Rest In Peace We all miss you and love you, you shall suffer no more my friend. For now you are pain free, above looking down at each and everyone of us. For some reason you were chosen to leave and some day all will come to accept that. For everyday that we feel weak and lost as if we can’t go on, thoughts of you will linger and guide as stepping stones to lead the way. Time will heal t

Crossing the Bar “Crossing the Bar” Analyzation This poem “Crossing the Bar” is written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It involves numerous amounts of metaphors throughout the entire poem. It is abut death, but the author tells death as a story of himself setting out to sea. (The journey to the unknown). The setting of this poem is obviously the sea. Tennyson is on a boat going o

Maya Angelou As a young woman Maya Angelou’s caged life affects many people through her reflected poetry. Her writing is a way of venting and is therapy for her now relieved soul. Her inspirations and achievements are the least two among other principles of African American memoirs. She is widely known for her teachings and poetry. Her poetry is based upon two main things mostly with

Poety Analysis “They Couldn’t stand hating each other for more than 1 day.” This quote from a poem entitled After the Argument is one I believe many couples of today’s society could coincide with. Which brings me to realize the great power in which Love holds. One minute Love will bring two people together and another minute love will tear two people apart. The problem with love is the m

The Flea The Flea by John Donne The Flea by John Donne is a poem of sadistic seduction. The poem has many metaphors that are woven into each verse to represent much deeper meanings. These metaphors also show the poet’s plan of seduction that he delivers to his lady of honor. At first, it appears to be a love poem from a man to his lady who will not give in to his lustful desires. T

The Flea The Flea by John Donne The Flea by John Donne is a poem of sadistic seduction. The poem has many metaphors that are woven into each verse to represent much deeper meanings. These metaphors also show the poet’s plan of seduction that he delivers to his lady of honor. At first, it appears to be a love poem from a man to his lady who will not give in to his lustful desires. T

A Valediction John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” portrays true and deep love as strong enough to withstand distance and separation through his use of literary techniques and metaphysical conceits. The poet uses a variety of literary techniques to show the parallel between approaching death and parting from a lover in a not so negative perspective. The author uses numerou

The Final Embrace Kiera Williams Afro-American Lit. Closed Reading on Rhetoric 12/06/00 (Revisions) The Final Embrace They tear him from her circling arms, Her last and fond embrace. (Frances E. W. Harper) Frances E. W. Harper was a well-respected writer and activist. She was considered one of the most popular and scholarly African American writers during the nine

A Powerful Element Of Christianity Present Throughout Rime Of The Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a lengthy poem that is broken into seven parts and was written originally in 1798 (revised in 1817) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Throughout the poem several elements of Christianity appear continuously. One of the most powerful and very present elements is that of the Hol

Comparative Essay English III The literary techniques used in the short poem “First Lesson” and the short story “Charles” are very different. Some of the literary techniques that were used were irony, characterization. Although the literary techniques are different the themes are strikingly similar. The theme of the story and the poem is, parents worrying about their children. Th

Poem A Detailed Look at the Second and Third Stanzas in Wallace Stevens’ Of Mere Being The poem, “Of Mere Being,” by Wallace Stevens, describes the image of a golden bird singing in a palm tree. The first stanza describes a palm tree, standing “at the end of the mind.” Continuing the poem through solar imagery, a sing

Mary Shelley Mary Shelley The Romantic Age (1780-1830) was a time when writers’ ideas went from those of the Age of Reason to more imaginative ideas. These ideas were changed throughout this time for many reasons, including the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution in England, and the many other things that affected the society. A great example of the use of imagination was

Romanticism Not being one of the great literary minds of the ages, when I thought of the Romantic Era or Romanticism, I envisioned novels jam-packed with smarmy love stories full of woe. I had no idea I was so wrong until now. While the Romantic Era did have some love stories in them, its origins traced back to the mid-18th century when people became interested in folklore. Men such as

Comparison of J. Alfred Prufrock and the Narrator of The Wasteland These two epic poems by “The Father of Modern Poetry” T.S. Eliot, are comparable and similar when their styles, contents and themes are scrutinized. Additionally, each of these poems exemplifies the quirky mastery of Eliot's contributions to the literary world. Although each poem focuses around timeless themes and subje

Distinctive Poems Romantic literature has three distinctive characteristics which include a persistent reference to Nature and her influence, intimate self-revelation of the poet’s emotions, and the use of contraries. Each one of these characteristics are displayed in the three following poems: Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey, Coleridge’s Dejection: An Ode, and Keats’ The Eve of St. Agnes.

