Essays on Poetry

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” is one of his easiest to read and, simultaneously, one of his most interesting poems. It covers several themes but the main theme is of aging, and the passing of time. The unhappy speaker muses about his impeding old age, and how this reminds him about the importance of love. Shakespeare uses many literary and stylistic devices to convey and enhance this theme. As the title suggests, the poem is in Shakespearian sonnet form, with fourteen lines and a rhyming scheme. The speaker and setting are inextricably linked and are central to the poem. ...

A Tool of the Hero

The topic of my essay addresses how the wisdom of Odysseus is a tool he uses in order to complete his tasks as a heroic character. Without wisdom, which is not found in every hero or even heroic leader, this character would not exist; the poem would not exist. There would be in all essence no need for the story. This is why wisdom is so very important to the plot, character development and “moral of” the story. It was Yu’s article that gave me the inspiration for this topic. When reading the article I was drawn to ...

The poem “Love In Place”, written by Nikki Giovanni, is dedicated to the theme of love. It is clear that the poem is very personal and the poet shares the most intimate thoughts and emotions that she felt her life. In her sonnet the Giovanni tries to identify what is love and what this feeling means to her. Thinking about her past memories, the speaker tries to understand whether she has ever fallen in love in her life. This question seems to be rather significant for the poet. Moreover, while thinking about love, she tries to find some evidences ...

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” focuses on the trend toward decline that always takes hold of the leaders of empires, particularly when they turn their attention away from fostering the growth of their people and toward perpetuating their own memories. Their pride shows forth in the erection of giant statues of themselves, on which they have artisans engrave all sorts of grandiose quotations about the unlimited power of their rule. They forget, of course, that all of us – not just individuals, but societies and countries – will come to an end at some point. This pride that makes people ...

One of the predominant elements of the 2016 Presidential election in the United States was the ways in which the American press underestimated the appeal that Donald J. Trump had, first among Republican voters in the primaries and then among American voters in the general election. National polling had the Democratic nominee, leading Trump by a significant enough percentage for the media to assume that Clinton would end up winning the election. Despite winning the popular vote, though, she failed to carry several states that had voted Democrat for more than three decades, and those electoral votes gave the ...

(Student’s Full Name)

Introduction As a child, the mind is easily in awe and wonder about the simplest or most basic experiences. Experts argue that this may be the case because children’s brains are wired differently compared to when they grow up as adults. When children grow up, their brain physiology and chemistry change so as to accommodate other sections of the brain that are necessary for adulthood. Consequently, individual loses her child-like wonder when experiencing ordinary events as an adult. Therefore, childhood is a time when the brain focuses on allowing the child to develop by ...

Question 1

The play “Waiting for Godot” functions with explicitly stipulated rules. The main characters in the play are Vladimir and Estragon. They are referred to as tramps in the play. The world in the play contains a lot of uncertainty. Nothing happens in the play, and there is always nothing to do. Vladimir and Estragon are waiting for a man referred to in the play as Godot. The tramps are uncertain about their actions. There are not sure they are waiting for Godot at the correct location and if it is on the right day. They are also unaware if ...

Thesis: Through a first person speaker, Collins uses language, imagery and form to convey his theme of lonely, one-sided love.

Introduction First person speaker Failing relationship Speaker still in love Language and Imagery “boat rides” etc “sometimes” and “more often than not” Form and Rhyme Free verse Occasional slant rhyme 5. Conclusion “The Breather” by Billy Collins is an interesting poem which conveys the theme of lonely love. Not that many poems cover the darker, isolated side of love, and this could be partly what makes this poem so memorable. Collins uses a seemingly mild-mannered, pensive speaker to narrate the poem, which creates a contemplative, conversational tone for the reader. Conversational language and imagery are also noticeable throughout, allowing ...

Homer and Hesiod are famous for their work concerning poetry. This paper compares them as poets. To begin with, Hesiod was a well-known Greek poet, who was identified as a hard worker throughout his work between the 750 and 650 BC. He wrote his story in the first European poetry using the similar words used by the ancient writers. During this period, Hesiod was trying to establish a relationship with the Greek religious clients. Viewing the scholars’ arguments, they pointed out Hesiod as the main source of the Greek mythology, knowledge on farming, and a great timekeeper. He analyzes ...

When unpacking poetry, readers should make themselves aware of the multiple denotations words may have, especially words that feel very familiar. Robert Herrick’s “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” stands as a perfect example of why this practice is crucial in gaining the entire meaning of a poem. After realizing how the words “rosebuds” and “flower” potentially mean more than just their botanical connotations, the reader discovers a deeper understanding of the poem, noticing a shift in the speaker’s audience, the poem’s tone, and the speaker’s character. Ultimately, the poem reveals itself to ...

