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(Walcotts brother Roderick is a playwright). While young Derek was growing up and dipping into these books time and again, he foun...

be expected that the earlier writing would be more explicit, because of Augustus reputation for demanding morality. This is not t...

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...

interrelationship of human beings with the forces of nature. He mentions that his own growth as a mature individual allows him to ...

as one author states, "The medieval church was defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architectu...

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

confused his contemporary readers, which often obscured from them his intent (Abrams 59). Therefore, neither Coleridge nor Blake ...

effect that the petticoat has on the male observer in the garment itself, which the poet asserts "Sometimes twould pant, and sigh,...

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...

savagery which slavery brought with it. Notice in this passage how the belles traits are given, then immediately juxtaposed with t...

Joyces brother, Stanislaus, records that in April of 1907, in a conversation with Joyce questioned, "Do you not think Ireland has...

is in line with Christian ideology. In Dantes interpretation of events, Hell is reserved for the pagans, again a tribute...

is left out: herself. "Shine on me, sunshine Rain on me, rain...

in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt...

would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...

were very interesting, people probably would not like them because they were different. As such Emily decided at that point that s...

that the other poppy "I gave to you" (line 8). In the third stanza, Rosenberg writes that the "sandbags narrowed" (line 9). The t...

shalt die"(Donne 812). In this poem, then, the literary devices used include personification, sonnet form, and irony. Irony is mo...

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...

Frost as Terrifying In first examining how and why Frost is considered terrifying we must first understand that Trilling did not...

the Irish countryside. Thoor Ballylee was Yeats famous summer home, and Coole Park refers to the nearby estate of Yeats life-long ...

five senses; "whatever the truth may be" (Ballis). In the "Proverbs from Hell", the Devil speaks wise statements in regards to t...

Ancient Mariner is perhaps the greatest Romantic statement about the consequences of psychic separation of an isolated individual ...

is mocking our hopes, and at the same time the teasing promise of Spring is false. With the coming of this Spring we can also envi...

the antiques she notes that "there was no need of love (Jennings). This appears to be a reflection of her most hidden needs and de...

truth that was eventually revealed. While we may argue he could have looked for the truth, rather than running from it, thereby sp...

on the artistic forms of that day and time were not from the artists themselves, but from the ideas and influences of all the scho...

in regards to information on the Internet and within journals, books and magazines. Because of Lims extensive reach in regards to ...

the population in America at the time would have preferred to not know that a black woman was capable of such complex and abstract...

observing the "loud mirth in the hall," yet unable to be a part of such fellowship due to no fault of its own, but rather the circ...