The Iliad Modern culture is dominated by writing as we live in a world that is saturated with words, emblems, and logos. It is safe to say that western culture as a whole has developed into a largely literate tradition. When examining ancient Greek works, however, it is important to recognize that they are the products of a chiefly oral tradition. This is not to say that oral and lite

The Heroic Code In Beowulf The Heroic Code In the epic poem “Beowulf”, written by an unknown author, there are many examples of the heroic code. At the beginning of the story, Grendel is wreaking havoc on King Hrothgar’s mead-hall in Herot. Beowulf and his men are called over from the land of the Geats to help defend the mead-hall against Grendel. After he defeats Grendel and Grendel’s

Comparision of Poems Final Out of Class Paper I choose topic one for the final paper. I picked 15 poems from McClure’s Magazine from the years of 1918 and 1920. Some quick generalizations about the published poems are that they are rather short compared to the literary work in the Norton Anthology. Another generalization is that they tend to rhyme where as most of the lines in the

The Lamb And The Tyger William Blake was born on November 28, 1757 in London, the third of five children. Blake worked in his fathers shop until he discovered his drawing talent. After he revealed his talent, he then started to write. He put his new found drawing talent to use after he wrote the two books Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. He did this by drawing on copper plates

Comparison "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh, is a reply to the poem written by Christopher Marlowe entitled "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love." These two poems are uniform as well as diverse in several ways. They are written with an invariable writing style, yet they have very different opinions on love. In "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," the shepher

The Image Looking Back The Image Looking Back The poem “Mirror” is wrapped up in the idea of reflections. The author Sylvia Plath uses reflections to explore images that are not always pleasant. Plath examines the shortcomings and self-esteem issues that all people encounter time and again upon reflection. Looking at an image of ones’ self often brings questions of self worth and

The Long Voyage And Breathes There The Man Poems: Compare/Contrast The love or hatred for one’s country has been placed in works of writing throughout the ages. Two examples of this can be found in two poems titled “The Long Voyage” and “Breathes There The Man.” In “Man,” the author portrays a person who does not love his country and rather would concentrate on himself than give to

Comparison in the Uses of Apostrophe & Personification in Shelley's Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, "Ode to the West Wind" and Sylvia Plath's poem "Mirror" both employ the poetic tools of apostrophe, the address to something that is intangible, and personification, the application of human characteristics to something inanimate. However, they form a paradox in the usage of these tools thro

The Man Thou hast learned to love a manly man, Your love is stronger than the raging wind. You don’t think your love can stand; it can. When troubles come just remember to mend. Your man is strong and devout as can be; He comes from afar and knows the land. He will never ever cease to displease thee, Look think, remember, man, ever, don’t, wind, whatever, very, troubles, t

The Love Ann Love is patient but does not wait like an opportunity that will fly away, wait, scare, opportunity, love, hope, hide, fly, flight, catch, because

The Life Of Robert Browning THE LIFE OF ROBERT BROWNING Robert Browning is an excellent example to use when one is discussing how individuals struggle to survive in the literary world. Life is full of surprises, twists, turns, and rewards that can either cause an individual to fail or succeed. Robert Browning’s life showed his determination to conquer fate in order to achieve h

The Mother The mother Abortion. One of today’s greatest controversies is all summed up in one poem. “The mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks, is about abortion and emotions that the mother feels by making such a decision. The mother feels content and little regret about the abortion. Hell, one should feel so lucky to. In the whole first stanza the narrator is telling others how she feels

The Marvelous Lord Byron Lord Byron was not just an average poet as many people of his time thought he was. Byron was a celebrity, for his stardom was rising all the time. He was very sexually active, and attracted many young girls and ladies because of his good looks. At a young age he inherited his father’s property. When his father, the Wicked Lord, died, Byron became, at the tend

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal The Meaning of “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” Usually any writing on the topic of death, from a novel, to a newspaper article, is written in a negative light. But an eight line poem written by William Wordsworth titled, “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” shows death in a positive light. Even during one of the most depressing types of deaths, the death of a lov

Examining Monsters In Beowulf Man has always faced hardships to survive. In the early Middle Ages the epic poem Beowulf, personifies the trials of man in the form of three monsters that had to be defeated. These three monsters each represent the impurities of man and of the world. With each battle the monsters become more difficult to battle, and are more powerful than the last. Ulti