Poetry Essays

J.Reeves has successfully used the dog metaphor to elicit the behaviors of the sea at many occasions. The poet compares the different behaviors of the dog at different moods with the sea. The first stanza shows the begining of the violence due to the hungry nature of the dog which …

Simon Armitage’s poem ‘Out of the Blue’ is taken his from 2008 anthology of the same name. According to the book’s publishers, the poems in the anthology are presented in the form of a respone to three separate conflicts, all of which have changed the world we live in. Told …

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 …

The inclusion of “This is my letter to the world” emphasizes the growth of the speaker. During the Price’s stay in Kilanga, the family witnessed hundreds of deaths. These were tragic occurrences in their eyes but to the natives, they were simply nature’s message. At the beginning of the novel …

In Lord Byron’s poem, She Walks in Beauty, the poet praises a woman’s beauty. Yet, the poet not only focuses on the external appearance of the woman but extends his glorification onto the internal aspect of her, making the woman more divine and praiseworthy. In this analysis, we will first …

The Title of this poem is “Dulce Et Decorum Est” which translated from latin means “it is sweet and right”. From this it can be deduced that the rest of the poem will talk about something that is “sweet and right”, perhaps honor. Yet just by glancing at the second …

‘The flower fed buffaloes’ by Vachel Lindsay . He uses buffaloes to represent the time passed in the 19th century. The extinction of buffaloes has been linked to the decline in the population of the American tribes occurring during his time. This poem has been written during the 19th century. …

Carlos A. Angeles was born in Tacloban City, Leyte on May 25, 1921. He finished high school in Rizal High during the year 1938 and proceeded to college, going to various universities such as Ateneo de Manila, University of the Philippines (where he became a member of the UP Writers’ …

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 …

In the poem “Passed On” by Carole Satymurti, the speaker tells a story almost as in a novel of their mother and how she left them a box of index cards with advice on life when she died. The speaker’s gender seems to be female. In the poem, the poet …