Essays 181 - 210
is stating the most depressing facts that seem obvious to them. However, as the poem ends we see an understanding of the gentle an...
at Columbia University in 1920, but left after one year to travel. He drifted for several years, finding employment as a merchant ...
of mourning and regret, while singing the praises of something wondrous. I Came to buy a smile -- today (223) The first thing...
transcribe concerning the inevitable. One author notes that "The central theme arouses from Whitmans pantheistic view of life, fro...
woods, peopled with the wild creatures of the forest, witches and all sort of magical folk, including Satan, himself. Tam stops to...
enjoying the fact that many people have bleeding hearts from love. The narrator is clearly an individual who has been harmed by...
he mocks. It is after all a story of a lock of hair stolen while a young woman sleeps. What can be simpler? What can be less impo...
But, Frost never treats it as an overpowering tragedy for the participants, who still live, continue without looking back it seems...
do with something more important than materiality. The poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O le...
hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...
the feeling that the poet is engaging the reader in a secret and private conversation. One has the feeling that, in the breaks pro...
An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...
Dickinsons writing. While "no ordinance is seen" to those who are not participating in the war, it presence nevertheless is always...
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...
Robinsons poem, Marie Antoinettes Lamentation, the language and the way in which she uses it conveys more than mere description, i...
her sister as "buddies in wartime" and the stairwell is described as a "shell hole." Like soldiers, Olds states that she and her ...
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...
With the plain-speaking simplicity that was his trademark, Whitman constructed this poem in such a rhythmic way that it could be s...
alliterative verse in the fourteenth century (Middle English Lyrics). However, beyond technical aspects of English poetry during...
this as the focus changes from nature and subtly brings in the narrator: "I am too absent-spirited to count;/ The loneliness inclu...
"Mending Wall" we have a very powerful look at what self reliance can do to an individual. It presents us with a picture of what s...
that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...
was such time as it was appropriate to say goodbye and release them to adult life as defined by that society. In this poem, Sapp...
seemed inseparable. A true friend, in other words, wishes for another person the highest possible good. This sort of friendship i...
about war. It is about this soldiers experience when he began to shoot at an enemy soldier--who was of course shooting back--and ...
A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...
to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...
song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...
the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...