Poems Essays

Wilfred Owen was one of the leading English poets of World War 1, whom’s work was immensely influenced by Siegfried Sassoon and the events that he witnesses whilst fighting as a soldier. ‘The Sentry’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ are both shocking and realistic war poems that were used to …

“As I went up by Ovilliers / In mud and water cold to the knee” : the poem begins with a realistic scene in the Somme, as a soldier tramps through the flooded British trenches. “three jeering, fleering spectres”: The ghosts are laughing, mocking the soldier. “Here’s a right brave …

Throughout the novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy uses religious symbolism. This literary technique uses references to religion in the book. These references are also called Biblical Allusions. One biblical allusion in The Road directs to a named Ely and what he thinks about the world as it is now, and …

Street children You can hear their cries at night, You hear them, and put them out of minds sight, Don’t want to face it, No you can’t embrace it, That when you go past that road where you last saw her, She will no longer be there that street girl, …

Sammy Square Sammy Square is my name My 4 sides are just the same Turn me around, I don’t care I’m always the same, I’m a square! Danny Diamond I am Danny Diamond I am like a kite But I’m really just a square Who’s corners are pulled tight Ricky …

Each poem must include the title and poet. For each poem, you must also include where you found it (bibliographic reference) at the bottom of the page. Up to five (5) of your poems may be song lyrics; they must be school appropriate lyrics! You must also explain in a …

Some of nature’s most precious gifts, actually have a dark side to them. What I mean about that is take rain for an example. Rain can come very peaceful and smooth. But we all know rain can get violent and dangerous in a heartbeat. In the poem “Riders To The …

In this very short poem, “My heart leaps up when I behold”, by William Wordsworth, the speaker begins by declaring that he is moved by nature, and especially by nature’s beauty and how he is excited when he sees the rainbow. He feels so excited inside his heart when he …

This is a translation of the Italian poem “Rime 140” by Petrarch. The following link – shows the original form and two translations – each poem is different. They are built around the conceit of love as a warrior or knight, who, in the octave, makes bold to declare himself …

Out of a bad situation, you can learn and grow. In all three poems, The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife’s Lament the main character was exiled causing great pain and sorrow. Through this pain and sorrow they saw some beauty in the situation. In The Seafarer the character is …