Anne Bradstrret Anne Bradstreet was one of the English speaking first poets in North America, as her poetry has withstood the test of time. She married Simon Bradstreet, who also shared her deep Puritan beliefs. She raised eight children on an isolated farm, spending most of her time doing household work and writing poetry. In her work, it is evident that she struggles deeply between

Thoreau Henry David Thoreau begins his poem “Woof of the Sun, Etheral Gauze” with a description of fog covering the sun. Woof of the sun, ethereal gauze, Woven of Nature's richest stuffs, Visible heat, air-water, and dry sea, Last conquest of the eye…// (ll. 1-4) At first glance, the preceding passage offers an ordinary image of the sun hidden behind clouds. Through oxymorons he

Thoreau And Emerson Henry David Thoreau wrote in chapter 2 of Waldon: Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. It’s thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom are pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alph

The Women Of LeFanu And Poe The Women of LeFanu and Poe The women in the stories of Edgar A. Poe and Sheridan LeFanu are of two different persuasions but both have in common their death and demise. Poe’s stories exist mostly in the natural realm, some in the psychological, and LeFanu’s lean towards the supernatural. To understand why these two prolific men wrote about women the wa

The World Is Too Much With Us And The Chimney Sweeper (compare And Contrast) Poems are a particular way an author shows to the reader of what he feels and thinks about the actions of the world. In the poems “The World is Too Much With us” and “The Chimney Sweeper” both poets make the reader feel piety and disgust of human Nature. They both tell how society uses too much materialism, and

Three Claims Of A Grecian Urn Three Claims of a Grecian Urn John Keats makes three claims at the end of his poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” Who is the speaker of these claims of intellect' Is it the urn, or is it the speaker of the poem. That seems to be the real question at hand. The first claim of being “a friend to man,” seems to be related to the urn (48). By being a friend to

Through The Darkness. Aggression is a critical part of animal existence, which is an inherent driving force to humans, as we, too, are animals. The source of aggression within humans is a long summative list, but before trying to understand its source one must apply a working definition of aggression. Encyclopedia Britannica as any action of an animal that serves to injure an opponent or

To His Coy Mistress At first glance, Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a fairly typical carpe diem poem, in which the speaker tells his beloved that they should “seize the day” and have sex now instead of waiting until they are married (Meyer 728). In today’s world, the speaker’s speech may seem sexist in its attitude toward women and irresponsible in its attitude toward th

To His Coy Mistress Love spans horizons, but empires span centuries. In Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress”, the speaker uses the fourteenth century poetic mode of patriarchal convention to emphasis the themes of insult and irrationality. The themes are communicated through various forms of figurative language, different types of poetic form, and subconscious propaganda that is emitte

To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvell In the poem “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, time is one of the main points of the poem. The theme is live life to its fullest and seize the day. The narrator is trying to lure a woman into sleeping with him by using time as an excuse, much like today’s times.. He (the narrator) talks about this woman’s beauty and how he will love her fore

To His Coy Mistress To His Coy Mistress Before paraphrasing the poem itself, I must first start with the title. The speaker is telling of his unending love to his “coy mistress.” But at the time this poem was written, in the late 17th century, a mistress was not the lover of a married man. Instead, it refers to a woman who is loved and courted. Coy is defined as shy and modest.

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1840. His first job was an architect and he worked in London and Dorset for ten years. Hardy began his writing career as a novelist and was soon successful enough to leave the field of architecture for writing. His novels Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure, received negative reviews upon publication and Hardy wa

To The Desert To the Desert I came to you one rainless August night. You taught me how to live without the rain. You are thirst and thirst is all I know. You are sand, wind, sun, and burning sky, The hottest blue. You blow a breeze and brand Your breath into my mouth. You reach—then bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. You wrap your name tight around my r

Tomorrow Tomorrow as i gaze at the falling rain trying to get away from all the pain so much tension rising in the air dying inside does anyone care' suicidal thoughts runaways its a way to getaway, hideaway, but if much, whom, way, wake, trying, tomorrow, thoughts, tension, suicidal, stop, sorrow, runaways, rising, realize, rain, pain, might, loving, live, life, li

Tintern Abbey Analysis of “Tintern Abbey” Whereas most individuals tend to see nature as a playhouse that should alter and self-destruct to their every need, William Wordsworth had a very different view. Wordsworth perceived nature as a sanctuary where his views of life, love, and his creator were eventually altered forever. The intensity of Wordsworth’s passion for nature elevated him

The Road Not Taken The Road Not Taken I decided to do “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. When people read the poem without any other interpretation or knowledge of it the most popular interpretation is that Frost is talking about his own life in this poem. I was convinced that was the case until I decided to do this paper. I will be focusing on what appears to be very obviou

