YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Examination of Four Love Poems
Essays 1921 - 1950
ring, and how he is seemingly unscathed with no broken bones or scars (Karr 20-21). She notes how "Someday soon, the tether/ will ...
person that John F. Kennedy was addressing when he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your co...
the condition of oppression and restrictive realities. This is the symbolic premise of the poem. From this perspective the African...
when Jesus says that "He has not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it."4 Theologians argue over the correct interpretation ...
my brain. Never show fear (Free verse) Animals and small children know when youre afraid. They growl and bite, or cry and fight ...
property owned by a natural person " (quoted Cohen, 1998). Therefore, we can see from this that in theory there are only three sit...
exploration of human feelings and emotions. In the poem, Inscriptions, to which the first lines are: HOPES what are they?--B...
of sophisticated readers to a gross injustice, which was the short, cruel life of a chimney sweeper. Unlike the modern myth -- a ...
gaps I mean,/ No one has seen them made or heard them made,/ But at spring mending-time we find them there" (Frost 9-11). In th...
means by which to punish him for past indiscretions. Mans first instinct is to provide for his own preservation, to tend to his o...
Syllable from Sound --" (2509-2510). This poem considers the origin of reality, and true to her Transcendentalist beliefs, spec...
speaks of breaking free, not only from oppression and prejudice, but also from those things that bind and keep one from achieving ...
and a London that is perhaps anything but majestic and beautiful. Blake states that "I wander thro each charterd street,/ Near whe...
of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effect, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be ...
this indicates, in this poem, Larkin perfectly catches the nature of a society that has no idea what awaits it. Previous battles w...
use of cadences, rhythms, repetitions and events or actions that may take place within the poem. Also, it can be said that tone is...
him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...
one harmonize the concept of a loving, gracious God with a God who is righteous and unforgiving" (Walvoord 11). Walvoord admits th...
$15 on the sale (Untermeyer). "His mother was proud, but the rest of the family were alarmed" (Untermeyer 4). Their alarm was well...
to "enjoy" whatever society had to offer, or whatever society insisted on the citizen possessing in order to follow the norm. Th...
about the boundaries and concerns of civil, political and religious justice, such as where the jurisdiction of the state can be de...
melted, and I let it fall and break" (Frost 9-13). This section of the poem clearly offers the reader the image of winter coming o...
human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my ...
planning involves the entire organization and is a long-term plan of at least two or three years and often, longer (Barnett). This...
and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...
as a problem (Frost, 1962). However, later philosophers, as they pondered the nature of the universe, began to see the fact of cha...
blank verse" (Traveler With a Trunk of Poetic Devices). It begins with the poem, "The Friend of the Fourth Decade," which is fram...
themes of love, this became the preferred style of World War I poets like Edward Thomas. One of his most poignant verses is "Febr...
concepts of the two other fields of study (Katzenstein, 2007). One area of investigation in this field is how to being about accep...
literate, regardless of which approach is most compatible with their individual learning personalities"...The second basic princip...