YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The figure a poem makes
Essays 1951 - 1980
has what might be considered a god-like perspective. That puts him in a place where he can not only look at the city, but judge it...
latest goldfish gamely swims" (Gwynn). The ink will poison the fish, but the worst part of it is that this is only the "latest" in...
and its joys. This quality of Frosts poetry is exemplified by his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." In this work, Fro...
title, the fact that he notes how the sea is history immediately makes the reader wonder. They may wonder about how the ocean is r...
5-8). This juxtaposition of images connects the fever of illness to the fever of lust, which leads into the third stanza and its s...
its absolutely necessary, but then he wants something in return, because if he does lose her its a matter of honor. Achilles tries...
various admirers which she held in just as much regard as anything she received from him-including the title. Furthermore, she fli...
as if she did not exist. They tune her out, just as they do other unsightly aspects of urban living. No one sees the cigarette but...
he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...
when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...
However, the meaning is obscure and the student will have to pursue the tranlsation with more sophisticated tools than are availab...
of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...
Strand, a critic by the name of Carl Singleton is not. He characterized Strands poetry as "entirely characteristic of the age in w...
in the way the political world was playing out in the conquest. And clearly he argues that the poetry was never simple. This seems...
day, children come to our classrooms. Some are more ready to learn than others, some are more excited about learning than others b...
time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...
the wood is in the air and one can see the beauty of the mountains if they only looked up. It is a beautiful image and one that cl...
ring, and how he is seemingly unscathed with no broken bones or scars (Karr 20-21). She notes how "Someday soon, the tether/ will ...
(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...
/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...
spring of renewal, for the person that has died. This fact is emphasized in the final metaphor, which is addressed in the next fou...
that in the process of dying Dickinson believed there were senses, and perhaps there were senses upon death as well. But that sens...
to understand his culture and find his place in it; its not surprising that his poems speak to his experience and his characters f...
and trash everywhere (Ainsworth). To her right is her grandson, dressed in blue short and a white t-shirt; he appears to be about ...
overwhelming, because they come with options: we can choose to see "300" now because Gerry Butlers incredibly hot, but we also kno...
Form This particular poem has a very clear pattern of rhyme. It is considered to a type of poem that possesses a...
(4-5). This sounds like a childrens rhyme and as such would seem pleasant but the imagery is of blight, and death and then it pres...
a fa?ade that represents him at his best. But Mammy Prater apparently did none of this. Instead, "she waited until the technique...
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...
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...