Poems Essays

The poems ‘Telephone Conversation’ by Wole Soyinka and ‘You will be hearing from us shortly’ by U A Fanthorpe both discuss prejudice and discrimination through the use of tone and language. The poem ‘You will be hearing from us shortly’ uses the voice of the interviewer to convey the prejudice. …

I shall be looking at the poems Four Years, written by Pamela Gillilan, and Funeral Blues, written by W. H. Auden, and comparing how alike they are. They are both poems about death and the loss of a loved one, and I shall look at even though their subject is …

19th Century poets tend to express their feelings about love and loss by using images from nature. The poem ‘Birthday’ written by Christina Rossetti portrays the idea of real love. She uses a lot of nature symbolism, and natural imagery suggests the intimacy and intensity of love. Christina Rossetti is …

In the six pre-1914 poems I have been studying, I can see that they all have the same theme of love, but it is displayed in different ways. For example, In the poem Remember, and In the Mile End Road, the themes are love, death, and grief, however one is …

The poem ‘Once Upon a Time’ is written by a male African poet, Gabriel Okara in XXth century. This poem is the story of a grown up man who once was an innocent child. Now the poet reminisces about a time when people were caring and sincere. He regrets that …

Jealousy is one of the key links and themes both poems have. The duke’s jealousy being he didn’t find appropriate the way his duchess would flirt with other males when they gave her compliments maybe because he found she was “Too easily impressed” or maybe the fact in which “she …

In ‘The Sun Rising’ by John Donne, the poet is awakened by the sun’s rays streaming through the curtains into his bedroom, where he lies with his lover. Wishing to prolong (to lengthen in duration) the pleasure of lying in, cuddled beside her, he tells the Sun not to disturb …

“The Sick Equation”, is a poem which portrays a young boy’s struggle to cope with the adult world, and the long-term effects his parents’ quarrelling had on him. The poem “Long Distance” also shows the problems a young boy faces throughout life, which involve his parents and the overall concept …

The poem is bout a lady who is in a tower on the island of Shallot. The tower looks down to Camelot. The lady, who is based on Elaine, is cursed. This is made clear in part two of the poem, which describes her. ‘There she weaves by night and …

For this essay I need to compare and contrast a pre 20th Century and 20th Century piece of poetry that share animals. The Two poems I have chosen are Horses be Edwin Muir for my pre 20th century piece. For my 20th century text I have chosen “The Jaguar” by …