Essays, Book Reports & Research Reports on North American Poetry (782) essays
Poetry essays:
"Musee Des Beaux Arts" by W. H. Auden
... poem Musee Des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden is a poem about human suffering and is best seen in context when viewing the "Fall of Icarus" painting by Breughal. The basic theme of the poem is a response to the tragedy of the death of Icarus represented in the painting by Breughal. The opening life ...
"The Loner" - Written by Julie Holder, poem evaluation
... children will choose to join him. As the poem goes on, a clearer understanding of situation develops and the emotions and thoughts of the character's personality, and is effective in ensuring the reader conceives the correct perceptions on what Holder is trying to portray. The first stanza ...
The New Colossus: Immigration into the US
... not welcome. The poem inscribed on the statue of liberty, is very true in many aspects. But, it doesn't portray correctly the feelings and attitudes of the Americans: individuals and government. The New Colossus, or the statue of liberty greatly welcomes immigrants into America and ...
Emily Dickinson: "Because I could not stop for Death"
... Because I Could Not Stop For Death" Emily Dickinson explores the tension between life and death. The poem highlights the conflict between life's desire for permanence and the irrepressible and untimely nature of death. While Dickinson's poem presents eternity ...
Considering and Analyzing the Denotative and Connotative Meanings in "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke
... of vocabulary used. "Could not unfrown itself", unfrown is a fabricated term nonexistent in the English language, thus it is clear that the speaker's lexicon is far from sophisticated (line 8). In line 4 the wording of this point is naive and ...
The Inevitable: "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver
... thought of an end to the life as they know it. Some are scared by the fact that today might be the last. If you look at people, many older people who have had the pleasure of living a long life seem to be ready and ...
Robert Frost and Masculinity: Comparing the poems "Home Burial" and "Mending Wall"
... of communication, and the way he deals with the death of the child is through treating it as an aspect of everyday life because society deems that a true, stereotypical male has to be unsympathetic. The negative side to masculinity in this poem greatly contradicts the rugged, heroic American ...
A comparison between Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" "Ariel" and "Lady Lazerus"
... poem then goes on to become a criticism of the persona'' father expressing the desire to kill him and his influence, as well as all males because those closest to her did nothing but bring suffering into her life. The feelings expressed are personal and ...
Robert Frost: The Life of a Poet
... not free of tears, though some have thought he was unduly optimistic. Despite problems at home and his rough start, he rose to become one of the greatest poets in American history. Using the New England countryside as a base for his poetry, Robert Frost quickly grew a reputation of ...
Analysis of "Daddy"
... of power within the poem to the reader. Plath is dealing with emotions over the death of her father and more recent emotions when her husband left her. She is feeling a sense of abandonment, however Plath is facing her demons and she is addressing the loss of her father and ...