Ozymandias, both wrote poems in which statues were personified. These poems, sonnets about similar subjects, differ in tone. The New Colossus is an idealistic poem about the Statue of Liberty in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem To Myself by W.S. Merwin (510 words, 2 pages)

Poetry Response To MyselfThe poem To Myself by W.S. Merwin is about trying to find oneself. The title in this poem is very important, without it the poem could be about trying to find someone else - like a lost love. The tone, or the attitude of the author towards ... Read More

Unrequited Love from the Opposite Side of the Spectrum in the Poems The More Loving One by W.H. Auden and No, Thank You, John by Christina Rossetti (1449 words, 5 pages)

Poetic verse has been used as an outlet of strong emotions and feelings for centuries. The elegance of poetry has long been thought of as more refined than that of prose writing, and thus as a better vessel for conveying strong feelings. Subjects such as death, love, hate, beauty, and ... Read More

An Analysis of Claude Debussy’s Prelude Based on Stephane Mallarme’s Poem The Afternoon of a Faun (1870 words, 6 pages)

A very smart person once said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and yet here we are. It could be written that Claude Debussys works are the result of applying the impressionistic techniques of Monet, Renoir and van Gogh to the staff rather than the canvas, as ... Read More

The Author’s Feeling on the Death of His Son in the Poem On My First Son by Ben Jonson (926 words, 3 pages)

Most people would agree that the most grievous loss is that of a child and Ben Johnson does not disagree, as shown in his poem, On My First Son (Johnson 116). The poem is a depiction of what Johnson is feeling after the death of his son, and what many ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of I Years Had Been from Home, a Poem by Emily Dickinson (854 words, 3 pages)

Preserving an IdealizationEmily Dickinsons poem I Years had been from Home (Poem 609) describes a person returning to her home after many years of absence. The speaker approaches the door of the house, considers entering, but imagines an unfriendly stranger answering the door, and ultimately runs away from the house ... Read More

An Analysis of Emily Dickinson’s Poem 293 (997 words, 3 pages)

My business, with the Cloud, If any Power behind it be, Not subject to Despair - Poem 293 by Emily DickinsonTo stimulate the mind of the reader from word choice and syntax alone is a challenge in itself. Emily Dickinson proves her mastery of this skill in her Poem 293 ... Read More

The Use of the Subjective Term “Beauty” in the Poem, Iliad (2159 words, 7 pages)

Woman Most BeautifulBeauty is a subjective term. A poem is not beautiful in the same way that a woman is often, the word is used in a multitude of ways. Human beauty can be divided into three categories physical beauty, beauty of the mind, and beauty of the soul. In ... Read More

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman (379 words, 1 pages)

When I heard the Learnd AstronomerLike diamonds in the sky painted black, the stars are the treasure within the night sky. People often find stars calming and wondrous, in awe of their natural beauty. In Walt Whitmans poem, When I Heard the Learnd Astronomer, a student discovers the meaning of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem, On Shakespeare by John Milton (485 words, 2 pages)

Analysis of Miltons poem On ShakespeareIn the poem On Shakespeare, Milton uses elevated rhetoric and contrasting imagery to argue that a poets true glory resides solely in the quality of his works and their effect upon his readers therefore, the greatness of Shakespeares legacy cannot be captured or enshrined by ... Read More

The Good-bye Kit by Daneen Bergland (977 words, 3 pages)

The Good-bye Kit, an analysis of the meaningPoetry can be very difficult to understand. One poem many have several meanings to different people, The Good-bye Kit by Daneen Bergland is no exception. This poem is confusing but very interesting. It really makes the reader think what the poem is really ... Read More

The Life of Barbie and Ken in Kinky by Denise Duhamel (974 words, 3 pages)

According to the Jakobian model of lingual functionality, every aspect of language, from the contact to the addressee, has its purpose beyond the visual dimension. In Kinky by Denise Duhamel, she addresses the reader with a sort of narrative poem about the uncommon story of an estranged Barbie doll and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Emotion in the Poem Shooting Stars by Carol Ann Duffy (1142 words, 3 pages)