Analysis of the poem “The Blue Bowl” by Jane Kenyon

Jane Kenyon’s poem “The Blue Bowl” is a short but strong work, representing the feelings about loss and death. Initially, it seems to be quite a simple and explicit poem, as the author tells us about the death of a cat in the first line:

with his bowl.” (Kenyon) However, with further reading and restating the poem, we realize that it has a much deeper sense. It is filled with symbols, which show us the inevitability of death. The title of the poem is a clear evidence that the blue bowl is a symbol, which must be explained ...

Right from my early ages as a toddler, there are many people, objects as well as things that have influenced my life. However, just a few have become inspirational to me. First, music is one thing that inspires me most. My mother loved music, and the best she would do when I cry is sing for me. Thus, I grew up seeing music as a solution to all my problems. Later, at an age where I could listen and understand, I spent the better part of my day listening to music during my leisure times. More so, being the ...

First Thessalonians is Paul’s first letter to the church at Thessalonica which he himself founded. This letter was written while Paul was ministering to the church at Corinth in the accompaniment of Timothy and Silas (1 Thessalonians 1:1). It is not clear about exactly how long Paul spent with the Thessalonians before leaving, but scholarly parlances place this period at around three weeks or three months, subject to different scholars (BTM). Being that Paul had received a number of offerings from the church at Philippi serves as enough evidence for having spent three months at Thessalonica (Philippians 4:16). ...

1 Wagner starts his argument with referring to generally acknowledged dislike for Jews, noticed among people worldwide. The author defines it as “a rooted dislike of the Jewish nature” (Wagner 79). At the beginning of the article, the author claims this dislike to be almost completely irrespective of Arts, and Music as the particular art form. Nevertheless, he emphasizes the meaning of Hebrew, which influences Jews’ speech in the most direct way, and its effect in Music. Wagner believes that the ancient language, spoken by the representatives of this ethnicity, is one of the main reasons why Jews are ...

After reading the poem by Susan Minot “My Husband’s back” I began to think about love relations and their role in our life. How do they affect us? How much do they influence our lives? The author tries to show her feeling in this short poem, but everything is clear without any other words. The author is ready to travel everywhere to be behind the back of her husband. There is only one person in her life – her husband and it is may be not real love but love dependence. But from that poem it becomes clear that ...

Although the times of oppression related to gender, class, and race seem to have gone by, the issues of discrimination still matter in our country even nowadays when people finally seem to understand that diversity should be celebrated. According to Andersen and Collins, attitudes toward gender, class, and race are the foundation of our society and it is impossible to understand its structure, nor organization without taking into account this triad (Andersen & Collins, 2). This paper focuses on three issues related to how the subject should be dealt with in the modern context: intersection, or overlapping of different ingredients ...

Abstract

The basic principle of Marxist criticism is that society is divided in social classes that are in an antagonist relation, wherein the rich and strong exploit the poor and weak. In this sense, Walt Whitman’s poem “A Noiseless Patient Spider” does not reflect the exploitative relation that Marx sees as representative for society, but he rather describes the society of one, hence an atypical society. The solitude, isolation and desolation are feelings that appear throughout the story, so the reader can understand that possession, or a high social status is not as important as companionship, or when one ...

Sherman Alexie’s poem “Evolution” is a scathing indictment of the white European settlement of the Americas, and the subsequent subjugation of the Native American people. By spinning the tale of white conquest over the Natives, and the economic dependence the Natives were forced to have on whites after that, into a fable involving famed Western icon Buffalo Bill, Alexie satirically points out the hypocrisy by which the white Western narrative makes a fable out of the removal of Native peoples and culture from their own hands. The poem begins with the establishment of Buffalo Bill, who “opens a ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work in the form of a poem traced to ancient Mesopotamia. It is believed to be one of the earliest literary pieces in the history of the world. It was authored originally in the Sumerian Cuneiform language dated between 2700BCE to 2500 BCE. The protagonist of the myth is one Gilgamesh, an ancient ruler, and warrior who ruled the city-state of Uruk. He is revered for having built the magnificent temples and massive walls of Uruk (Gardner & Maier 1984). The Old Testament, on the other hand, is widely borrowed from Torah which ...

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman were both influential poets of their times, and they have each retained their popularity over the years since. Both poets often tackle the theme of spirituality, but their views differ; Dickinson approaches the topic from the position of the afterlife, whereas Whitman contemplates spirituality from the perspective of life on earth. The two poets differ in that Dickinson often writes from the perspective of someone who has already died, whereas Whitman uses speakers who are still alive on earth. The speaker of Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is a ghost, ...

Poems on Passing the Ruined Capital of Ōmi

The sections of the poem are as follows: it consists of a long chōka, and there are two envoys following it. In the first longer part, chōka, Hitomaro mentions the ruler who has chosen to move the capital from the location “under heavens” (Shirane, 2012) to a “wild place” (Shirane, 2012), and wonders how the ruler could have made such a decision. The author also describes the present desolation of the former capital, as its ruins stand in the spring sun. The contrast between the observed ruins, the broken, demolished city, and the past majesty of the ...

