YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Reactions to Various Poems
Essays 1381 - 1410
stories they remember from men who are from an older generation. Barker (1993) highlights the psychological effects of this popul...
the "music" of nature and is part of a continuous cycle. This poem concludes "How can we know the dancer from the dance" (line 64)...
soon scaped worlds and fleshs rage" (Jonson 6-7). In this the reader sees a rationalization that almost seems to be envy as the na...
In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the s...
to the reader the non-literal meaning of his poem With figurative language, Frost includes specific characters into this poem. ...
to have stood, though free to fall" (Milton Book III). In this we see that Adam had the freedom to make a choice, and in that free...
Im flesh" ((Komunyakaa 3-5). These lines illustrate that no matter how much time has passed since the Vietnam War this narrator ca...
certain that the reader has not missed the implication. Note that in the lines leading up to the "beauty of dissonance" th...
be a lover and an optimist. But we begin to see images of tension in the fact that he describes the evening sky spread out as "a p...
the euphemism waltz to indicate the routine beatings which occurred. Lastly, in Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden, another t...
the viewer. The next stanzas, however, bring the reader and the viewer, a more sobering message. In comparison to the characters ...
the first two lines in each verse rhyme. The mood is one of absolute freedom, which stresses that the things that society values -...
part of them." The "roasting" of Louie is stated as being symbolic, but Dickson describes a quite vivid scene that leads the read...
is connected (18 poems, 1934, 2004). This colored his religious orientation and is evident in the religious symbolism in "Before I...
example, he paints a picture of fleeting beauty and dispair about both the frailty and temporary nature of life. He paints a pict...
in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest ;...
war songs, marriage songs and love songs among many more. Throughout the ages, the poems came to known as not merely an example of...
In five pages this paper argues how this poem by Wordsworth is the definitive representation of Romanticism in its presentation of...
of the seasons, which have been going on their course throughout all of history. "And Titan on the eastern hill / Retires himself,...
for repetition and free flowing verse to express his ideas and was considered not only exceptional because of these elements but a...
like a walk in the park. The poem describes how tired a person can feel while working hard, and laboring at ones love. Though a mu...
This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...
the nude for an artist, or a class of artists, they become very modest when the session is over. Indeed, artist models are often q...
This research paper/essay discusses parallel themes in three works: Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet' and his poem "The ...
This paper consists of twenty pages and discusses how irony is used in the poem to express meaning. There are no other sources li...
In three pages this paper presents a thematic explication of this William Blake poem as it portrays lacking worth, faith, and inno...
In three pages this paper considers the theme of lost innocence in a contrast and comparison of these William Blake poems. There ...
These poems on solitude and peace are contrasted and compared in a paper consisting of five pages. There are no other sources cit...
In five pages this poem is analyzed in terms of intent, tone, wording, and the poet's use of images. There are no other sources l...