Essays, Book Reports & Research Reports on World Literature Poetry (255) essays
Poetry essays:
Describe the poetic concerns and how the poetic devices convey the idea in the poem 'Piano and Drums' by Gabriel Okara.
... controversial novelist Chinua Achebe. In the poem "Piano and Drums" by Gabriel Okara , Okara shows the contrasts between the past life and the modern world. Some aspects in his poem date back before the beginning of civilization. In this essay I will reflect on Okara's concepts and visions. The poem ...
English Assessment - Scrapbook 'CHANGING SELF'
... personality. We see this when she says, "Let him dream of a child obedient, angel - mild" The poem is set in the country in a farmhouse with 'old stables' and 'flowering trees'. In the first section 'Barn owl', the child is young and the father is middle aged, forty years later ...
Assess the impact the application of a particular reading can have upon a poem in relations to Gwen Harwood's poetry. (Feature article)
... of 'a child on one summer evening.' We begin to understand the power of the mind to be able to create such demons; to be able to instil such fear but also we see how delicate it is. For Gwen Harwood , childhood and ...
"Rising Five" Norman Nicholson (detailed info)
... a child who is chewing toffee and thinking about his future.Everything seems to be on edge.There is rapid progression in life and human nature.The poet shows profound admiration and closeness towards nature and life.This poem is all about the impatience ,eagerness and keenness of ...
How can Philip Larkin's poetry be used to address the marginal or neglected?
... a musical announcement of dawn or a sunrise song. However, in contrast Larkins poem is a depressing meditation on his approaching extinction. He begins with successive statements in the first person that establish an image of loneliness. A monotonous routine is described; I work all day, and ...
Leda and the Swan
... of the first eight lines, and the sestet - the final six lines. It is written in iambic pentameter, which helps clarify the meaning of the poem when it is being read. Despite its violent concept and disturbing content, the structure of the poem gives a feeling of peace and ...
How the landscape shaped Australia
... and alive it all seems to be. I certainly had a picture in my mind of what the country really looked like after reading this descriptive piece of poetry. After I read the Poem "The Drought," it gave me a clear image of what a drought is capable of ...
"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
... poem Caged Bird symbolises the blacks, stripped off their pride, honour and freedom. Yearning for their roots they cry out to be set free from their chains, to soar the heights of a sweeter life. Sources used:University of Cambridge IGCSE 2007-2009Anthology of poetry ...
Changing Perspectives Create Awakenings
... of the poem uses a loss of a past freedom and substitutes it with the 'white man' (line 28) alternative. The underlying message however is that Oodgeroo is trying to convince the responder into changing their perspective and awakening to her point of view. It's a David and ...
Analysis of 6 poems on the topic, "Hidden messages". contains poems by hughes, mcauley, strand, dobson, yeats, williams.
... and Jesus. McAuley has titled his poem after the famous marble depiction of Mary cradling her dead Son, by Michaelangelo in St Peter's Basilica. The poet describes a "dark and deep" event he cannot comprehend - A year ago, a child was prematurely born and died after "a day and ...