Poetry Essays, Research Papers & Book Reports (1,386) essays
Poetry essays:
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred owen - poetry commentary
... horrible death. The speakers use of incredible imagery and tone which is full of despair, lack of hope and sadness, reveals his message, it is not sweet and right to die for ones country. The Poem begins with the speaker, being a tired soldier on the front during World War I. In the first stanza ...
Yeats' development through poetry. About W.B. Yeats' literary development.
... tunnel vision that focuses on only his own emotional life and Irish mythology. These early poems are highly structured, typically carrying a rather sing-songy meter, and tend to revolve around themes that contrast a harsh reality with a faery land to which Yeats yearns to ...
A Critical Appreciation of the poem "To Autumn" by John Keats
... gourd and plump the hazel shells with a sweet kernel; to set budding more.' In the first stanza the poet talks about the fruits, he uses words like fruitfulness, maturing, ripeness, plump, swell, sweet kernel, apples, hazel shells and gourd. 'Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun' shows autumn ...
How does culture compare with the novel "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse?
... cultures around the world. Understanding of other culture's beside one's own, is an advantage to one's erudition. Culture is exposed in everyday life, and also discovered in many short stories, novels, and poems. One novel that culture is greatly revealed in is ...
William Blake + Kenneth Slessor: How Poetry is Used to Express Interests and Concerns in Distinctive Ways
... to the soldiers, whether allies or enemies, who died in World War I. The tone of the poem is solemn and serious, emphasized through his use of 'dull' purple and blue imagery ...
Anglo-Saxon Heroic Poetry
... to the poem. The opening passages introduce the reader to a world in which every male figure is known as his father's son. Characters in the poem are unable to talk about their identity or even introduce themselves without referring to ...
Coleridge, text of own choosing, and the Imaginative journey
... imagery to paint a somber landscape "grow spindly" "roots often in swamps" to express the overwhelming nature of imagination. Despite this, the resolve to continue the journey remains firm "what ever I do I must keep my head." Through speculation, we are enabled to ...
Analysis of Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'
... World War. The poem compares the noisy and sudden deaths of the young soldiers who die in the war with the deaths of those who die 'back home'. It shows how the usual death rites are replaced with the war ...
The Domesticity of Giraffes by Judith Beveridge.
... to depict the concept of power and powerlessness within the poem. The giraffe is an allegory for women in society. The poet illustrates the giraffe as constantly confined in captivity; this is similar to that of housewives confinement to ...
Dickinson; a biography
... to publish many of her poems for fear she would be misunderstood. During her final years she neer left her house or garden. Since her death of Bright's disease, Dickinson has become known as one of the greatest and most powerful poets ...