Essays Tagged: "poems"

Ezra Pound

his strong anti-Semitism. These ideas stained his writing and his character. Ezra Pound wrote many poems of questionable understanding. One moment he exhibited kindness, and the next he behaved as a ... in a peaceful environment, but the fire of anti-Semitism fueled his writings. He wrote a series of poems called 'Cantos,' which explored history and the impact of leaders on the past, as well as many ...

(8 pages) 135 1 4.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Gwendolyn Brooks

ation, Brooks powerful and haunting techniques can be separated and explored in the above mentioned poems. Each work contains a specific tactic, which effectively promotes her ideas. It is for that re ... ation, Brooks powerful and haunting techniques can be separated and explored in the above mentioned poems. Each work contains a specific tactic, which effectively promotes her ideas. It is for that re ...

(9 pages) 132 1 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Early American Writers

ife, originally from England but then moved to America. Upon moving and settling into her home, her poems became full of emotion and spoke about concerns from her heart. She was religious and believed ...

(2 pages) 92 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

ways. Emily Dickinson is one of the numerous poets who uses death as the subject of several of her poems. In her poem 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death,' death is portrayed as a gentleman who comes ... rites, 'She was borne confidently, by her winged horse, 'toward Eternity' in the immortality of her poems' (qtd. in Davis 118). In other words, she was confident that, when she died, her poems would l ...

(8 pages) 471 0 4.4 May/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Shakespeare’s Sonnet Number 126

tember 28, 1993A Not-Too-Critical-Essay of Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 126Shakespeare's sonnets, as poems, have been obscured by the enormous amount of speculation, much of it unjustified, that has gr ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.3 Sep/1993

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

NATURAL ELEMENTS AS A COMPARISON IN SHAKESPEARE'S POEMS

In the poems 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' and 'My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun', Wi ... ualities that human beings have over nature.        Already from the titles of the poems, one can notice that nature is superior to humankind. In the poem 'My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothi ... see,/ So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.' (l. 13-14).        In both poems Shakespeare love to his lovers is much greater and superior than nature. In the beginning, it ...

(4 pages) 90 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Suicide

that I had known since I was born had given serious thought about it. She is a wonderful poet with poems in hundreds of magazines, and she is also an extraordinary artist with paintings in museums th ...

(5 pages) 305 1 4.5 Jan/1990

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

A study on Romanticism - Wordsworth

worth has grown tired of the world mankind has created, and turns to nature for contentment. In his poems, Wordsworth associates freedom of emotions with natural things. Each aspect of nature holds a ...

(2 pages) 230 0 3.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Robert Frost Poetry

Robert Frost PoetryRobert frost is a poet who often expresses himself through his poetry. His poems use simple, unsophisticated ideas, but underneath, they convey real meaning. One such poem is ... ture smiles on those who admire her.In conclusion, Robert Frost increases the enjoyment of his good poems through the use of literary techniques. These techniques make the poem real for us. We learn m ...

(2 pages) 201 0 4.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

comparison of theme betweeen William Blakes poems The Tiger & The Lamb

Many poems written by the same author often have similar themes. The authors usually believe in something ... author often have similar themes. The authors usually believe in something very strongly and their poems usually reflect such a nature. Sometimes poets reflect aspects of their personal life in their ... eflect such a nature. Sometimes poets reflect aspects of their personal life in their poems. In the poems 'The Lamb' and 'The Tiger', by William Blake, the poet discusses similar themes in both.In the ...

(2 pages) 199 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Walt Whittman

rnalist and was the editor of many New York papers. He studied the French language, and many of his poems contain French words.When he traveled to the New Orleans, he witnessed slavery which in turn " ... words.When he traveled to the New Orleans, he witnessed slavery which in turn "helped him write his poems" according to Walt Whitman. Between 1848 and 1855 he developed the style of poetry he is known ...

(3 pages) 127 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The deeper meaning to the poem 'The Conqueror Worm' BY Edgar Allen Poe

often call Edgar Allen Poe one of the fathers of terror and mystery. His twisted, Macabre tales and poems are filled with great detail and often end with a dismal twist. 'The Conqueror Worm' is one ex ...

(3 pages) 42 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Death in 'First Death in Nova Scotia' and in 'War is kind'

Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to everyone. In the poems, 'Because I could not stop for Death,' ... s portrayed as vial in this poem, and is shown to be that through the use of sarcasm.In these three poems death is personified and viewed as several different things. One sees it as a kind stranger. I ... narrator is relaly telling us how horid the death really is. While death is a common theme of many poems each poet has a different view of it, and describes it to us uniquily.

(3 pages) 38 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Friendship of "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas

nds would do anything for you. Friendship has been shown throughout history in the form of stories, poems, and novels. In the book , The Three Musketeers, you find yourself reading about the friendshi ...

(3 pages) 81 1 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

How does Coleridge in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan' show the interrelatedness between mankind, nature and the poetic experience?

what he creates usuallyconforms to numerous literary techniques. The recurring theme in many of his poemsis that of man's harmony with nature, and this idea, combined with his bizarre andeven eccentri ... is for both 'The Rime of the AncientMariner' and 'Kubla Khan'.Mankind, firstly, is explored in both poems by placing the human nature in situationswhere perhaps instinct acts before reason. In RAM, th ...

(3 pages) 203 1 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

This is an essay about how E.E. Cummings uses form in his poems.

al part of poetry. The form used by E. E. Cummings is quite unique, and is different in each of his poems. His poems, "nobody loses all the time," "pity this busy monster,manunkind," and "r-p-o-p-h-e- ...

(4 pages) 115 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Emily Dickinson, and Death as a Theme in her Poetry

ived a seemingly secluded life, Emily Dickinson's many encounters with death influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, ... istory, Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as for her incredible poems and letters. Numbering over 1,700, her poems highlight the many moments in a 19th century New ...

(3 pages) 397 2 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Critisism by four of 'The Sick Rose' by William Blake

lationship of its images to other texts' (40). Riffaterre argues for a more internal reading of the poems. Riffaterre emphasizes the importance of the relationships between words as opposed to their ' ... to the poem than just a surface level reading. Adams concludes by stating that when reading Blake's poems, the reader should consider 'minute particulars,' 'perspective, to related images in Blake's o ...

(4 pages) 163 0 2.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Comparing the sonnet "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth, and "The Lamb" written by William Blake

rdsworth, and "The Lamb" written by William Blake both contain elements of Romanticism. Both of the poems clearly follow a structure similar to Abrams' Romantic formula, which is composed of a realist ... tone. This leads one to be able to identify the contrasts between the meaning and images within the poems.The Romantic elements of "London, 1802" are those defined by Wordsworth himself. This poem's o ...

(4 pages) 179 0 4.1 Apr/1993

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Howard Nemerov

March 1, 1920, in New York City. Until he moved to Vermont in 1948, New York influenced most of his poems. Nemerov's wealthy and culturally refined parents sent him to Fieldston School. At this privat ... appeared in 1947, followed by The Salt Garden (1955), Mirrors and Windows (1958), New and Selected Poems (1960), The Next Room of the Dream: Poems and Two Plays (1963), Blue Swallows (1967), Gnomes a ...

(7 pages) 43 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry