Poetry Essays, Research Papers & Book Reports (1,386) essays
Poetry essays:
Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess.
... Porphyria's Lover and My Last Duchess Compare the two poems 'Porphyria's Lover' and 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning. What do they reveal about attitudes to women and relationships in the nineteenth century? Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century ...
What similarities and differences are there between the way the theme of war is presented in the poems?
... the two poems, which are "Disabled" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade". I will talk about what the similarities and differences between the poems by looking at the structure of the poem, language, point of view, effects, type, and theme. This paper also examines how the poets ...
A detailed study of William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' in relation to the principles of the pastoral convention.
... the poetic anthology, Songs of Innocence and Experience by ardent romanticist William Blake, the reader is exposed to a kinship of poems, a majority of which vividly reflect the characteristics archetypal to the Pastoral Convention. Through detailed reference to relevant poems of Blake's poetry ...
'Dulce Et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, compared to 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
... the lasting effect of 'The charge of the light brigade'. In Tennyson's poem, he clearly states in the final verse that the light brigade should be honoured and never forgotten. He repeats the word 'honour' to make it more of a command, and he finishes with an indented line; 'Noble six hundred'. The ...
A fairly detailed yet brief explication of William Blake's "The Clod and the Pebble," focusing on meter, diction, imagery, and other devices of that sort.
... the attitudes of the Clod and the Pebble. Blake's diction and personification of the Clod and the Pebble, along with his personification of the abstract concept of Love, help the reader grasp the philosophies of these ordinarily insignificant objects. In this work, William Blake ...
Citizen Kane: Analysis of the 'Picnic Scene'
... s recount to Thompson, the reporter searching for the meaning of "Rosebud". The sequence consists of around 20 shots and lasts for around 2 minutes. It signposts the end of the relationship between Susan and Kane and is essential to the film. In the previous scene, by the ...
Wordsworth's need of nature
... the oppressiveness of the city. Therefore, by him bring light to it; many people may have had a small sublime moment and an ultimate realization of why they always felt the strain of the city. One of William Wordsworth's chief characteristics, both as a poet and a man, was a love for, and respect of ...
The Resemblance -- A Poem about the Holocaust
... resemblance of those not there. This poem was written for an assignment for my Junior High English class. It is written from the view point of a young child, growing up during the Holocaust that loses his/her mother. I feel this is significant because it portrays the confusion and ...
Topic: Examine how the poem Holy Thursday is an "outspoken protest" against the evil effect of industrialization.
... William Blake's poem "Holy Thursday- Songs of Innocence" is concerned with the abusive public display of children for their benefactor's glory on Holy Thursday . The poem follows Blake, an observer, as he expresses his mixed emotions towards the occasion and the parties involved. By using techniques ...
"Look, stranger, at this island now" by W.H. Auden NOTES
... by W.H. Auden This poem us a "musical" exercise in which the poet reveals his technical skill by using sound techniques and figurative language to reinforce his description of a scene. It is one of Auden's few poems of natural description, perhaps of the coast in the West Country of England. The ...