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(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

Secondly, as to themes, Bradstreet grounded her religious inspiration not only in Puritan orthodoxy but also in the wonders and be...

that in the process of dying Dickinson believed there were senses, and perhaps there were senses upon death as well. But that sens...

a fa?ade that represents him at his best. But Mammy Prater apparently did none of this. Instead, "she waited until the technique...

readers, the reference will be obvious, but for young people for whom the Second World War and its atrocities seem unreal, it may ...

to understand his culture and find his place in it; its not surprising that his poems speak to his experience and his characters f...

and trash everywhere (Ainsworth). To her right is her grandson, dressed in blue short and a white t-shirt; he appears to be about ...

day, children come to our classrooms. Some are more ready to learn than others, some are more excited about learning than others b...

time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

which he lived when he says that the poem is not the result of Dantes inner contemplation, "it is rooted in the immediate Christia...

spring of renewal, for the person that has died. This fact is emphasized in the final metaphor, which is addressed in the next fou...

the condition of oppression and restrictive realities. This is the symbolic premise of the poem. From this perspective the African...

my brain. Never show fear (Free verse) Animals and small children know when youre afraid. They growl and bite, or cry and fight ...

ring, and how he is seemingly unscathed with no broken bones or scars (Karr 20-21). She notes how "Someday soon, the tether/ will ...

Strand, a critic by the name of Carl Singleton is not. He characterized Strands poetry as "entirely characteristic of the age in w...

However, the meaning is obscure and the student will have to pursue the tranlsation with more sophisticated tools than are availab...

of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...

the best relationship to use in the poem. Hamlets relationship with Gertrude, his mother, is even more problematic, because he tu...

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...

says Sandburg, none of that matters; what matters is that the grass will eventually cover up the battlefields, the dead, the blood...

was a child and I was a child, / In this kingdom by the sea, / But we loved with a love that was more than love-- / I and...

confuse free verse with sloppiness. The tone of the poem ("tone" can best be understood as the attitude the speaker has toward his...

does not have a job people envision him as a beggar. But, at the same time there is an understanding that he is doing a Holy mans ...

who felt that the school needed to deal with admissions differently. When he presents Hughes poem, however, he is presenting it as...

its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...

various admirers which she held in just as much regard as anything she received from him-including the title. Furthermore, she fli...

as if she did not exist. They tune her out, just as they do other unsightly aspects of urban living. No one sees the cigarette but...

and its joys. This quality of Frosts poetry is exemplified by his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." In this work, Fro...