Poetry Essays

Which words and images are the most striking in the poem? How do they have this effect? A. ‘Hunting snake’ is a simple poem about a simple moment. However, there is a powerful message behind it as well. A very striking aspect is that something as trivial as a snake …

Madurai of Tamil Nadu, South India is a holy city. It is full of temples and poets. A river named Vaikai flows through this city. The poets of ancient times as well as modern times have written poems on this city and her temples. They have also written on the …

The poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, by William Wordsworth, explores the emotional and physical impacts that can be explored in a journey. The poem tells the story of Wordsworth and how he comes across a field of daffodils and recounts the effect that they had on him. It …

What are the dominant themes in Auden’s works? Discuss his poetry with reference to three poems. Without question Auden’s poetry moulds into a variety of forms and takes a stance on subjects that often affect our judgement on topics and issues that directly influence us or are merely ignored. His …

‘Dedication’ and ‘Epilogue II’ are poems reflective of the suffering and changes the Russian people have known under Yezhov terror. ‘Dedication’ focuses on the emotional and psychological impact of the Yezhov terror on human beings, which Akhmatova also feels from a mother’s view. ‘Epilogue II’ is Akhmatova’s response towards all …

In this essay I will be analysing ‘Digging’ and ‘Follower’ both by Seamus Heaney. The poems which relates back to Seamus Heaney’s past memories which he had experienced when he was at a younger age, they are memories of him and his father and their relationship. From the poem we …

            In some poetry, there is a mask of sorts, either which is used by the author to cast a certain light on what is being said in the poem, or to get a certain meaning across to the reader. The poet describes what others see, the package surrounding the …

In life, everyone has a time where they question their chance of survival or their mortality. In Break of Day in the Trenches, by Isaac Rosenberg, he makes a reference that a rat has a better chance of surviving that he does. That even someone more worthless than him is …

            The period of modernist literature started in the nineteenth century as a result of various events. The onset of the two World Wars as well as the rise of many philosophical and psychological ideas and teachings all filtered into the way literature is viewed.  The influences of Friedrich Nietzsche’s …

How do the Poets James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy Present the Pain of Love in their Poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’? James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy are both contemporary poets. Their poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’ both include the themes of the pain of …