this essay, I shall compare how Niyi Osundare and Gabriel Okara produce impressions of Nigeria, in their poetry. Niyi Osundare wrote the poem ‘Not my Business’. This poem shows separate attacks on different people, ‘Not my Business’ was written during the 1990’s when Nigeria was ruled by a dictator named...
Linking the Three Poems, To His Coy Mistress, Porphyria's Lover and The Flea. The Flea, To His Coy Mistress and Porphyria's Lover are all about power, love and murder. Discuss! The Flea, To His Coy Mistress and Porphyria's Lover are three magnificent poems written by three of the greatest poets...
The author of the poem was born in the era of 50’s where there is an influential movement occurred at that time which involves massive change on literature works by many artist. This movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising...
decorum”. Is that really what war is? According to Wilfred Owen it is not. “It is a Great and Glorious thing” is the title of Owens poem about war, which is ironic, as the rest of the poem is a contradiction of this title. Wilfred Owen is dead set against war and how people were being recruited to join...
This poem by Walter de la Mare describes a Lonely Traveller who had riding on his horse,in midst of a dark forest,reaches a house where he has come to fulfil an unnamed promise.He pounds the door once but gets no response.Only the sound of his horse munching on the grass is to be heard.A bird flies...
poetry. This style of poetry begins with a stem, an up and down line. In an acrostic poem, the title !or subject" is written down the page. One letter goes on each line; they should all be capital letters. It looks like this: A C R Now, if we left it this way, we would have nothing but a dead...
You’re given eight poets to study in detail, take approximately six poems from each poet, learn a few quotes and have at least some clue what the poems are actually about. I mean you’re actually being given a massive hint about what is coming up on your Leaving Cert! Hello!! It’s not that daunting now...
Sassoon’s war poems 23rd September 09 Siegfried Sassoon was an anti war poet from the first world war, he wrote many poems expressing the way he felt about the war and the effects it had on him and other members of his platoon. The poems that I have read by...
Dennis Land Mr. Knecht English IV 20 November 2008 Poem Explanation My intension or purpose was to write a poem as Amir would about the events that the Kite Runner is based off of. “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul” (27). - I used this quote to introduce the two characters of the book...
“Discuss how Muir and Fell respond to the issue of nuclear war in their poems”. In their respective poems, nuclear war is a theme that is never fully addressed directly by either poet. Both Muir and Fell use a combination of imagery relating to the natural world in order to present nuclear war in...
In, the poem “Push” by Marty Schoenleber the author says to try and succeed. He also states to be something big and to find some form of motivation. Push is about a man who never got his “push” in life and ended up still feeling important and “pushing” others. In his poem, “Push”, Marty Schoenleber uses...
ESSAY ON THE POEMS “THE DRUM” & “DULCE ET DECORUM EST” “The Drum” was written by John Scott in 1793. “Dulce et decorum est.” was written by Wilfred Owen in 1947’s. “THE DRUM” is about the recruiting soldiers and appealing to the peoples to join and help other soldiers in the Army. However on the...
My Grandmother by Elizabeth Jennings The poem recounts a childhood memory of the poet’s grandmother.Jennings uses her grandmother’s life to portray themes such as loneliness,guilt and the passing...
Compare And Contrast Different Types Of Relationship Presented In A Selection Of The Poems You Have Studied There are many different types of relationships: loving ones, caring ones, physical ones, aggressive ones, obsessive ones and even jealous ones. These are naturally good topics and subjects...
his poems, seldom talks about himself or issues revolving around his life, he seems to be more concerned about showing the reader how he views the world. As a person he was constantly suspicious of change, in his life he was a librarian; conservative to the industrial and social changes that were taking...
WAIVING BUT DROWNING 2 Not Waiving But Drowning In the poem, “Not Waiving But Drowning” Stevie Smith, the author, writes about a man who has drowned. He drowned while swimming, but his friends did not realize...
world as time passed, and forgot the valuable asspects of life? Yet wouldn’t it be better if people were not being pushed and directed by the society and media and stop making poor desiciosns? The poem “Wasted on the Old” written by Mary di Michele is trying to give the message that the society is becoming...
What Life Have i Kissed Away In the poem "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, she expresses her regret about not truly finding who she is earlier in life because of her search to find self worth through affairs. By reading it through once you can notice...
Compare nothing's changed to one other poem showing how the poets convey their thoughts and feelings. Both poets convey strong ideas about the divisions that are inherent in modern-day society. Afrika conveys his ideas by writing about racial discrimination and segregation in South Africa, telling...
think more deeply about what you are really trying to say. Our group will be closely identifying the tone used throughout the poem, "Richard Bone". We have determined that the author has chosen to write in a a serious, yet, doubtful tone. The text is serious, including no humor what so ever, and has a clear...
125 Julie Alfaro March 19, 2009 Comparing Literature I have chosen to compare two short stories and one poem for my final essay. The three pieces I have chosen are a poem by Anne Bradstreet “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” the story “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner, and the story...
The Three poems that I’m going to write about connote certain type’s ofrelationshipss or feelings. In ‘to His Coy Mistress’ the speaker, a man is trying to persuade a very reluctant female to have a sexual Relationship. He is hoping that eventually she will agree because the man dominates the speaking...
Poem for my sister Liz Lochhead expresses her feelings about her ‘little sister’ in the poem “Poem for my sister” which was written for her as a birthday present, when her sister was turning 12. In the poem, Lochhead uses shoes and feet metaphorically to describe her life and experiences...
Plath. Plath seems to write her poems based off of her own life experiences. This allows her to become one with her poems. To me, this is important because it allows Plath to really seem as though she is intimately connected with her poetry. It shows a passion for what she does, which is something I...
and meaning. Describe your response to the poems and explain how the writers create it. Both John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge create strong imaginative effects, which in turn overshadows the specific themes and meanings of the actual words of the poem. “Kubla Khan” starts outs with bringing...
Poem What started it? What really went wrong? Was our family’s love, not as strong? It’s hard to believe, my mother’s the one who’s gone Every night I cry and think about what went wrong I ask, why she’s gone, why she left, why she’s not here Like a waterfall, my eyes fill up, pouring tear after...
saying that he saw mysteries in nature - think about what mysteries his poems have explored. Afterwards When the present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings, Delicate-filmed as new-spun silk, will...
“theäs oon”, and “t’other”; but now Your talking quite fits ’ee for high compa-ny!’ – ‘Some polish is gained with one’s ruin,’ said she. – ‘Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleak But now I’m bewitched by your delicate cheek, And your little gloves fit as on any la-dy!’ – ‘We never do work...
Throughout our readings I have found several elements that speak to me. These elements are varied and different for each of the poems and stories we have read, however, the theme which seems to be most common is the theme of conflict. That conflict can be the conflict between characters, the conflict...
William Blake channels his general dissatisfaction of the organization of society during the late eighteenth century in his lyrical poem called “London”. Blake uses very expressive language through the spoken observations of a made up character he created to tell people about social and political problems...
types of relationship portrayed in the poems through language, structure and form? The theme of relationships has always played a major role in our lives. The idea of relationships is a straightforward and effective device used to appeal every audience. The poems, ‘Havisham’, ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘La...
Do you think Two in the Campagna is a romantic poem or a critique of love? Two in the Campagna does not take the usual form of a love poem, as the speaker fails to persistently declare devotion for the woman he speaks of. By opting to describe his passion instead of his love, you question whether the...
Concrete Poems For The Catcher in the Rye There are many symbols in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Symbolism is an economic method of using a familiar object to represent deeper, more complex, and/or abstract ideas. Here is a list of some of the symbols Salinger uses: - hunting...
Introduction * Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen * Dulce et Decorum est is a poem written by poet/solider Wilfred Owen. He tells us the horrors and sadness of World War 1. He explains in his poem that people will encourage you to fight for your country, but, in reality, fighting for your...
Close Reading of a Poem “Child of the Americas” by Aurora Levins Morales Faten Algazzali ENG/125 November 23, 2015 Angela Mullennix Close Reading of a Poem In the poem “Child of the Americas” the author Aurora Levins Morales tackles the concept of diversity and the struggle of finding...
Discuss the proposal that Keat’s poems are characterized by an inner tension between opposites that the poet fails to reconcile. The proposal that Keat’s poems are characterized by an inner tension between opposites the poet fails to reconcile is true in some of his poems. Keat’s as a poet had many conflicts...
Sophia Chan 10N2 How does Wifred Owen evoke sympathy from the readers in the poem Disabled Sympathy depends on oneself, it varies through different people. The poem Disabled engages its readers with its emotion and depth. Being filled with sadness and loss, one may find themselves sympathizing with...
Poems of the WWI “In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.” “Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots but limped on, blood-shod. All went lame and blind.” Wilfred Owen wrote this poem is an extremely graphic manner, when...
in life that begins when you are born and ends with death. Although a lot of those journeys usually tend to be struggles we deal with, that is also what makes us unique and individual because they make us who we are as people. “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a short story about an old woman experiencing...
Anisha Fernandes Register Number 1424119 DEATH AND POSSIBLE AFTERLIFE: WHAT IT SIGNIFIES AND WHY IT AFFECTS THE WAY WE LIVE There is a pattern to the way most humans live, that of how their actions will affect their future, and in most cases, how their actions will affect their journey after death...
situation if the poets do not know what they should bring forward through their poetry. Plato simply thought that poets write while they are in a trance possessed by Muse the goddess of art and conveying Muse' ideas through poetry. These ideas poets presented were the weak side of human nature; "our...
and went on to become one of the worlds most successful play wright. He also wrote two long poems and a collections of sonnets, that appealed to Elizabeth I, a great admirer of Shakespeare’s work. His plays were a variety of comedy, tragedy and romance. One of Shakespeare’s classics plays is `Romeo and...
