Poetry Essays

Compare and contrast two poems, one by each poet, taking account of the methods (situation, form and structure, and language, including imagery and tones) which each poet uses to write about her mother. The poems ‘Originally’ by Carol-Ann Duffy and ‘Lanarkshire Girls’ by Liz Lochhead both deal with the theme …

‘Warming Her Pearls’ by Duffy and ‘The Redneck’ by Lochhead are both dramatic monologues dealing with personal relationships; ‘Warming Her Pearls’ is narrated by a servant as she expresses her unrequited love for her mistress. ‘The Redneck’ is told through the eyes of a woman, now divorced as she reflects …

“A riche gnof”p33 A new emerging class bringing conflict to hierarchy emphaised trough word gnof lots of different words Chaucer uses analogue “deemed himself been lik a cokewold” p34 Prolepsis foreshadows tale builds tension takes away sympathy for John “he knew nat Cauton” p34 Shows he is not intelligent or …

I have recently finished studying an anthology of poetry by Geoffry Chaucer called “The General Prologue”, having done so I am completely enraged and horrified to discover the appauling and disgusting behaviour of the religious people in the 14th century. Three out of four religious characters were corrupt, and it …

Chaucer’s establishment of the Clerk in the General Prologue as a committed scholar who prioritises his academic studies over material wealth contrasts sharply with the description of the Merchant’s ‘bargaines’ and his ‘chevissaunce’. In placing The Clerk’s Tale immediately before that of the Merchant and exploring similar themes within both, …

“Sleep and Poetry” is one of the first poems written by Keats and it can be viewed in two different ways, either as a powerful presentation and a spirited and focused piece of writing or a naive, immature poem which does nothing more than idolise Wordsworth. In this essay I …

The difficult aspect of reading D’avanzo’s text was putting all the pieces of the puzzle together. Like a jigsaw, it is only once you manage to fit it all together that you can come to an informed view of the whole picture. Also, each section or point is not able …

The themes explored in the extract, lines 125 – 300, are that of love, deception and honour; both in general, and involving friends and women, religion in order to support and undermine marriage, and the overall purpose of marriage. The extract shows the fabliau nature of ‘The Merchant’s Tale’ and …

Vulnerability is one of the key themes that is explored throughout Blake’s poetry ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’ and Atwood’s text ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. However each author chooses to portray vulnerability through different means. Atwood emphasises on the vulnerability of women in a dystopian society whereas Blake focuses on …

Own mostly for his poetry, Tagore wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, dramas, and thousands of songs. Of Tagore’s prose, his short stories are perhaps most highly regarded; he is indeed credited with originating the Bengali-language version of the genre. His works are frequently noted for their rhythmic, optimistic, and …