A Rose A Rose What beauty lies within a bright red rose bunch up with other in a row within, warm, swings, swaying, summer, small, row, rose,what, red, park, next, lies, front, bright, breeze, beauty, gently, bunch

Freedom For as long as space endures, And for as long as living beings remain, Until then may I, too, abide To dispel the misery of the world. -Tibetan prayer Tibet was a predominantly Buddhist county located to the west of China and north-east of India. I say was only because Tibet is now considered an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. Going back to a time

Frog A Prince Most people know about the story of the Frog who is kissed by a princess and becomes a prince. This fairytale is interesting and wonderful to surprised children. The poem called “ The Frog Prince” by writer by Robert Pack alludes to this tale. This is an interesting poem I find out in our book because it is interesting as well as easy to understand. Author Robert Pack wri

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Do not go gentle explication paper By: Anonymous Touching humans the most is the acceptance of unstoppable death. We all know that death will be our fate some day, but how we accept or how we deal with it is left to each individual. “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” written by Dylan Thomas, emphasizes raging against death towards his dyi

Glanmore Glanmore Sonnets IV There are many important elements within any given poem. Seamus Heaney’s poem, “Glanmore Sonnets IV,” is of no exception to this idea. Poetry is, more or less, up for interpretation. Most poetry is not written like a novel; it does not tell a specific story and sometimes fails to give you all of the details you need to decipher it. A poem is there for th

Birches Swinging From Earth Life can be so hectic but the least traumatic of times is childhood. Robert Frost understood that if you could live life like a child, life can be much more simple. He exemplifies this believe in the poem, “Birches.” The poem proves that Frost’s method of dealing with the chaos of the world is valid. Frost relates the strain of the world to occurrences

Birches Birches Through symbolism and artistic design Robert Frost illustrates the circle of life, death and life again, a kind of reincarnation of the soul in his poem “Birches.” The poem begins with a description of a birch tree under various conditions, symbolic of the numerous hardships experienced by the members of our pretentious society. It then dives into the childhood ima

Gowain The Grren Knight In Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, John Gardner’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf, King Arthur, Gawain, and Beowulf are hero’s because they exhibit bravery in the face of danger. Beowulf shows off his bravery when he goes up against Grendal. King Arthur exhibits bravery when Mordrid challenges him. G

Gwendolyn Brooks Although she was born on 7 June 1917 in Topeka, Kansas--the first child of David and Keziah Brooks--Gwendolyn Brooks is "a Chicagoan." The family moved to Chicago shortly after her birth, and despite her extensive travels and periods in some of the major universities of the country, she has remained associated with the city's South Side. What her strong family unit lacke

Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry has been around for many centuries, and there are many different types of poets. Poets often write about personal experiences. Gwendolyn Brooks was a 20th century poet and the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. David Brooks and Keziah Brooks gave birth to Gwendolyn Elizabeth on June 7, 1917, in Topeka Kansas (Cosby 719). She and her family moved to

Deeper Meanings In Nature Of Tintern Abbey "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" by: William Wordsworth In Exploring Poetry of Gale Research states “"Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" is a meditation upon memory, youth, nature, and human love.” “Tintern Abbey” is very much so of what Exploring Poetry states but also a very profound poem about nature which is

Edgar Allan Poe Every story that was conceived from the mind of Edgar Allan Poe contained a part of himself on each page. This left the reader with a better understanding of Poe’s life. Through his stories and pomes Poe displayed his greatest achievements and his worst disappointments. In this research paper I will reveal facts about Poe’s life and define hidden meanings throughout his

Fame Fame Fame, is it the same for all things' In Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Famous”, she defines the word in her own way. In the implied definition, famous is something that is associated or familiar to a person, place or thing. The concept of fame according to popular culture is a little different. It is more along the lines of something or someone that is celebrated or distinguish

Harlem V. Ode On A Grecian Urn The Death of the Human Spirit in “Harlem” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Although Langston Hughes’s “Harlem” and John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” were written about 130 years apart and they differ in their structure, they seem to share a similar underlying theme. Both of these poets are trying to convey a feeling of death. They are not talking about a sup

Helping Others Helping Others Helping others is one of the most important aspects in life today. There are many different ways, and different forms of helping people. Helping others could make another person feel better either inside, or about them self. It could be from helping a senior citizen cross the street, to saving someones life On September 11th, 2001 a New York City firefi