Choose a poem which arouses strong emotion in you. State what it is about the subject of the poem which makes you feel so strongly and go on to show how the poets use of language reinforces these feelingsChoose a poem which arouses strong emotion in you. State what it ... Read More

The Use of Anaphora Techniques in the Book, Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg (986 words, 4 pages)

After reading Howl, I was surprised by how central anaphora is to its meaning and could not imagine the poem without it. To further my understanding of the anaphoric techniques, I decided to write my imitations Humanity is and Good, Old Uncle Sam You Are My Father (Footnote to Humanity ... Read More

The Life and Work of Wystan Hugh Auden (3090 words, 9 pages)

I'd like to begin with a quote from Auden that will give you an insight into his perspective on capitalist society, which is the subject of this poem. "One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell." - W.H. Auden. As you can see, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Satirical Meaning in Robert Frost’s Poems (722 words, 2 pages)

Satiric Meaning Between Frosts Poems Robert Frost presents irony and satire in his poems to prove his thesis, in many ways he attacks the subject of his poem and makes it sound absurd or destroys an idea or a saying. In the poems that are described below are all related ... Read More

Choosing the Right Path in the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (900 words, 2 pages)

Theme 2 Select one of the poems readdiscussed in class and relate it to an important eventphilosophy and or aspect of your life. Combine techniques of analysis and personal experience to develop your theme.Standing OutIn Robert Frosts poem The Road Not Taken, the writers tone and setting help to illustrate ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of A Paradise Lost by John Milton (2067 words, 4 pages)

Paradise Lost (1667)The poem is divided up into 12 books. The verse is English heroic without rhyme, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin. (Knopf, 1996) This neglect then of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps ... Read More

The Love Triangle in “The Book of Duchess, The House of Fame and The Parliament of Fowls (1864 words, 3 pages)

The Representation of the Love Triangle in The Book of Duchess, The House of Fame and The Parliament of Fowls.The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame and The Parliament of Fowls are the first three major works of the poet, Chaucer. Each of these poems is seemingly related ... Read More

A Look at the Common Subject of Death in Emily Dickinson’s Poems (1325 words, 2 pages)

After selecting and reading numerous Emily Dickinson poems at random I began to see a pattern in that a majority of her poems were touching on the same subject in Death. Poem after poem death was her main focus and I didn't know why. Being that I didn't really have ... Read More

An Analysis of the Religious Orders in The Battle of maldon (826 words, 2 pages)

The concept of comitatus is important for understanding the actions and attitudes of a thane and his relationship to his lord. A band of thanes pledged themselves to a feudal lord who was known for his bravery and generosity. They swore to defend him to their death, and they considered ... Read More

An Analysis of the Meaning of the Poem by Byron’s When We Two Parted (895 words, 1 pages)

Should the upcoming stanza from Byrons poem be omitted from the final draft of the poem? Many people ask this question because it could change the meaning of the poem entirely. Each individual needs to look at the entire poem and decide for himself and make a fair judgement.Then fare ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poem Ozymandias by Bysshe Shelley (874 words, 4 pages)

Ozymandias (1818)I met a traveler from an antique landWho said Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, 5Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet ... Read More

The Common Idea in Immortalizing the Subjects of the Poems By Writing Them Down in Verses in Ode on a Grecian Urn by William Shalespeare (234 words, 1 pages)

A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures?Shakespeare's sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?") and Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" were written with a common purpose in mind to immortalize the subjects of their poems by writing them down in verses for people to read for ... Read More

An Overview of the Concept of Suicide in Poetry During the 19th Century (923 words, 2 pages)

PoetryApril 25, 1999To Die or Not To Die Suicide was not a widely discussed topic in the 1800's although, it commonly appeared as a theme in many literary works of that time. The action of killing one's self is not a classified psychological disorder, but there are many disorders where ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013