YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :2 Poems by Emily Dickinson
Essays 601 - 630
to his section describing the scene. He writes "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipe...
as opposed to being naturally inherited. This poem typifies the poems that are included in Blakes, Songs of Innocence, in...
has overtaken their owners" (Bartleby.com). In many ways "The poem throws an interesting light on the close nature of the relation...
next lines are an old reference to the celebration of the Annunciation which the Orthodox Catholic Church practiced. For example, ...
of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...
the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...
sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...
The reply that "John" gives begin the next stanza, which is "drive, he sd, for/ christs sake, look / out where yr going" (lines 10...
to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...
viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...
implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...
emphasis on "mind-forged" shows that these are mental attitudes rather than physical chains, but their effect on human freedom is ...
of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...
so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...
An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...
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...
understand our world and as we seek to communicate with that world. As the poem progresses we surely see elements that speak of...
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 ...
is left out: herself. "Shine on me, sunshine Rain on me, rain...
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...
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 ...
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...