Poems Essays

Death is the subject of both poems, Remember and The Cross of Snow, written by Christina Rossetti and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively. The authors use many literary techniques, such as imagery, mood, and metaphors to explore the grieving process from two different perspectives, the dead in Remember and the living …

In the poem “Circular Saws” by Fred Cogswell, he takes us on a journey of pain. This whole poem is centered around pain,and in particular, how we can become the pain that we have experienced. It goes to show that painful experiences create pained people , who then,hence, turn into …

Both of William Blake’s poems reflects on the heart wrenching and unfortunate things young boys in the late 1700s were forced to do as chimney sweepers, yet their point of views and tones are quite different. Whereas in the first poem, Blake uses an innocent and undeserving young boy as …

The “Ruined Maid” was written by Thomas Hardy in 1866. This poem has six stanzas, which consists of four quatrains each. In the beginning of each stanza the farm girl speaks, and ‘Melia, the “ruined girl” speaks just for the last line; however for the last stanza ‘Melia begins to …

Alexander Pope was born in 1688 in London to a retired linen .merchant father and a mother who were both Roman Catholic They moved to Binfield when Pope was very young where they met numerous other Roman catholic families, which would later go on to play a very significant part …

Benjamin Zephaniah expresses feeling of injustice in a vast amount of his poems. Zephaniah does this through the techniques he uses; emotive language, facts and personal experiences. Zephaniah is a dub poet. Dub poetry is a form of performance of the West Indians. It is spoken over reggae rhythms and …

Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand; Let the bright sheen Of your grace be seen, Fair hope of my fatherland! In the beginning stanza, Rizal encourages the youth, by telling them to hold their heads high for they possess talents and skills and abilities that …

TURNING and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full …

Setup with a standard MLA heading. You will print your responses and turn in hard copies. When writing your responses, list the question, then your response. Number the questions. Each response should be a full paragraph of 7-10 sentences. 1. In Egyptian Love Poems, is love described as a happy …

When reflecting on history, it is evident that there has been much struggle for Black people, especially woman. The poem, “I am A Black Woman,” by Mari Evans, portrays a relationship between Black women of our history and today’s society. By the usage of vivid and inspiring words, Evans is …