Essays 691 - 720
"The rats are underneath the piles," (Eliot 22) in combination with things such as "Money in furs. The boatman smiles" (Eliot 24) ...
woods, peopled with the wild creatures of the forest, witches and all sort of magical folk, including Satan, himself. Tam stops to...
their ultimate dream. And, the reference to the show indicates an imaginative perspective of life in general. There is an imaginat...
do with something more important than materiality. The poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O le...
An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...
this indicates, in this poem, Larkin perfectly catches the nature of a society that has no idea what awaits it. Previous battles w...
yourself with your atom bomb" (line 5). Even though it is easy to agree with Ginsbergs anti-war sentiment -- the consensus even...
Syllable from Sound --" (2509-2510). This poem considers the origin of reality, and true to her Transcendentalist beliefs, spec...
calling him to "say good-bye" (line 10 Acquainted with the Night). The overall effect of the poem is one of stark loneliness and a...
for someone who has received a serious emotional trauma, but also that this poem can be interpreted at in more than one way, at mo...
The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;" (Yeats PG). This describes the inner workings of...
observing children at their studies. However, the second stanza offers a sharp contrast to this opening, as Yeats states that he d...
more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...
obviously take the most tragic of subjects and place the words in a way that would make us, the reader, want more, and yet cause u...
played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...
the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...
implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...
Im flesh" ((Komunyakaa 3-5). These lines illustrate that no matter how much time has passed since the Vietnam War this narrator ca...
conflicts "as a woman and as a poet" (Barker 3). She manipulates thought patterns through her mastery of poetic structure, such a...
A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...
song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...
to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...
about war. It is about this soldiers experience when he began to shoot at an enemy soldier--who was of course shooting back--and ...
that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...
talk that he had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). There can be little doubt that the poem itself is obvi...
her sister as "buddies in wartime" and the stairwell is described as a "shell hole." Like soldiers, Olds states that she and her ...
sooner will his race be run, / And nearer hes to setting" (lines 7-8). In this manner, Herrick sets up an ever-increasing sense of...
the soul from the confines of the earth and into the far reaches of the heavens. In its spiritual form the soul is no longer conf...
is left out: herself. "Shine on me, sunshine Rain on me, rain...
alliterative verse in the fourteenth century (Middle English Lyrics). However, beyond technical aspects of English poetry during...