Poetry Essays

Compare and contrast the poems by Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke that you have studied. Comment on the poets’ different attitudes to war and the effectiveness of their poetry in conveying their ideas and feelings. The First World War began with flag-waving, parades and writers stimulated by theoretical morals. Additionally, …

Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem ‘No problem’ is about how he was subjected to racism when he was in England it’s about his experience in school and how the teachers and everyone else treated him a certain way just because of the colour of his skin. He talks in Caribbean English and …

I disagree with this statement, as I feel that the three poems which I have chosen show the reader that perhaps it is not a positive benefit living in another culture, and in fact, it is possibly a negativism. I feel this because in my three poems, they present the …

The poem “My Last Duchess” was written by a famous 19th century poet called Robert Browning. “Salome”, on the other hand, is a modern 20th century poem written by Carol Ann Duffy. Both poems focus on the topic of killing lovers, but the two poets take different attitudes towards this. …

All the poems in the section ‘That old rope’ are about parent child relationships. Both ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell, ‘Lullaby’ by Rosemary Norman and ‘upon my son Samuel’ by Ann Bradstreet are all similar due to the re occurring theme of the parents desire to protect their children from harm. …

Death is life’s only certainty. At the moment when each year – each day – begins to weigh heavy importance, we are forced to circumspect not only on the aspects of death, but also life, grief, and the after-life. This essay explores the outlook of death from three poems – …

I find the description and use of imagery much more exciting when I read Night of the Scorpion rather than Vultures. Some of you might be thinking that Vultures has more description, but throughout the whole poem it doesn’t get interesting or make you want to read on, unlike in …

Robert Browning was a poet who was famous for writing dramatic monologues such as “My Last Duchess”, “The Laboratory” and “Porphyria’s Lover”. A dramatic monologue is a type of poem, which was written by many poets during the Victorian period. It is when a character in fiction or in history …

How do the poets convey racial discrimination in the poems ‘The Negro’ by Langston Hughes and ‘Prayer of a Black Boy’ by guy Tirolien? I have read various poems which are all about racism but in different ways. In one of the poems a man needs to prove his existence …

“Compare and contrast DH Lawrence and Richard Kell’s treatment of their subject in their poems Snake and Pigeons. Take into account all aspects of presentation.” Snake and Pigeons are both poems with the same theme as animals but both poets portray their subject in a different way. Kell seems very …