Frost Poem Analysis “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the pa

Mending Wall There is a lot happening in Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall” (1914) and as a result, there can be many different valid interpretations of the poem. The time period in which it was written, the form, and the content all correspond to each other in very important ways. These three factors lead me to believe that the poem is much more then just a commentary on one man’s feel

Personality A Critical Analysis of A Midsummer Night\'s Dream By: Mandy Conway E-mail: sweetpea_250@yahoo.com Mandy Conway Mrs. Guynes English 12 16 March 2000 A Critical Analysis of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” William Shakespeare, born in 1594, is one of the greatest writers in literature. He dies in 1616 after completing many sonnets and plays. One of which is “A Midsummer Nigh

Parents And Their Children Parents and Their Children Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” and Adrienne Rich’s “A Woman Mourned by Daughters” are poems that are based on only one parent. In “Those Winter Sundays” the parent is a father. In “A Woman Mourned by Daughters” the parent is a deceased mother. While reading both poems it is clear that both speakers show regard to their pa

Poem There once was a mouse who lived in a house. Then there came a fire that no one could douse. His tail got hot when he avoided getting caught, but he was still relieved. And on that night despite his plight, his escape was rushed by fright. With the exception and untouched by perception, the rodent believed in himself. He ran down the stairs, and out of the hall, telling the feline t

Poem Not a day goes by, I don't see your face And long to be in your embrace, To finally get to kiss those lips To place my hands upon your hips, And look in to those lovely eyes Shining like the moonlit skies To run finally, lovely, voice, upon, together, through, sweet, speak, skip, skies, silkiness, shining, run, place, oh, moved, moonlit, makes, look, lips, kiss, hold, hi

Emily Dickinson In 1874, Dickinson’s father died. This left her deeply distressed. Her mother suffered paralysis a year later and was invalid for the rest of her life. It was during this time that Dickinson cared for her mother and really came to love her. Dickinson’s mother died in 1882. While growing up, the Dickinson children were devoted to one another, even though the house lacked j

Gods Will For You And Me Vs. Pied Beauty The poems God’s Will for You and Me and Pied Beauty both deal with an individual’s feelings towards God. The writers use feelings of praise towards god, however they express their emotions in very different ways. I believe that the writer of God’s Will for You and Me did a better job than the writer of Pied Beauty. According to Perrine, Pied

Ode to a Nightingale John Keats “Ode to a Nightingale” In John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale”, the central theme is when a man wishes he had the strong music beauty of the singing nightingale with out the wine, which creates a sense of loss. In the early stages of this poem the man falls into a reverie while listening to a nightingale sing. He begins by having feelings of both joy a

Edgar Allen Poe In Edgar Allan Poe’s poems he writes about death and darkness. Throughout his poems, “The Raven” and “The Bells”, Poe writes of death, darkness, and evil. Many say he writes about this because of his childhood problems. (Slovey p. 15) As you continue to read, it will show how others feel about his writings and his desire to write about death. In Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, Th

My Last Douchess The Duke of “My Last Duchess” Outline Thesis: The Duke of Ferrara, the speaker is a jealous, arrogant and hypocrite man who was very controlling over his dead wife I. The Duke’s desire of control is displayed with each one of his actions A. He shows off the portrait of his dead wife B. He monopolizes his conversation with the envoy C. He tells the envoy when to s

Poetry The poem I chose to explore based on its imagery is “Kubla Khan” written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. “Kubla Khan” is a mixture of delightful images that Coleridge writes about symbolically. This story portrayed through the imagery encompasses spirituality Coleridge longs to be connected with. Although the motivation to dream up such images can be debated, in the following parag

Poe When picking a topic for my research paper. I thought of many different ideas. I started to think about my interests is reading literature, and I decided to write about my favorite author Edgar Allan Poe. This paper is going to look at Poe from a psychological perspective. There seems to be few attempts to look at the psychological causes of humor in Poe’s work, and how his personal

Poe - Insanity In His Characters Poe uses a myriad of settings and plots in his stories and poems. The common thread is that his narrators appear to be insane. This is exhibited in “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Tell Tale Heart”, and “The Black Cat.” Montressor, the narrator of “The Cask of Amontillado,” exhibits insanity. At the beginning of the story, Montressor speaks with in

Poem Analysis On “Tableau (For Donald Duff)” The poem Tableau (for Donald Duff) written by Countee Cullen, shows the friendship of two young boys, one black and the other one white as they walk down the street “locked arm in arm” (line 1). The colored “folks would stare” (line 5) and the white “folks would talk” (line 6), saying that these two dare not walk with each other. The two

