Essays Tagged: "poets"
Gerard Manely Hopkins
eople didn't realize the power he had with words.Gerard Manley Hopkins was one of the most original poets to write in English at any time period. He only lived for 45 years and only had three of his p ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Gwendolyn Brooks
r ideas. It is for that reason, tactics mixed with ideas, which have placed Brooks among the finest poets. Perhaps because of Brooks' use of a stiff format, 'The Ballad of Rudolph Reed' may be ... r ideas. It is for that reason, tactics mixed with ideas, which have placed Brooks among the finest poets. Perhaps because of Brooks' use of a stiff format, 'The Ballad of Rudolph Reed' may be ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Contrasting the View upon Nayure between Two 20th Century Poets, D.H. Lawrence and Karl Shapiro
l values, the twentieth century influences techniques of love and the loss of the beauty in nature. Poets of the same century have multiple views, many differing. Two major twentieth century poets are ... ro cares more of war and satires of government, not giving much thought to nature. Even though both poets share and differ in views, both are twentieth century poets. The twentieth century last ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Analysis of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
Analysis of 'Because I Could Not Stop for Death'The poets of the nineteenth century wrote on a variety of topics. One often used topic is that of death. ... e theme of death has been approached in many different 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 f ... ts best leaves the reader with new ideas about the topic at hand. As a result of the writing of the poets of the nineteenth century, readers are given many different ways of regarding various aspects ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
What lead to the fall of the roman empire - Breif Summary
were some good and some bad. There were emperors that were known to be great philosophers, writers, poets, as well as great military strategists. Rome did however have its share of bad emperors as wel ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
A little information about socrotes and his wrongful death.
eletus was the one who brought the idea of a trial of Socrates forth. He spoke on the behalf of the poets, Anytus on the behalf of the craftsmen, and Lycon on behalf of the rhetoricians. Meletus start ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
comparison of theme betweeen William Blakes poems The Tiger & The Lamb
usually believe in something very strongly and their poems usually reflect such a nature. Sometimes poets reflect aspects of their personal life in their poems. In the poems 'The Lamb' and 'The Tiger' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
"Time" by Robert W. Vissage
who had not ever even heard of the concept of time? These two questions have been thought about by poets and often become the subject of their poems. The poem 'Time' by Robert W. Vissage and the poem ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Emily Dickinson, and Death as a Theme in her Poetry
ath influenced many of her poems and letters. Perhaps one of the most ground breaking and inventive poets in American history, Dickinson has become as well known for her bizarre and eccentric life as ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Romantic sonnets. Mentiones Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth
c era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using emotion and nature, the poets and their works shed light on people's universal natures. In Charlotte Smith's 'Sonnet XII - W ... l feelings regarding slavery and condition of human nature that could cause such a wrong. Like many poets of the time, Cowper felt that the brotherhood of humanity should run through the hearts and th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Compare/Contrast of "Dulce Decrum" by Wilfred Owen and "Dead Man's Dump" by Isaac Rosenberg
Man's Dump' by Isaac Rosenberg and 'Dulce et Decorum est' by Wilfred Owen the main concern of these poets is to relay the theme of death. They want to let the reader feel the action, to see it with th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Alfred Nobel and the prizes named after him
f the early nineteenth-century style generally associated with Byron and Shelley (his two favourite poets) and are remarkably freeof grammatical and idiomatic errors. To his mother he always wrote in ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Chemical Engineering
Thomas Stern Eliot 's "The Hollow Men"
mode being employed, that contained no verbal excitement or original craftsmanship, by the Georgian poets who were active when he settled in London. He sought to make poetry more subtle, more suggesti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Queen Elizabeth and the the Elizabethan age
he literature coming out of thisperiod was also quite exceptional. Among the many great writers and poets wereEdmund Spenser who wrote a very detailed piece about a feast for Elizabeth, SirWalter Rale ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Lesbian Poetry. Empasizes on Sappho
iters in all literary eras have eloquently described this romantic love between women. A few of the poets who wrote of homosexual love were in fact honored during their life, while others of them in m ... a pioneer in many aspects of Greek culture. One of the great Greek lyrists and little known female poets of the ancient world, Sappho was born soon after 630BC. Aristocratic herself, she married a me ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
English Poetry . Speaks of the younger romantics of the late 1700's and early 1800's. George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poetry was very common in England during the late 1700's and early 1800's. Poets at this time were thought to be very intelligent and sensitive. The poets of this time were ca ... manticists no longer supported radical causes or championed the oppressed. The younger Romanticists poets quickly and noisily took up the cry for liberty and justice (Reed, xxvi). Three prime examples ... ckly and noisily took up the cry for liberty and justice (Reed, xxvi). Three prime examples of such poets are George Gordon Byron (Lord Byron), John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. These men were all ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
She Was a Phantom of Delight
One of the most outstanding poets of the Romantic period was William Wordsworth. Wordsworth wrote many interesting poems, and on ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
The life and experiences of Edgar Allen Poe.
IntroductionEdgar Allen Poe was one of the most influential poets of his time. He was both an editor and critic, although only a small amount of people enjoyed ... ll time.Personal ResponseI genuinely enjoyed researching and learning more about one of my favorite poets. One things that I wasn't aware of was that Edgar A. Poe was not only a poet, but also an accl ... a poet, but also an acclaimed author, critic, and editor. He, in my opinion, is one of the greatest poets of all time because he didn't follow the norm and went out on his own to do what he loved. He ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Romantic poetry puts the self before everything including the outside world: compare "I am" by John Clare to "So we'll go no more aroving" By Lord Byron
s thathas been lost to the poet. 'So We'll Go No More A-Roving, So Late Intothe Night' (L1-2). Both poets long and desire for their perfect place, aplace which has been left in their youth and can no- ... f life or joys, But the vast shipwreck ofmy life's esteems;' (L9-10). Though through the poetry the poetsconfusment of his feelings have been expressed and explained on a leveleven though what these f ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Views of death in John Donne's poetry
nd frequently as in the theme of death , as will be illustrated by the following essay.As with most poets of his time, Donne was obsessed with death. Mesmerized by its mysteries, charmed by its allure ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature