How 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
relationships between parents and children and portrayed in many different lights in the poems I have studied; they are represented both positively and negatively. The poem ‘Long Distance’ and ‘My Grandmother’ are poems that explore the feelings and emotions of the main characters as a consequence of someone...
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...
poet that was able to shine brighter than any other, to me, was Sylvia 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...
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...
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”...
Analysis The poem “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, written in 1866, takes some deep thinking skills to decode piece by piece. Hopkins follows the basic form of an Italian sonnet. An Italian sonnet has fourteen lines, eight in the first section and 6 in the last section. The poem also follows...
look at it from a more optimistic angle. 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...
The two poems describing Helen of Troy and her physical features as well as her personality, have two contrasting moods and opinions on whether or not she was the woman everyone looked up to her to be. These two poets (Edgar Allan Poe and H.D) both show the speakers in the poems and their opinion on...
The Details behind Sylvia’s Plath Daddy Poem As one reads Sylvia Plath’s poem he or she will learn that Plath has a dysfunctional relationship with her father and husband, as time passes she cannot seem to get over her father’s death, Plath’s grief starts to affect her emotions and she starts...
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...
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...
Poem Commentary The Schoolboy by William Blake I love to rise in a summer morn, When the birds sing on every tree; The distant huntsman winds his horn, And the skylark sings with me: O what sweet company! But to go to school in a summer morn, - O it drives all joy away! Under a cruel eye...
write some simple poetry. This brand of poetry is called acrostic 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 ...
Examine how Donne uses conceit to convey meaning in his poems. What exactly do a flea and the intense emotion of love have in common? Does the sun ever intrude upon you and your lover while in bed? To most people these questions would draw nothing but quizzical or blank stares. However, if one asked...
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...
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...
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 when the reader reads it they feel sad, because of what people are doing, and then the reader feels angry at the same thing. This poem represents...
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...
Anne Bradstreet’s poem Before the Birth of One of Her Children interested me in several ways. The poem addresses her husband while she is pregnant, and discusses what she wants him to do if she dies in childbirth. I liked how she seemed very accepting of the fact that during her time childbirth was extremely...
feelings in this poem? ‘The Voice’ was written by Thomas Hardy in 1912 after his wife’s death from a severe case of rabies. The poem reveals Hardy’s guilt about how he mishandled her life treated her during her time of illness. His personal memories are nostalgic and important in this poem. Hardy conveys...
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...
Substantiate your answer with reference to the poem. In “I Like to See It Lap the Miles” Emily Dickinson gives a vivid account of the train under the guise of a profusely powerful horse, and also presents certain beautiful characteristics of the train. In the poem the poet, adopting a childlike wonder and...
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...
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...
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...
The poem mid-term break dramatizes the distress that a family goes through in a time of mourning. The second stanza starts with “In the porch I met my father crying—He had always taken funerals in his stride.” His father is normally a calm and collected man, but this tragedy has shaken him up dramatically...
This unique love poem by George Herbert seems both simple and complex at the same time. There are many levels which display the depth of Herbert’s writing. He gives a three stanza poem, six lines each with the rhyme scheme of: A, B, A, B, C, C, and the lines alternating ten and six syllables. This simple...
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...
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...
6th Period October 20th 2014 The Chimney Sweeper Essay In William Blake’s two poems, titled “The Chimney Sweeper” one was published in 1789 and the second followed five years later in 1794. Both of these poems are written about child chimney sweepers from two different perspectives. Blake uses...
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...
how people became more far apart from the real 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...
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...
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...
about the natural world. Imagined comments about him at this death - Hardy 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...
Essay – Chocolat & Poems People embark on various journeys in their life time. These journeys may take the form of a physical journey or inner journey or even an imaginative journey. Regardless they can offer various experiences from which we can learn about ourselves and the world. The film Chocolat...
Park Villas, 1866 * digging up docks (weeds) with a narrow spade called a spud Hardy wrote this poem in 1866, very early in his writing career. It shows that, even as a young man, he was ahead of his time in his views on women, as he was later to prove himself in his views on war. Whereas Victorian society...
tone and body language is the key to succeed in your presentation. By doing this, you are certainly going to keep your audience entertained at all times during your performance, consequently, grabbing their attention to all details you mention. Another key factor is to tell your audience about details...
Time is of the Essence: Milton and His Convictions on Time Milton often used the concept of time when speaking about his life through poetry. Two works where this is particularly evident is in “Sonnet 7” and “Lycidas.” In both of these poems, John Milton displays the idea that an individual’s lives...
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...
Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” gives insight on the societal and cultural expectations that American children suffer through every day. The poem is written as a narrative; the speaker is an observer, who follows the life of a young girl who struggles with the pressure to be perfect. The girl eventually...
Natalisha Burrow Daniel Hutchins LITR 221 D021 Sum13 27 October 2013 Fun Times with American Literature Over these last eight weeks in American Literature, there were many readings that I enjoyed, and there were a few that did not seem as great to me when I read them...
John Donne reveled in, trying to prove his superior intellect to his literary piers of the time. But has his use of conceit become so intense that it has indeed detracted from the legitimate sincerity of his poems? In The Flea, Donne manages to make an intricate and complex argument from an...
Read Walt Whitman’s poem below. What implications may it have, not just for this course, but for your journey toward a master’s degree? When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts...
Duchess A poem, which presents a character that provokes you to irritation, is “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning. Through the use of word choice, imagery and poetic techniques, browning helps convey, in depth, this character. Browning wrote this poem in 1842, it was based about the time of the Renascence...
question the stereotype. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker, the poem Still I Rise By Maya Angelou and the poem I Am a Black Woman by Mari Evans, we see the authors utilizing the different qualities and characteristics of characters to redefine...
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...
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...
poetry. One of his most noticeable themes in his songs and poems is love, mainly the romantic love rather than “family” love. Sometimes Cohen incorporates love in hidden forms by using devices such as metaphors and imagery, while other times he is rather expressive of the topic. He often tells stories...
Choice Theme: Dreams, Plan, Hope, Decision Thesis: People need to make choices and decisions in their life. Literary Devices: 1) Metaphor- The whole poem is a metaphor since the poet used “the road” to imply “choice” in his life. 2) Imagery- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood ( from the first stanza); ...
I am going to write about two different poems which are related to different cultures. One is “Presents from my aunt in Pakistan” by Moniza Alvi and another is “Hurricane hits England” by Grace Nichols. “Present from my aunt in Pakistan” is about a girl, who is not sure what’s her fixed nationality is...
Revolution and the Individual in Romantic Literature The years from 1785 to 1830 were a turbulent time in English history. Rocked not only by the bloody French revolution and its aftermath, but by growing internal disputes as well, the country was pervaded by the spirit of revolution and change. The...
Jose Rizal was considered as the most intellectual activist of his time, he had mastered several languages and different fields of sciences. He was a sort of reformist who believes that wisdom is the key to achieve freedom for the country. He had discouraged revolution and promote education instead....
You can fool some of the people some of the time by James Thurber On a starless midnight, foolish owl saw the two moles. The moles were amazed by the owl that he could see them in the dark night and they started to tell the other animals. The other animals started to ask owl some question ...
psychological statue of people toward the contemporary politics, the social activity people commit and even the individuals emotion at a certain point of time in the past. (Kerr lecture notes, 2006) In other words, literary writing in a certain extent mirrors the society in the past. In view of Hong Kong history...