The Golf Links Child’s Play' In Sarah N. Cleghorn’s poem “The Golf Links” the speaker is Cleghorn. She is making an observation about the way her society works. She is showing the reader the way the young children must work in factories, while the factory owners or big business men get to play. By using phrases that invoke images Cleghorn opens the eyes of her readers and the world a

Lord Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron known as a very talented individual who some would say had a very interesting life along side his poetry. Along with the hardships of his life, he also has to deal with the hardships of his work. As a poet, particular pieces of your work are always under review. When you have, a work that is anything but what is considered normal it might be detested

Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Metaphysical poetry essay In the poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, John puts in each verse, his insights on the condition of each human of love and the relation to the soul through the conceit, of drawing compasses. The author brings the reader to an understanding of separation of the body and soul in the first stanza. It seems that the s

Poetry Sound patterning is a feature of most poems, and only in the last few centuries have readers become accustomed to silently reading a printed text. Poems were first written for performance, and only committed to paper subsequently, if at all. Poetry indeed derives from oral traditions, most spectacularly in the case of Homer, but continuing today in many less literate societies.

Poetry In the art of poetry there is not one right way or wrong way to write or there is not type of discrimination that comes along with it. You can be whatever you want to be when you write poetry and not have to feel that people are judging you on anything you write. In the Heath anthology of American literature there are a few “gay” poets that talk about everything from love to stru

Poetry Apprecitation Throughout the centuries, writers have been producing poetry to get across a message, to tell a story, and to please the public. Mainly, people take a poem and analyze it for the meaning, for the actually story behind the words, but has anyone every really looked at the poetry writing its self, the assembly of words, and how in some way they end up with a hidden mean

Poetry Essay Death in an Instant Are you ready to die' What would you do if you or a loved one were to die tomorrow, or 5 minutes from now' The poem “Auto Wreck” raises this question that none of us like to think about, but is a very true aspect of life. Life can be taken away at any moment for no reason at all. The author uses metaphors to give the reader a better interpretation

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – An Explication Robert Frost, one of the America’s most widely known 20th Century poets, was successfully able to live beyond his time, through his literature. Having won a Pulitzer Prize in his lifetime, Frost captured the poetic world with his subtlety and effectiveness. Using very basic language, he was ab

Variations Of The Word Love Poetry Explication of “Variations on the word Love” by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood’s poem “Variations on the word Love” is her own cynical views on the word love itself and how it is used too frequently, which has resulted in it becoming almost of no value. The author, who is also the speaker, is articulating the significance of how the word love has bec

Poetry Review Essay “If it ain’t nasty, it ain’t funky”: the words of an extroverted and captivating poet by the name of Thomas Sayers Ellis. His style, an odd, yet interesting one, fascinated me, and made me realize poetry was more of an art form then I had previously thought. Actually going to a reading, and hear the poet speak with such a passionate tone to correctly convey the meanin

Poe’s “Mask Of The Red Death” Can Be Interpreted As An Allegory Of Life Itself In the “Mask of the Red Death” Poe uses many symbols to create links to the living world. Through the use of setting, objects of human manufacture and the metaphors associated with many of these objects, Poe creates a realistic setting in which to teach us a lesson about life or death. The use of the rooms a

Polo We define civilization in many ways: in terms of technological achievement, artistic achievement, shared manners and customs, or anything that carries on your memory. We may take civilization for granted, or even view the question of what is civilized as being a harmful, outdated, or imperialist dogma. But for writers of medieval literature, it was hardly something to be taken for g

Divine Images Rhythm an Rhyme In "A Divine Image", Blake uses several techniques and literary devices to transmit his thoughts about social injustice, cruelty, and human nature. Rhyme and rhythm are two of the main features in this poem. This poem is the rhythm; it affects the whole mood, tone and meaning of the poem. The poet has chosen different methods to give the poem specifi

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou faces many hardships, yet manages to overcome them all, in her autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Maya is a strong willed, often stubborn, outgoing, somewhat outspoken, and rather intelligent girl. She becomes very tolerant due to some of her experiences. She also matures faster mentally than many other girls her age because o

Langston Hughes Poetry is the art of writing thoughts and stories in verse using specific language; language selected for its beauty, sound and ability to convey emotions. Langston Hughes was one of America’s most influential writers. He made a large contribution not only to literature but to American culture, as well. James Mercer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, on Fe