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present Beowulf as a young hero, who is called upon by his fathers old friend King Hrothgar of Geatland, to defend his subjects ag...

consider myself a failed woman and a failed poet, or to try to find some synthesis by which to understand what was happening to me...

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

ceinture is a cloth belt), strikes a romantic note, but again, these are what the gowns do not look like. This may indicate the gl...

of four lines known as quatrains, and each stanza comprised of alternating iambs or an unstressed syllable immediately followed by...

practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel. None of these will bring disaste...

20). The lyricism and imagery in this opening section are romantic, seductive and certain to appeal to the ego of any woman. Howev...

is a pain I mostly hide, but ties of blood, or seed, endure, and even now I feel inside the hunger for his outstretched hand, a ma...

Francis tried to resume his former practices and his old life, and briefly considered a military career, but the call to a religio...

things in daily life that he does. Despite this, he and his classmates have a lot in common: they all need to sleep, drink and e...

and lonely offices?" (Hayden 13-14). All of this speaks of a childs ignorance and how children are simply children, ignora...

of knight. He was the kings representative in battle, and his role as the protector of freedom was assumed with honor and uncompro...

Bloom). He escaped but was arrested and tried, and sentenced to a year and a day (Dyson and Bloom). His attorney got him released ...

stations" (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame). He was clearly very influenced by many talented musicians at the time, and in a place th...

about the circumstances of the household. An atmosphere of bitterness with bouts of anger is described. The recollection suggests ...

her sisters husband and how he had cut out her tongue to keep silent and a prisoner (Ovid BkVI:571-619). Those characters who as...

As this suggests, this psychologically complex poem portrays a pivotal exchange between two people who are trying to cope with los...

is an odd remark. She picks up on it and asks if hes referring to her as being vacuous and he says no, "it is I who am inane" (Eli...

located in West Seattle; his patients are mostly urban and poor ("Peter Pereira"). On the literary front, he has been published...

the more tolerant cities of the north, where there was both work and opportunity (Rowen and Brunner). Nearly three-quarters of a m...

the layers will not reveal any great secrets. And that appears to be breaking the examiners heart. The reader should keep in mind...

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...

and to help win over his coy mistress" (Reiff, 2002, p. 196). The first person pronouns "vary between the singular, which emphasiz...

and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...

$15 on the sale (Untermeyer). "His mother was proud, but the rest of the family were alarmed" (Untermeyer 4). Their alarm was well...

but the presence of Winter coming on is clearly a powerful element, or theme, in the poem as the narrator illustrates how he is re...

book, Ares is battling Diomedes; he thrusts at him but Athena knocks his spear away and Diomedes stabs the god. Ares flies up to O...

When she heard about the murder, she "fell silent and did not speak for five years" (Bloom). She began to speak once more when she...