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strife. The folklore of the country became an important vehicle for recording that turmoil and strife and Yeats was a critical pl...

this poem is that of the universal anguish of being bound and imprisoned, no matter what the age. And, in a very real sense he is ...

but his folk heritage as well. "Hughes made the spirituals, blues, and jazz the bases of his poetic expression. Hughes wrote, he c...

The allusion to Oscar Wildes epigram--What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities--...

and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...

we mortals bear perforce, although we suffer; for they are much stronger than we. But now I will teach you clearly, telling you th...

and many of the traditional roles played by men and women in society and is famous for one of his quotes "Men at most differ as He...

another meaning. Graham is a poet that inhabits tensions. Most of her work pushes at somehow trying to reconcile the inconsistenc...

an exploration of what it means to be an American. "A mountain-born, country-bred,homegrown jibara child,up from the shtetl, a Ca...

be born of patriotism and love for their country, as there are few things that would inspire the soldiers to put up with such bad ...

this new and different land. The paper predominantly examines the following poems: "Consider This and in Our Time (1930)," "Deaths...

a wondrous season. In this poem Keats also brings sounds into play in a very powerful manner that speaks to us of nature and of...

the last line which states the following: "Ah, what sagacity perished here!" (Dickinson 1-3, 11). This is a poem that is obviou...

the antiques she notes that "there was no need of love (Jennings). This appears to be a reflection of her most hidden needs and de...

poetry as the stresses. It is because of this particular styling that syllabic poems most often contain no rhyme or uniform numbe...

(lines 3-4). It is clear that whatever aspirations that the woman had as a pianist have been supplanted by her role as a mother....

many ways Emersons views of self-reliance can be seen in the following excerpt from the work: "There is a time in every mans educa...

however, abruptly introduce us into the world he is from and although the average reader will have no knowledge of the accuracy of...

Good Play" the poem is far more simplistic in relationship to how children think and play as the poems narrator states, "We built ...

quite different in their presentation and their material or focus of material. But, at the same time the words of darkness apparen...

(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...

the Duchess to show pleasure. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt, Wheneer I passed her, but who passed without Much the same smile? Th...

unspoiled by either man or society? In "The Tiger," Blake appears to be pondering the marvels of the world while at the same time...

ethical judgements. While the students perhaps though that these old people are no longer young and can offer nothing of value to ...

done about those who suffered, those simple cultural people who were victims of the civilized world (Castillo 40-45). This...

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)...

gap through which women continued to receive and even some praise from men in regards to their abilities as writers (Reichhold). ...

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...

is an ancient collection of philosophical principles presented in a poetic fashion. It has been maintained and circulated since th...

for its wealth of atmospheric detail and rich symbolism. This makes them attractive to literary critics because there is a great d...