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next lines are an old reference to the celebration of the Annunciation which the Orthodox Catholic Church practiced. For example, ...

The reply that "John" gives begin the next stanza, which is "drive, he sd, for/ christs sake, look / out where yr going" (lines 10...

has overtaken their owners" (Bartleby.com). In many ways "The poem throws an interesting light on the close nature of the relation...

sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...

of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...

so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...

said that, however, this is not a book to simply be shunted off to the used bookstore. For all its problems, Nine Horses is still ...

of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...

In other words, to be a woman outside the accepted societal role for women is not to be a woman. As this indicates, any woman wh...

"The rats are underneath the piles," (Eliot 22) in combination with things such as "Money in furs. The boatman smiles" (Eliot 24) ...

noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...

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...

seemed inseparable. A true friend, in other words, wishes for another person the highest possible good. This sort of friendship i...

holding a moth that it has caught. The spider holds it up. The flower, the spider, and the moth together represent life and death....

do with something more important than materiality. The poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O le...

woods, peopled with the wild creatures of the forest, witches and all sort of magical folk, including Satan, himself. Tam stops to...

their ultimate dream. And, the reference to the show indicates an imaginative perspective of life in general. There is an imaginat...

viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...

implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...

about war. It is about this soldiers experience when he began to shoot at an enemy soldier--who was of course shooting back--and ...

to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...

song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...

are happy and playing and skipping and singing, that seems to make sense but is very lilting and nonsensical in many ways. This is...

wide" (line 6) is empowering, freeing, and infinitely entertaining. From the time that his first book of verse for children was ...

for protection against the creature that has been terrorizing his subjects, Beowulf can hardly refuse. It is not simply because H...

denying that this characterizes his lexicon and poetic style ("William" 9). Considering this, the first question that the reader...

died. The poet feels that the entire world, in fact, should be in mourning as even "public doves" should have "crepe bows" around ...

The writer examines the 13th century poem Milagros de Nuestra Senora (Miracles of Our Lady). The writer describes it as a series o...

night returning, anew began ruthless murder; he recked no whit, / firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime" (II 12-22). When Hrot...

The tone of the poem builds from this beginning: "you should at times walk on,/ away from your friends ways,/ go where the scorned...