Poems Essays

In this essay I am going to be comparing poems by Thomas Hardy and writing about the rhythm, language, structure and rhyming scheme. I will also be commenting on Hardy’s life and past times, and explaining how they relate to his poetry. “Plena Timoris” was the first poem by Hardy …

The theme of deception is explored in the two texts. Most importantly the writer’s attitude in these two contexts something which also needs to be addressed as their social, historical and cultural background is very influential, significant and has a bearing on the tone and the theme of the story. …

‘Morte D’Arthur’ and ‘The Lady of Shalott’ are tragic poems full of sadness and loss because they have a tragic story line, a tragic mood and atmosphere created by Tennyson’s use of language and form. ‘The Lady of Shalott’ is tragic because she is cursed and dies without experiencing love. …

Frozen through her eyes, she senses a chilling blindness. As light penetrates through, the stimulation arouses intense anger, too powerful for human control. The anger reacts vigorously with her emotions, releasing pain and innocent tears. Similarly Plath’s poems explore her vulnerability to pain. The eyes are emblematic of a medium …

From the title, we can gather that the poem will involve a full moon. “Little Frieda” refers to his daughter. The fact that the word “little” is used tells us that Frieda is a very important to the author. From the first line, “A cool small evening”, we can immediately …

Many men in Victorian Britain were concerned with some women’s desire for independence; they feared that they could loose their dominion and supremacy over them, which was a valued and respected custom. The men cherished their pre-eminence over their spouses; the thought of being deprived of it aggravated them and …

The collection is an autobiography illustrating lessons Heaney has learnt during his life. The collection begins with poems written in the eyes of a child, and as we progress through the poems, the protagonist seems be getting older and perhaps wiser. The childhood innocence present early on in the collection …

‘London’ steadily builds up increasingly comprehensive answers to its initial problem of why every face shows, ‘marks of weakness and woe’. With its ‘midnight streets’, it is true; London is a forest of the night in which one may wander, lost. The city wanderer arrives somewhere by the end: at …

Write a critical analysis of ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’ looking for points of contrast and comparison between the poems. It is possible to call Blake a ‘Social Observer’ who was an eidetic visionary of the social injustices of his time. It is clear that there is …

In his reflection “London,” William Blake laments the poverty faced by the lower class of modern, industrialized London, and he can find no note of consolation or hope for their future. The poet uses this theme to dramatically depict the conditions in which the oppressed lower class is forced to …