YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Mother To Son By Langston Hughes Explication
Essays 271 - 300
to an era gone by as well as to the present time. The poem begins "Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones Are sharpening...
mention that the catch, which is that his throat will be so sore that he will want ice cream. The lies are then contrasted against...
of four lines known as quatrains, and each stanza comprised of alternating iambs or an unstressed syllable immediately followed by...
dew that falls at night as weeping for the demise of day, "For thou must die" (Herbert line 4). The second stanza focuses on the...
the entire monologue with a sense of poetics, inviting one to study the words more deeply in search of a hidden meaning. This idea...
misery" (lines 17-18). By the fourth stanza, the positive attitude of the first lines is completely gone, as the speaker compares ...
reader feels privy to the inner reflections of the narrative voice, as he engages in the task of "walking the line" (line 13) and ...
and be a part of it, she feels her connection with "everything" (line 11), which means she perceives the world in terms of connec...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Alexie’s “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel”. An explication is carried ...
This essay is an explication of "Locked Ward: Newtown, Connecticut" by Rachel Loden. The writer bases this discussion on the assum...
In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at Great Expectations. Explications of quotes are used to give insights into themes. P...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Arendt and Foucault. An explication is made which reconciles their basic philosophie...
This essay offers summary and analysis of four poems which begin by offering a comparison of two companion poems from Songs of Inn...
value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...
as being different sides of the authors true character and argues that in "literature as in life, we must choose" (Brans 437). T...
half=way through the stanza, Angelou prefaces giving her reaction with the line "I say," which is followed by her lyrical descript...
levels. First of all, a virginal is an early form of the harpsichord that was a preferred instrument among young ladies during the...
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...
trees carry with them the promise of spring and new growth, new beginnings, which is evocative of the fact that the two children s...
on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the s...
a "crowd" and Wordsworth adds that they toss "their heads in a sprightly dance" (line 12). In other words, the poet is pictured as...
is a wanted man being tracked down by the police, but that his guilt has already been decided. "They say that they want to bring m...
in the literature, making it difficult for research to validate the pedagogy" (Barrett). It is her basic purpose in writing this p...
tells his readers to "undrape," because, to him, no one is guilty of shame or worthy of being discarded (line 145). Everyone and e...
at the water. Frosts poem builds an elaborate, extended metaphor based on his social phenomena. The people along the sand All tur...
reiterates the point made in the first line, the destruction of his rainbow, was a significant event. Whatever this setback was, t...
the children, "It was festival, carnival" (line 15). These contradictory images to how house fires are generally perceived are mad...
why he became an addict; he also express great uncertainty about his life after hes released from prison (Class lecture on "Sonnys...