Haroun And The Sea Of Stories Political Views In Haroun and The Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie wrote Haroun and The Sea of Stories, during the long period of exile and hiding that followed a 1988 contract (fatwah) put out against him by the Ajatollah-Khomeini. Rather than succeeding in his death, the fatwah served to make him the most famous living author in the world. Written as a lo

High I could tell she knew- By the way she looked at me, Peered at me, tugging at something Only I was supposed to know- How dare her- I turn in circles trying to make sense Of things- But I’m angry cause she saw me and She wasn’t supposed to know- But it was my fault- It was my fault because I pranced All out there knowing she could’ve Seen but not caring, being too high

Heroic Warriors Homer’s great epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, tell different parts of a single epic cycle about Greek military expedition to the distant city of Troy, the war with the Trojans, and the return of the heroes to their cities and kingdoms. In this paper I will discuss the heroic masculinity in Homer. I will also answer the following questions: • Do men make themselve

Home Burial In the poem, “Home Burial” by Robert Frost, the use of dialogue creates a movie-like reading, engaging the reader in a new approach to experiencing poetry. Through the dialogue the reader is able to intensely feel the emotion between the two speakers. Rather than circuiting around the issue being addressed within this piece, the speakers state the obvious. The dialogue is an

Homework Poem 1: “The Unbeliever” by Elizabeth Bishop 1. This poem is about communication between a bird on the wing and the environment around it. It is very metaphorical. Obviously it is impossible for a bird and a cloud to speak to each other in words, but in this poem they speak with each other metaphorically. The imagery is of a bird flying over the ocean making sure it doesn’t f

Horrifying Elements In “The Cask Of Amontillado” Edgar Allen Poe’s writings were influenced strongly by his life. His parents died when he was young, and he lived with his godfather John Allen. Around 1815 he was sent to begin his education. While at university he had a gambling problem running up an excessive debt. Mr. Allen pulled him out and wouldn’t let him continue. His life was co

Howl By Alen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg was one of the most renowned, and admired poets in contemporary literature. Allen was known for his antiwar movements, and a founding member of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg is best known for his poem Howl a long poem attacking American values of the 1950s. The style of Jack Kerouac, William Carlos Williams, William Blake, Walt Whitman, and the teachi

Hughes What was the dream that brought our ancestors to America' It was rebirth, the craving for men to be born again, the yearning for a second chance. With all of these ideas comes the true American dream—freedom. This is the condition in which a man feels like a human being. It is the purpose and consequence of rebirth. Langston Hughes a famous writer and poet, presented ideas in his

I Infect Your Soul My darkness fades from view And enters deep into you I infect your soul Let my darkness swallow you whole You are part of my dreams I am the precursor to your screams I engulf your spirit And take you to the limit Taking you over the edge Leaving you dangling on the ledge To jump and die Go on, pretend you can fly Let me watch you fall to the ground I will

I Sat Belonely In the poem “I sat belonely” the general rhyme pattern is that of standard crossed rhyme. John Lennon, the author wrote this entire sonnet in crossed rhyme with six quatrains which resembles an English sonnet except for the fact that it is twenty-four lines in length and does not end in a couplet. All six stanzas are iambic tetrameter, the first stanza has end stop on the

I Stand Alone i stand alone with no one to call my own why do i feel like the day will never come to feel, one, world, proud, own, never, lost, know, just, day, come, call

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, a poem that discloses the relationship between nature and human beings: how nature can affect one’s emotion and behavior with its motion and sound. The words the author adopted in this poem are interconnected and related to each other. They are simple yet profound, letting us understand how much William Wo

I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud William Wordsworth is a famous Romantic English poet known for his imagery. In his poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud," we can see his use of imagery and emotion at its best. This also happens to be one of my favorite poems. This poem's plot is simple. We the reader are being taken along for a magical trip that the author is recounting. The speaker says th

In The Park In the Park Isn’t it funny how life turns out' I had dreams once. Fantasies of youth I suppose. You know success, love, career, happiness, etcetera, etcetera. I was so sure of how things were going to turn out. I was going to finish school, get a degree, and marry a wonderful man who would give me two beautiful children. And I would be happy, so very happy. I had such fait

In The Times Of Death In those times where all is killing within and your arms too weak to fight Take new looks on the fires in your heart let the blood flow free. With one glance to one, within, weak, times, time, take, smile, road, put, off, new, man, looks, longer, let, know, killing, hold, hell, heart, glance, freedon, free, flow, fires, fight, death, damned, cant