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Death and Poetic Attitudes of Davis, Thomas, and Donne

people pity the dead, not Death itself. In the end Donnes message is that there is little reason to fear death and that in the end...

'A Prayer for My Son' by William Butler Yeats

in psalms (Liu 26). The repetition of the first line, which is subtly varied in the second stanza, is also psalm-like in that Hebr...

Alice Cary's 'The West Country' Poem

"The West Country" from an operative structure standpoint, it is perhaps even more useful to analyze this poem from a thematic sta...

'Harlem' by Langston Hughes

questions rather than declarative sentences. Also Hansen (2002) points out that the tentative "maybe," which is part of this sole...

Mary Robinson's Feminist Poem 'The Lamentation of Marie Antoinette'

Robinsons poem, Marie Antoinettes Lamentation, the language and the way in which she uses it conveys more than mere description, i...

Poetic Spiders

seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...

John Donne's Seventeenth Century Love Poetry

in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;...

'In An Artist Studio' by Christina Rossetti Explicated

the nude for an artist, or a class of artists, they become very modest when the session is over. Indeed, artist models are often q...

Robert Frost's 'Now Close the Windows'

theme (including any symbolism and imagery), and the technical aspects of rhythm, rhyme, and meter. Frost tended to use both categ...

Whitman Poetic Comparison of A Noiseless Patient Spider, Drum Taps, and Song of Myself

for repetition and free flowing verse to express his ideas and was considered not only exceptional because of these elements but a...

Dickinson's Poem 'A Clock Stopped'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Emily Dickinson's poem in terms of the poet's attitudes and feelings about time are analyzed. Th...

Lord Byron's Poems and the Metaphors of Love and Fame

more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...

Literature and Nature Images

the hierarchy, to base matter, at its lowest level, with man and the natural world between the two, and Donnes commentary reflects...

5 Poems Interpreted

observing children at their studies. However, the second stanza offers a sharp contrast to this opening, as Yeats states that he d...

Analysis of Carl Sandburg's Poetry

hobo before he was twenty, and even served a rotation in the Spanish-American War(Academy of Poets). This experience was...

Dark Passages in John Keats' 'Ode to a Nightingale'

of the thinking principle (Keats,1008-1022). Secondly, he believed that one was propelled into the next chamber simply b...

'Inscriptions' by William Wordsworth

exploration of human feelings and emotions. In the poem, Inscriptions, to which the first lines are: HOPES what are they?--B...

'The Telephone' and 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost

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...

'Parliament of Fowles' by Geoffrey Chaucer

not procreate indiscriminately but should rather follow Natures example and wait until circumstances are optimal in order to add t...

'February Afternoon' by Edward Thomas

themes of love, this became the preferred style of World War I poets like Edward Thomas. One of his most poignant verses is "Febr...

'Assisi' by Norman MacCaig Analyzed

result is that he was able to craft a poem such as "Assisi" which has a gentle yet pointed grace and, as Brodie points out, a "dec...

Gillian Clarke's 'Letter from a Far Country'

inner soul of a woman to be appreciated for the ways in which she makes the lives of her family easier and more pleasant. A native...

Unconditional Love in the Poetry of William Wordsworth

shipwreck (Anonymous, 2002; Junaidul, 2000). Wordsworth worked out his grief over this event in several poems, most notably the "E...

'Apparently With No Surprise' by Emily Dickinson

In one page this essay analyzes Dickinson's poem in terms of symbolism, imagery, and theme with an evaluation of her employment of...

'Tiger, Tiger' by William Blake

This poem is analyzed in terms of theme and symbolism as represented by the tiger. There is no bibliography included....

'On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough' by John Milton

can start by noticing what occurs in the first stanza. Milton begins the work as follows: "Fairest flower no sooner blown but blas...

Old English Poem 'The Dream of the Rood'

In five pages this paper analyzes this poem within the context of English life during the 7th and 8th centuries and the relationsh...

'dandelions' by Deborah Austin

reader that the barrage has lasted all day yesterday and today with "deafening sight." This figurative language mixes sensory in...

4 Interpretations of the Icarus Myth

notice. That he soared toward the sun on wings made of wax only to have them melt, plummet him into the sea and ultimately drown ...

'Move' by Lucille Clifton

from their own ideas concerning societal norms. Clifton writes, "they had begun to whisper/among themselves hesitant/ to be bran...