Essays About Poetry
During the first decade of the twentieth century, a group of young Italian painters united together, under the influence of poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Before creating their new style, these painters embraced the ideas of Marinetti’s The Foundation and Manisfesto of Futurism which appeared in the newspaper Le Figaro on February 20, 1909 Tisdall 7….
Carl Sandburg 1878-1967, was an American poet, biographer, and balladeer. He was a writer, famous for his free-verse style Carl Sandburg, 222. He focused on the people and places of modern American life. Sandburg wrote what is regarded as the definitive biography of Abraham Lincoln. He was even invited to address the joint session and…
Michelangelo was one of the greatest artists of all time. He excelled in architecture, sculpture, painting, poetry, and engineering. He was a true Renaissance man who lived a long emotional life. In painting The Last Judgment, Michelangelo was able to incorporate all that he had learned about the human body. He was able to show…
The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. This “Great War” killed millions of people and was intended to last only a few months. The attitudes at the beggining of the war were extremely pro-war and soldiers were thought to be brave and heroic. By the end of 1918, attiudes had changed…
This poem or rather extract from a long poem explores a familiar ambiguity in English – “tongue” refers both to the physical organ we use for speech, and the language we speak with it. Saying “tongue” for “speech” is an example of metonymy. In the poem Sujata Bhatt writes about the “tongue” in both ways…
It is interesting in Frost’s poetry how we can have a contrast of two completely different themes, but yet, deep down in the layers of his poetry we find that they are actually very similar. This is found in the poems ‘The Cow in Apple Time’ and ‘There Are Roughly Zones’ as we are reintroduced…
In 1798 a new era began in English poetry called the Romantic age. This age provoked the thinking of new radical ideas and thoughts and the writing of these ideas in poems. The poets included Samuel T Coleridge, Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Wordsworth. Some of their ideas and thoughts include: Rebellion against tyrannical and…
Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story, and amongst the oldest genre of poetry. A narrative poem is quite short and generally gives a direct appeal to human interest such as love, hate etc. We have read two types of poems which are ballads and monologues. Ballads are poems that tell a story in…
Many poets, conventional and traditional have written about their personal feelings and their views on the world. The two poems I have looked at I AM by John Clare and WANTS by Philip Larkin show their deepest emotions and individual thoughts and about themselves and other relationships between friends and family. Each poet has a…
Upon first glance, John Keats”s “To Autumn” may seem like a deeply descriptive poem about changing of seasons. However, a closer look will reveal that through his apostrophe, he speaks of autumn as a person to convey his perception of change and death and rebirth. Stanza 1 has a regular pattern of 10 syllables on…
Within this essay I intend to compare “Passionate Shepherd to his Love” by Christopher Marlowe which is a ballad and an idyll. With ” The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh which is also an idyll. I will focus on the parody aspect of the poem by Raleigh. The first poem “Passionate…
Both ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ and ‘Disabled’ are poems seemingly intended to allow the reader to perceive the harsh realities of war without themselves becoming corrupted by the evils of warfare. Neither poem attempts to glorify the event of war in the twentieth century, yet both provide such disturbing insights into war that certain comments…
Carol Ann Duffy writes poetry, which reveal disturbing aspects of human behaviour and the human nature. I will be writing about these three poems, ‘Salome’, ‘Before you were mine’, and ‘Stealing’. I will be going into deeper meanings with these poems showing what is revealed and how it is revealed. Te three poems all have…
War has been a popular subject in poetry for many years. The genre covers bravery and glory as well as death and suffering. The poems we are about to look at each of these views between them, though they have a very different perspective of war. Both ‘Dulce et Decorum Est´ and ‘The Charge of…
John Betjeman is very famous for his poetry, especially his style. He used mockery with nostalgia, criticism with affection and melancholia with humour. This is shown in many of his poems especially those about women. When poets write about women they usually say how feminine they are. How petite, caring and loving. They usually go…
In Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living, Sleeping at the Starlite Motel and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home, and Quite a Year for Plums, author Bailey White offers readers an inviting refuge from our increasingly fast-paced society. Using humor, White transports the reader to the rural South, where…
In this essay I will discuss the similarities and dissimilarities between the Prioresse and the Wife Bath. Despite what may seem that they are obviously different, they are actually quite similar. Firstly, the fact that they are both on the pilgrimage in the first place shows that they are both successful and independent. To go…
Answer Q Owen expresses the themes of war through the unique power of poetry. Both the mental and physical brutality of war is emphasised in the poems, “The Send off,” “Anthem for doomed youth” and “Spring Offensive,” furthering the responder’s understanding of a soldier’s life on the western front. Owen employs various poetic devices such…
Anne Bradstreet’s poetry reflects Puritan thinking like sunlight softly shimmering on a quiet country pond. There is life and much activity just below the quiet surface, yet one must look below to discover its depth. As the first notable poet in American literature, it is fitting that this young woman, a product of an atypical…
Many Romantic poets expressed a fascination with nature in their works. Even more specific than just nature, many poets, such as William Blake, Robert Burns, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge all seemed fascinated with animals. Animals are used as symbols throughout poetry, and are also used to give the reader something to which they can relate….
The seventeenth century was a time of difficult changes and uncertainties. During these chaotic years many poets and philosophers expressed their thoughts and emotions through literature. This paper will briefly describe the seventeenth century and will include quotes and philosophies of poets such as John Donne, John Milton and Richard Lovelace. Life in the seventeenth…
While literature should be defined as the moral of life, poetry is the most presentable way to stir the human-mind, a way to achieve the enchanted realm of enlightened thoughts. In this respect, we can view some clear or distinguish feature of those scattered sentiments. Such as- Language- Whether the essence belongs to the ultimate…
I saw him again. A couple of houses down from our own little bungalow, a family of four was also spending the summer on the island of St. Croix. I yelled at my 12-year old brother to hurry up and slung my backpack over my left shoulder. I’ve noticed a guy around my age down…
Comparative Essay: Baca vs. Bradstreet In Jimmy Santiago Baca”s poem entitled I, and Anne Bradstreet”s Verses Upon the Burning of Her House, both write about their dreadful experience of the burning of their homes. But the way in which each of the poets express this occurrence, with the use of different styles of imagery and…
The Germanic tribes that brought the dialects were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. 2. Give an example from Beowulf of three of the following poetic devices: alliteration, the kenning, variation repetition of appositives, or the litote understatement. There are several examples of alliteration in lines 3079-3084, “Nothing we advised could ever convince the…
Hard rains falling down on you The winds have changed girl, and what have you to care for now? Now the sky’s fences they are a facin’ for you You finally learnt that money doesn’t talk it swears Consider your past and enjoy it, for its gone now. Now your just rambling round, While listening…
Mrs. Glasser and Mrs. Rau have a lot in common. They’re both English teachers and they both work at Sachem North. They are also married with no kids. But that’s where the similarities stop. They have different opinions and different likes and dislikes. Mrs. Glasser was born on February 21 in Smithtown. Her first name…
As Expressed in Allen Ginsberg”s Poetry Perhaps one of the most well known authors of the Beat Generation is a man we call Allen Ginsberg, who expresses the themes and values in his poetry. He was, in fact, the first Beat Writer to gain popular notice when he delivered a performance of his now famous…
Mary Emeny’s poem, “Barbed Wire,” depicts war as a negative force, destroying every decent aspect of human existence. Written during the Vietnam War, the work displays Emeny’s negative views on war. In one way or another everyone experiences and identifies with the presence of war. Although some wars are fought for justifiable reasons, every war…
In her first novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters 1986, Castillo explores the relationship between two women who travel to Mexico in search of a better understanding of their place in both the U.S. and Mexican societies. The novel, written in the form of letters between the two women, is considered the landmark novel that made Castillo…