What is Love…Baby Don’t Hurt Me Thesis Statement- “Sonnet 18” and “The Barney Theme Song” use the word love in different contexts making the word have multiple meanings and uses. Sonnet 18 is about a kind of love that binds two people together with happiness and ecstasy. Shakespeare writes on...
but soon he could see it was about “ aggression and conquest ”. In the end both men wrote to show the horror and depression the soldiers go through. What honor do these men get in dieing in the cold, bloody battlefield? The rapid repeating of rifles firing drowns out even the men’s quick prayers. There...
apparently “vanished”. Later, they find Armstrong dead, eliminating him as murderer. In the confession letter, it states that Wargrave and Armstrong were on a cliff and Wargrave pushed Armstrong over. 8. William Henry Blore- On the fourth day at around 2 o’ clock, Blore feel hungry and goes down...
first poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” was written by Dylan Thomas. Though the purpose for writing the poem is not fully understood, it is certainly possible that Thomas was writing this poem to his father because he had some sort of ailment and was possibly on his deathbed. This poem is saying...
In the poem, “The Secretary Chant” by Margie Piercy, a women working as a secretary is depicted as undervalued and unappreciated by her employer. Whereas, in Linda Pastan’s poem “Marks, a women as a housewife and a mother that family expresses their frustrations towards her. In “The Secretary Chant”...
War Poem Collection Throughout the history of war, different factions have clashed for an uncountable amount of different reasons. As with any controversial issue like war, everyone has their own opinion and reasoning. Through poetry, poets can express their feelings about war in a very strong and...
Poems 1. Like all good poems this poem appeals at different levels and leaves room for speculation. What does the poem mean to you? What ideas do you think Carol Ann Duffy is trying to convey? Write as fully as you can about the impression this poem made on you. Carol Ann Duffy I think is trying to...
analyze a poem for A-level papers Analyzing poetry is like removing a tumor. You need to pay close attention to all aspects of the tumor- size, how far it has spread, how quickly it is spreading etc- before you begin to remove it. One small inaccuracy can make the situation shoddier than what you started...
1.)What is Mythology The term mythology can refer to either the study of myths, or to a body of myths.[1] For example, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures,[2] whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece. In the study of folklore...
What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl The speaker of this poem is trying to put the readers in her perspective of life growing up as an African American. She is a nine year old black girl that doesn’t think she is good enough. Just like any other girl, teen, or person that doesn’t believe they are ever...
How would you compare Blake’s poems “The Garden of Love”, “The Chimney Sweeper” and “London?” The poems “The Garden of Love”, “The Chimney Sweeper” and “London” highlight the suppression of emotion and human nature by figures of authority another thing shown is a mental sense of imprisonment....
The poem ''Storm On The Island'' by Seamus Heaney describes the storm which happenening on the small island. Sometimes is described as a bad natural killer and sometimes as image of calming naturality. Seamus Heaney starts his poem by writing that the people, which live on this island, are prepared,...
author paints a vivid picture of what he calls “mechanical mastodons”, tearing up the environment to make way for a new road. The purpose of the poem is to put across the devastating nature of the human species, and how it is hurting our planet. The emotion in the poem anger at the way we behave, and...
Robert Lee Frost's poems are often about nature and convey deep, hidden meanings in these poems with his usage of simple and comprehensible words and phrases. Out of all the poems written by Frost, I chose ten poems that interests me the most and I feel that way because these poems all convey deep meanings...
understanding of the poetry and what Gray is trying to express. The themes of the environment and the world around us are major themes of Gray’s poetry this is evident in the poems; The Meatworks and Late Ferry. Gray relies heavily on imagery and symbolism within his poems and this creates a picturesque...
Assignment #12- Satirical Poem Expository Essay What did you think of the poems that you just read? Which one are you going to choose? For this final assignment for the Poetry module, I want you to choose either the poem ‘Green Memory’ by Langston Hughes OR ‘St. George’ by Nancy Senior. Once you have...
I. Introduction: (Insert the full author’s name) in (insert name of “poem”) (illustrate, reveal, or another verb) the theme of (insert the main idea or purpose of the poem). In fact, he uses different poetic devices to convey the theme. Note: Use the author’s full name in the introduction, and...
50 years ago black women were not seen as strong and independent. They were seen as subservient and vulnerable people, who were easy to take advantage of and treated disrespectfully. The power of literature challenges our expectations and has the ability to make us question the stereotype. In the novel...