Poetry Essays

Eavan Boland’s unique poem, Patchwork, allows the reader to be privy to the private thoughts of a persona, presumably the author herself, as she struggles to answer the question of fate or destiny. Throughout the poem, while quilting alone late at night, the speaker puzzles over the randomness of the …

The poem “Poem of Hatred,” by Sayeed Abubakar centers on the idea of the stupidity and vices of humanity. The poem itself gives a revolutionary call, and the poet conveys his message by using politics and the psychological behavior of humans. His strong use of words draws out the reader’s …

Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery” and Anne Bradstreet’s “To my dear and loving husband” poem both are expressing deep beliefs about their puritan background, however Edward’ poem displays a more puritan message, while Anne simply expresses her love for her husband. These poet’s use apostrophe and metaphors to describe what they were …

Poverty and inequality have been recurrent challenges in the Philippines and have again come to the fore in the wake of the current global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, and commodity prices experienced in 2008. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined very slowly …

The Americans returned in 1945. Filipinos rejoiced and guerrillas who fled to the mountain joined the liberating American Army. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines regained is freedom and the Filipino flag waved joyously alone. The chains were broken. Palanca awards Another inspiration for writers in Filipino was the launching …

Marge Piercy who was born in Detroit, is known as a feminist writer. Her poem, ‘Breaking Out’ was first published in the Harbor Review in 1984. The poem portrays the double oppression faced by a girl, for being a girl child and a child, at the same time. The poem …

The Anglo-Saxons values, is the comitatus mutual loyalty between the king and the kings men. Beowulf an epic hero, shows the potential of a true epic hero and the values of Anglo-Saxons. Loyalty, Heroism, Boasting, Generosity, Honor, and Anglo-Saxon women are all the values that Beowulf show in the poem …

In the first stanza MacCaig examines the world around him. While this examination can be viewed as a mere description of a setting for the poem, it also speaks for the thought process of the narrator (MacCaig). He considers the vast scale of the world but also its detail and …

Good morning/Afternoon I was called upon to deliver a poem in the ‘Take Part’ festival which is a festival within the local community. It is held to advocate that art and literature are tools to create awareness about social, cultural and global issues. The poem that I chose for the …

POETRY REQUIRES: Poetry requires creativity Poetry requires emotion Poetry requires an artistic quality Poetry requires logic *Rhyme-the repetition of sounds *Rhythm- the beat *Dactylic *Monosyllabic *Anapestic *Spondaic *Trochaic *Iambic *Accentual *Meter-length of a line of poetry, based on what type of rhythm is used. *Monometer *Dimeter *Trimeter *Tetrameter *Pentameter *Hexameter …