Death Essays

My favorite recent poem has been “For the Anniversary of My Death” by W.S. Merwin. This is an old poem, first published in 1963, yet its message is timeless: Merwin inspires us to reflect on what seldom crosses our mind. After all, such an anniversary awaits for every one of …

In Seamus Heaneys poetic piece, Blackberry Picking, the presence and mastery of malicious diction, vivid imagery, and metaphor is apparent as is a deeper meaning behind the authors poem. Heaneys writings not only convey a literal description of his actions, but also an emotional and metaphorical journey through his experience. …

Have you ever had to survive a huge storm in the middle of the ocean on a sailboat? Well probably not, but if you want to find out what it may be like then the movie “The White Squall” is the show that will fulfill this need. However you can’t …

It is believed that the almighty God controls everyone’s destiny, but it is also true that individuals are capable of shaping up their own fate with their behaviour and actions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, they young lovers were victims of their own impulsive actions. The lead characters were impatient …

“Mad Girl’s Love Song” Critical Analysis The poem, “Mad Girl’s Love Song”, was written by Sylvia Plath. This poem has a theme of suicide as an escape. The author, Sylvia Plath, is writing this song from her own personal view. There are many places where the theme of suicide appears …

 The Catcher in the Rye and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar are two entirely different novels with different themes at first glance, both tell tales of teenagers who are coming of age and learning responsibility. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been kicked out of school and …

Revenge is often characterized as getting payback on a person or thing in order to gain self satisfaction. People sometimes go through extreme troubles in order to get revenge. The theme of revenge plays an important part in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. It directly affects the actions and emotions of …

Literal and Figural Meaning The poem literally illustrates the speaker’s reflection upon whether or not he or she and the “dearest” shall remember one another when the speaker dies. Yet, figuratively, the poem conveys the poet’s perception of death as a dreamy, intermediate existence that compares to “twilight”. Structure and …

Futility means that something is destined to fail. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; uselessness. The structure of the poem is in balanced stanzas – the tenderness and hopefulness at the beginning; the growing bitterness of the second, with its climax. Owen is telling …

“Romeo and Juliet”, is one of the greatest love stories of all time. Romeo and Juliet come from feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets, but they defy the feud and fall in love. Many events take place during the five short days that they share their love. Romeo’s and Juliet’s …