Poetry
Housman was born in Burton-On-Trent, England, in 1865, just as the US Civil War was ending. As a young child, he was disturbed by the news of slaughter from the former British colonies, and was affected deeply. This turned him into a brooding, introverted teenager and a misanthropic, pessimistic adult. This outlook on life shows…
Paradise Lost
Poetry
In John Milton’s Paradise Lost the forces of good vs. evil are major factors throughout the epic. From the beginning of the poem, good vs. evil, or more specifically Heaven vs. Hell and God vs. Satan, become Milton’s focal point and the basis of the story. Milton sets up an opposition between his characters. Satan…
Poetry
The poem, “Suicide Note,” by Janice Mirikitani, depicts an Asian-American female college student who committed suicide by jumping out of her dormitory window. Her last words, thoughts, and feelings were left behind in a suicide note, describing why this had to happen. This was a tragic accident that should not have happened, in fact, it…
Arthur Miller
When we think of the United States we think of equality and justice for all people no matter how far back you go back in our history. Sadly, this hasn’t always been the case, in this land of hope and freedom peoples lives have been taken unjustily to pursue outlandish stories of witchcraft. Native people…
Poetry
In the poems Stealing and Mrs Tilcher s Class Carol Ann Duffy tells us about life through different people s eyes. In both her poems she uses simple words and metaphors to express her views. Stealing shows us how boring life could be without friends. The observation here is that she motivates people against antisocial…
Kill
Poetry
In the poem “The Demon Goes To Kill Death” by Edwin Morgan the title conveys the theme of the demon stalking with the intent to kill off death. The tone of the poem indicates the futility of the quest. The killing of death is impossible because death will just be replaced by the “death of…
Poetry
Homo Suburbiensis, Drifter’s and Life-Cycle, Bruce Dawe, a well renowned Australian poet was born in 1930 in Geelong. Who was once portrayed as “an ordinary bloke with a difference”. Bruce Dawe writes about ordinary Australian people in the suburbs confronting their everyday problems. He observes and records the sorrow and hardships of average people struggling…
Poetry
Thomas Hardy
Drummer Hodge’ by Thomas Hardy is about a young solider fighting in the Boer war in South Africa between the years 1899- 1902. The poem shows us how war treats those who have fought and died for their countries. It is a sad story of local Dorset lad who is buried without a ceremony in…
Caribbean
Poetry
Grace Nichols is a Caribbean poet. She was born in Georgetown in 1950 and grew up in a small village on the Guyanese coast. In 1977 she moved to the United Kingdom as an act of independence and to experience a different type of culture. She wanted to escape the Caribbean”s long history of violence,…
Poetry
Song
The first poem I am going to look at is Charlotte O”Neil”s song. Charlotte O”Neil is servant who looks on her life as gruelling and dull. Her heart sets on an exciting new life in New Zealand were she hoped to live her life as “luxurious” as her mistress. We learn about Charlottes O”Neil”s lifestyle…
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The Main Message in Robert Frost’s The Road not Taken
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Literary Analysis of Samuel Taylor Cleridge’s Poem “Love”
Human Suffering in The Poems of W.h. Auden
How The Horror is Constructed in Plath’s Poetry
From Objectified to Deified: an Exploration of Self in “Goblin Market”
Describing The Era in “The Lady of Shalott”
Youth’s Concept of Death in Wordsworth’s Poetry
Use of Figurative Language in Daffodils by William Wordsworth
True Love in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 and Adrienne Rich’s “Living in Sin”
The Use of Decay & Beauty in “Stella’s Birthday”
The Topic of Nature in William Wordsworth’s Poetry
The Symbolism and Verbs Usage in “When I Heard The Learn’d Astronomer”
The Role of The ‘Outsider’ in Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’
The Mood Swing Through Creative Language: Comparison of The Tyger and Men at Forty
The Love Poems of Rich, Marvell and Campion: Realism Vs. Idealization
The Importance of The Prologue: Poetry and Politics in “Confessio Amantis”
The Immortality of a Dead Cat
The Elements of Romantic Poetry in The Tyger by William Blake
The Crisis of Reading in Kafka and Eliot
The Connection of William Wordsworth’s Poetry with The Natural World
The Concept of Movement in The Odyssey, The Arabian Nights, and The Songs of The Troubadours and The Trobairitz
The Analysis of The Poem “In a Station of The Metro” by Ezra Pound
Sacrificing Relationships in a Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, The Love of My Life, and Eveline
Justice and Revenge in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Imagery in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Hilda Doolittle as a Modernist Poet
Harold Pinter’s Traditional Views on Language and Communication
Gender Roles in Little Red Cap by Carol Ann Duffy
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