YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Comparing poems by Atwood and Smith
Essays 841 - 870
the title. The alliteration between "caffeinated" and "concrete" emphasizes the rolling rhythm of the line. The reference to caffe...
also great/ And would suffice" (Frost 6-9). In this we see something we would perhaps normally associate with fire, that being hat...
emphasis on "mind-forged" shows that these are mental attitudes rather than physical chains, but their effect on human freedom is ...
gloves" (Auden 8). Tone As one critic states, "The tone of a poem is roughly equivalent to the mood it creates in the reader" ...
part of them." The "roasting" of Louie is stated as being symbolic, but Dickson describes a quite vivid scene that leads the read...
that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...
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 ...
conflicts "as a woman and as a poet" (Barker 3). She manipulates thought patterns through her mastery of poetic structure, such a...
so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...
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 ...
viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...
The reply that "John" gives begin the next stanza, which is "drive, he sd, for/ christs sake, look / out where yr going" (lines 10...
implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...
has overtaken their owners" (Bartleby.com). In many ways "The poem throws an interesting light on the close nature of the relation...
the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...
next lines are an old reference to the celebration of the Annunciation which the Orthodox Catholic Church practiced. For example, ...
of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...
sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...
he mocks. It is after all a story of a lock of hair stolen while a young woman sleeps. What can be simpler? What can be less impo...
But, Frost never treats it as an overpowering tragedy for the participants, who still live, continue without looking back it seems...
renewal [is] not exercised" (Harding 42). Blake wrote, "Earth raisd up her head / From the darkness dread and drear. / Her light...
that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...
and perhaps anything else this artistic individual had to offer, was taken and used by others. As a result, this individual decide...
enjoying the fact that many people have bleeding hearts from love. The narrator is clearly an individual who has been harmed by...
serves to draw the readers attention to this word and give it added emphasis. They break up the lines in such a way that mimics th...
the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...
song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...
about war. It is about this soldiers experience when he began to shoot at an enemy soldier--who was of course shooting back--and ...
A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...
to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...