YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Three Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
Essays 361 - 390
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...
certain that the reader has not missed the implication. Note that in the lines leading up to the "beauty of dissonance" th...
In three pages the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration are used in a comparative analysis of the...
In three pages this paper examines the theme of isolation within the context of this poem by Robert Frost. There is a 1 page sent...
This research paper/essay offers a detailed explication of a poem written by Robert Bly in 1981 entitled My Father's Wedding. The ...
hobo before he was twenty, and even served a rotation in the Spanish-American War(Academy of Poets). This experience was...
old and his first book at age 13 (Yarborough). In short, he was a prodigy who might have been destined for greater things, had he ...
gaps I mean,/ No one has seen them made or heard them made,/ But at spring mending-time we find them there" (Frost 9-11). In th...
means by which to punish him for past indiscretions. Mans first instinct is to provide for his own preservation, to tend to his o...
his mind tends to wander, that he has forgotten that the boy who helped him a few years earlier is off at school. Mary explains ho...
themes of love, this became the preferred style of World War I poets like Edward Thomas. One of his most poignant verses is "Febr...
heroic ideal of the young and noble combatant who appears to be destined to die at an early age on the battlefield. Achilleus is ...
Indeed, it is these characteristics which may account for Yeats continuing appeal to readers who dont normally pay much attention ...
imagery and emotional intensity alone, but by considering the social context that they grew out of and how they address it, a whol...
sort of heroic quest, or the heroic person trapped and confined by societys dictates or the citys walls. This is evident in ...
see the secrecy, the sense of spying that is darkness, though not a darkness associated with nature, other than perhaps the nature...
this woman is not pushy, but rather has very definite feelings for this man. She feels a connection with him that his self-possess...
himself to be a poet at heart (An Analysis of A Valentine, 2002). Although he wrote all kinds of literature, poetry was his favor...
questions rather than declarative sentences. Also Hansen (2002) points out that the tentative "maybe," which is part of this sole...
of the key phrases in these lines is "Were I with thee," which indicates that the poet is not with her beloved. It is the fact th...
turbulent in respect to British history ("Angelcynn" PG). It was a time when England was first created, and the time of King Arth...
a big messy bowl of goop. In the same way, the placement of words, especially in the poem, can be said to be very important. There...
one can tell that the Angels of Heaven are stoic, devoid of emotion, limited, and conformity. Blake, himself, makes an appearance ...
merely an attendant. Prufrock states, "No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;/Am an attendant loud, one that will do/To ...
interesting to note, there are several distinctions of metaphors. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary (2002) metaph...
noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...
traumatic experience that the narrator has been through could very well be death. It is interesting to not the way that Dickinson ...
In this paper consisting of six pages a brief biographical sketch is provided and then an examination of three of Adrienne Rich's ...
In three pages these characters featured in Homer's epic poem are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and diffe...
In three pages this comparative poetic analysis considers the meaning achieved through metaphors in each poem. There are no other...