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noble role in society, and reflects his attributes and responsibilities. First, there is the pearl, symbolic of natural perfectio...

do with something more important than materiality. The poem goes on to complete the first set of wings as follows: "With Thee O le...

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....

Robinsons poem, Marie Antoinettes Lamentation, the language and the way in which she uses it conveys more than mere description, i...

this woman is not pushy, but rather has very definite feelings for this man. She feels a connection with him that his self-possess...

and his first brush with death came at the age of eight, when his father, a livery-stableman by trade, died of a fractured skull a...

"The West Country" from an operative structure standpoint, it is perhaps even more useful to analyze this poem from a thematic sta...

of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...

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

so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...

The reply that "John" gives begin the next stanza, which is "drive, he sd, for/ christs sake, look / out where yr going" (lines 10...

sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

conflicts "as a woman and as a poet" (Barker 3). She manipulates thought patterns through her mastery of poetic structure, such a...

next lines are an old reference to the celebration of the Annunciation which the Orthodox Catholic Church practiced. For example, ...

of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...

said that, however, this is not a book to simply be shunted off to the used bookstore. For all its problems, Nine Horses is still ...

has overtaken their owners" (Bartleby.com). In many ways "The poem throws an interesting light on the close nature of the relation...

a hook to bait a desired fish. But no competitive fisherman is eager to share his secrets for landing the big one. A poet is no ...

gloves" (Auden 8). Tone As one critic states, "The tone of a poem is roughly equivalent to the mood it creates in the reader" ...

part of them." The "roasting" of Louie is stated as being symbolic, but Dickson describes a quite vivid scene that leads the read...

Im flesh" ((Komunyakaa 3-5). These lines illustrate that no matter how much time has passed since the Vietnam War this narrator ca...

night returning, anew began ruthless murder; he recked no whit, / firm in his guilt, of the feud and crime" (II 12-22). When Hrot...