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"obey God; nor trust in him; nor confess that nothing is our own" (White 218). There is nothing, literally nothing, that the narra...

apt description of reverie being that which is made up of a few simple things; and if those things are not available, well, reveri...

sentimentality but her readership was attracted to such tales of courage, determination and, most important of all, success in Ame...

/ And every fair from fair sometimes declines, / By chance, or natures changing course untrimmd; / But thy eternal summer shall no...

of the key phrases in these lines is "Were I with thee," which indicates that the poet is not with her beloved. It is the fact th...

not large enough and therefore in these situations, generally speaking, those who abuse the system tend to sponsor or foster a gre...

line and the metaphor in the first, Dickinson employs all of the literary devices available, but, prefers, for the most part, to f...

sell / it (lines 6-7). And, indeed, love sells well -- everything from cars to toothpaste -- filling whole magazines -- "you can /...

cannot afford to become too emotional over the huge of amount of dead bodies that require disposal. There are simply too many. It ...

ambitious path than romanticism (Liebman 417). In fact, Frost tries to make every poem a metaphor to show his commitment to thes...

argued that poetry is the expression of ones very soul, encompassing many emotions, feelings and desires that can range from one e...

of his mind and spirit working in tandem to overcome natures obstacles as well as the more primitive creatures on the Earth. Frost...

know that William Stafford is a poet from Americas heartland. In fact, he may be, according to Heldrich (2002), "Kansass most famo...

"Since a boy is not armed by nature, society must provide him with man-made weapons" (Hibberd, 1986, p. 143). Furthermore, accordi...

Chinese poetry is replete with metaphor, simile, comparison, and personification as well with other linguistic contrivances which ...

a big messy bowl of goop. In the same way, the placement of words, especially in the poem, can be said to be very important. There...

the reader what Esperanza is thinking and feeling at the most important moments in her life, but other than that exact moment, the...

a feast of rejoicing, as well as to keep himself clean and well groomed; he is to cherish his children and his wife (Radcliffe PG)...

of life in our worldly form, of the power of the many mystical forces of our universe, and the concepts of reincarnation and life ...

of racism, of course, are not limited to the U.S. History has proven, in fact, that multiethnic and multiracial societies in gener...

to discern the "inexhaustible richness of consciousness itself" (Wacker 16). In other words, the poetry in fascicle 28 presents ...

curlers, the hands you love to touch" (Piercy 75). a. The poem denotes cultural symbols. b. Symbols include bound feet an...

He also speaks in considerable detail of their personal habits, which he apparently finds both appalling and fascinating. Interest...

evening. Then there is nighttime. In this poem, the last thing that occurs is that the baby is put into bed with his mother. There...

and real images, illustrating his understanding of how poetics could work, how placement of words, creating imagery and also a str...

envision more positive feelings) a human being can better come into contact with their nature, their creative side, their truths w...

desperation or dismay of the narrator whereas Hemingways story leaves us to infer the desperation, but the ending is very similar....

1). Using this metaphor, he goes on to say that Science "alterest all things with thy peering eyes," which preys upon his poets h...

a poem that examines ones past and the choices made, as well as a poem that presents the narrator with two obvious choices. In a l...

to believe that his elevated social standing makes him actually superior to anyone else. This perception definitely includes his w...