On The Departure Of My Guest “On The Departure of My Guest” Have you ever missed someone so much that everything in your house reminds you of them' Have you ever missed someone so much to the point that they are always on your mind and you love that person so much it is too hard to let go' From a personal experience, I can say that I have missed someone that much. Ms. Julie Kane write

Lord Why Am I Black Lord, Why Did You Make Me Black' Lord, Lord. Why did You make me Black' Why did You make someone the world wants to hold back' Black is the color of dirty clothes, the color of grimy hands and feet Black is the color of darkness, the color of tire-beaten streets. Why did You give me thick lips, a broad nose and kinky hair' Why did You make someone w

A Doll House Helmer is a successful bank lawyer in the drama “A Doll House” written by Henrik Ibsen. His wife’s name is Nora. She is a housewife with three children and gets help raising them from her maid Helen. Nora and Helmer are both busy people within their lives. Little do they know that their marriage is not safe due to the fact that it is not given first priority in the lives the

Rumi And Human Limitation Of Knowledge Human Limitation of Knowledge Human beings are put on this earth not knowing where we came from or why we are here. We do our best to answer these questions but there is no answer that is more correct than the other. The truth of the matter is we aren’t meant to know these kinds of things. Rumi points out many limits on knowledge that humans h

Critique: How I Learned to Sweep Critique: How I Learned to Sweep The poem “How I Learned to Sweep” is written beautifully. I like the rhyme scheme and the pentameter. I think its very unique how the author, Julia Alvarez, ties together the sweeping with the broom and the sweeping of the weeds from a helicopter dropping off troops. The lines “…our soldiers were landing in their he

The World Is Too Much With Us The Essence of Man In William Wordsworth’s sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us," the author’s techniques enhance a feeling of not only hopeless despondency, but also forlorn dejection. Wordsworth presents first humankind's existing botched relationship to nature and quickly follows with his nostalgic idealization of our past rapport with it, the latter se

Critisism of Robert Burns Robert Burns represented the true Scotsman who openly expressed himself. He often talked of love and how love is represented, the Church as a whole and how it was corrupted, and how the rich and poor of society was totally differently. Most critics say that the Church was Robert Burns' favorite subject to write about. However, I feel that society was his favori

Dylan Thomas Analysis Dylan Thomas Analysis In the twentieth Century things were different from now. “Men” was not just a word referring to a male out of high school. One could go his whole life without ever really deserving the title of “man”. Also, other words such as dignity, honor, wisdom, and integrity were strived to achieve. Now these virtues seem to have been swept under the ru

Morris’ Use Of Disillusionment In The Haystack In The Floods Fear, hopelessness, suffering and finally detachment take hold of our protagonist, Jehane, in William Morris’ “The Haystack in the Floods.” Being put through a slow and tedious journey that ends in trauma, Jehane will fall through all of the stages of disillusionment. An analysis and explanation of these stages will be made t

Love The poem Sonnet 43, which is also known as “How do I love thee' Let me count thy ways.” was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This poem including some others was meant for her husband, Robert Browning to profess her love for him and because he was depressed because of the loss of his mother as stated in the online commentary from BBC. BBC also enlightens readers that “They (t

More Than Base Ball More Than Baseball Pitchers and poets all have the same goal; to be eccentric, avoid the obvious, to be a moment misunderstood, and no to be errant, arrant, or wild. Robert Francis’ poem, “The Pitcher,” (653) uses these words to describe a baseball pitcher. Not only is he describing a pitcher, he is describing the criteria of writing a poem. This poem was publis

Song Of Myself During a period of depression a musician may write heavier, less upbeat music, or a painter may shift to darker tones and more downcast themes. In any medium of art that is personal to the artist, a change in the artwork can represent a change in the artist. The medium of poetry certainly has the power to reflect the writer’s moods and mental state, and the poetry of Walt

The Mind Of Jealousy ~ The Mind of Jealousy ~ Where have you been' What time are you coming home' Who were you with' You must be with her cuz your not here with me ... These are the things that go on in the mind of jealousy ... The fear of the one you love giving themselve to another ... Little do you know, the one you love is slowly starting to smother... Why are you getting

Dover Beach Truth What appears to be true and what actually is true are two very different things. “Dover Beach”, written by Mathew Arnold uses an exquisitely calm ocean filled with tension to present a position of appearance verses reality. In the poem “Grecian Urn”, author John Keats creates an illusion of mortality painted on the urn verses the immortality of true life. Nathaniel