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Analysis of the Poem 'Old Photograph of the Future' by Robert Penn Warren

future in that image of a baby suggests the continuance of generations into the future. These themes are particularly suggested by...

Two Poems by William Wordsworth Compared

uses is "disturb." the author is clearly shaken by this presence of someone else. This "someone" is likely his sister with whom he...

5 Poems Interpreted

observing children at their studies. However, the second stanza offers a sharp contrast to this opening, as Yeats states that he d...

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'The Road Less Traveled'

point that poets are generally interested in consciousness and how the natural world might reveal it; personality is not the point...

Music and Poems

played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...

William Butler Yeats' Poem 'The Second Coming'

The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;" (Yeats PG). This describes the inner workings of...

Lord Byron's Poems and the Metaphors of Love and Fame

more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...

Poems on Sexuality, Blog Posts and Responses

This paper offers two blog posts. One on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and the other on "Sex without Love" by Sharon Olds....

'Dance' and the Painting by Matisse and Poem by Natalie Safir

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

'Alysoun' Medieval Poem Explication

alliterative verse in the fourteenth century (Middle English Lyrics). However, beyond technical aspects of English poetry during...

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'Desert Places'

this as the focus changes from nature and subtly brings in the narrator: "I am too absent-spirited to count;/ The loneliness inclu...

Maya Angelou's Poem 'Woman Work'

is left out: herself. "Shine on me, sunshine Rain on me, rain...

Robert Frost's Poem 'The Death of the Hired Man'

An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...

Carpe Diem Poems by Herrick and Donne

sooner will his race be run, / And nearer hes to setting" (lines 7-8). In this manner, Herrick sets up an ever-increasing sense of...

Richard Wilbur's Poem 'Love Calls Us to the Things of This World'

the soul from the confines of the earth and into the far reaches of the heavens. In its spiritual form the soul is no longer conf...

Analysis of the Poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe

talk that he had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). There can be little doubt that the poem itself is obvi...

Analysis of Two Poems by Sharon Olds

her sister as "buddies in wartime" and the stairwell is described as a "shell hole." Like soldiers, Olds states that she and her ...

Thematic Analysis of 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' Poems by William Blake

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

Analyzing Three Poems About War

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

Friendship in Three Poems by Sappho

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...

Beauty and Friendship in 3 of Sappho's Poems

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

Epic Poem 'Beowulf' and Elements of Style

that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...

Analysis of Robert Frost's Poem 'Mending Wall'

"Mending Wall" we have a very powerful look at what self reliance can do to an individual. It presents us with a picture of what s...

Wallace Stevens' Poem 'The Idea of Order at Key West'

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

Raymond Carver's Poems

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

Emily Dickinson's Poem, 'My Life Had Stood-A Loaded Gun'

the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...

The 'Sir Patrick Spence Poem

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

'The Starry Night' Poem by Anne Sexton and the Starry Night Painting by Vincent Van Gogh

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

Linguistic Analysis of Thomas Hardy's Poem 'Darkling Thrush'

of sounds within any language, the speakers in a language community all feel that certain sounds either "the same" or "different" ...

3 Poems by Robert Frost

that is the shortest day of the year; we can feel the cold, the deep silence of the woods during a snowfall, the solitude and the ...