Coming into Language is an autobiography by Jimmy Baca that is used to depict the power of being literate. The author illustrates the life of a young illiterate Hispanic male who had to struggle through life in school, at work place and even unable to be stand up for his right to freedom. He compared his life when he was illiterate and when literate and shows the obvious benefits of being literate against the disadvantages of being illiterate. This is a story of hardship and gloom that ends in a triumph as the character is able to overcome his ...

Most of the poem is a speaker's account of a woman who is undressing. The speaker calls and entices the mistress to come into bed. Further, the speaker believes that he will only be in content if he engages in coitus with the mistress. The next lines describe the act of gradually undressing the woman piece by piece. He compares her pieces of attire to different things such as her girdle, which he compares to elements in the heavens. He tells of the woman's beauty and compares his exploration of the woman's body as that of the exploration of ...

Alfred Prufrock, the speaker of Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” and Nick, the protagonist of Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River,” have certain traits in common but there are also difference between them. Both characters have are avoiding certain things; Prufrock avoids propositioning the woman he loves, and Nick avoids confronting memories from the war which still haunt him. Similarly, both characters suffer with anxiety. Prufrock is too anxious to speak frankly to the woman, and Nick suffers from PTSD and this affects him in everyday life. The two characters differ, however, in that Prufrock chooses ...

Introduction

Literature is often referred to as the mirror of the society because it depicts the on-going situations in the society using various characters. Fictional characters such as J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams have been used in various works so that they can represent some characters in the Society. Thesis Statement: J. Alfred Prufrock and Nick Adams have various similarities and differences as characters as well as some ways to which they represent the ‘modern man' that lives in the current society. The two characters are used in different works by different authors and they unintentionally represent many things ...

With many discoveries yet to come, astronomers are still working hard to further their knowledge on exoplanets that could be around the universe. However, there is a feeling of our world being extraordinary and exceptional. The idea of exceptionalism has been common in the history of America. The nation has been deemed exclusive in various aspects of the world. Economically, militarily, and socially, America has often led by example and diligently. Many other countries also recognize that America still plays a critical role in global leadership thus earning the exceptional perception. There remain the bad and good sides of ...

Main Contact: INSERT HERE Fax: INSERT HERE

VITAL INFORMATION Summary: This lesson utilizes two descriptions of the same room from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. By contrasting the words chosen to depict the color of the room in the first and second descriptions, students can figure out the moods involved in the descriptions and indicate how those word choices contribute to those two moods.

STANDARDS AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

Standards: INSERT HERE Differentiated Instruction: In this instance, flexible grouping will be the system for creating differentiated instruction EEI (ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INSTRUCTION) – LESSON PLAN ELEMENTS REQUIRED: Objective The learner will analyze prose for the ways in which diction ...

“The Purpose of Poetry” is an interesting article. While some of the ideas about the purpose of poetry seemed too cryptic for my taste, I found myself agreeing with others. The following sentence interested me the most: “When power corrupts, poetry cleanses, for art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.” I agree that successful poetry comments on basic traits and habits of human beings, and so serves well encouraging readers to gain perspective of what is important. Furthermore, I think that good poetry reminds readers about fundamental aspects of reality that ...

The Lament for Prince Peer of the Sun, of The Lament for Prince Kusakabe, is among the earliest poetic works of Kakinomoto no Hitomaro that have survived until modern days. The poem, which is an elegy in form, was originally intended to commemorate the late Japanese crown prince Kusakabe, a successor of the emperor Tenmu. The beginning lines of the poem point to the place of Kusakabe’s temporary burial palace and express the poem’s relation to the mourning period following Kusakabe’s premature death. The first meaningful section of the poem is a clear allusion to Japanese ...

Introduction

The most recommended book, in the field of font design and styles, The Elements of Typographic Style is a legendary milestone of Robert Bringhurst. Not only Amazon, but thousands of other web pages provide thorough reviews about the very book. Though the subject of the book is considered disproportionately impassioned and somehow nit-picky, unlike some fictions or biographies, the readers are loathed to set down saluting to the page-turner. The paper consists of a critical analysis of the aforementioned book in which we aim to not only summarize what the book is all about but how it is and ...

The complexities of racism, and the ways in which society should end it, remains intriguing fodder for literature. Some of the most intriguing portrayals of these arguments are in Frances Watkins Harper’s “The Slave Auction” and “The Slave Mother,” Luis Valdez’s “Los Vendidos,” and Zitkala-Sa’s School Days of an Indian Girl. While Harper’s direct, anguished portrayals of the evils of the slave trade elicit an implicit argument to stop these practices and end their pain, Valdez is more explicit in his call for aggressive revolution and demolishing of stereotypes, and Zitkala-Sa similarly advocates for a ...

Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Raven” in 1945. The poem shows how lost love can lead to depression. Depression, and mental illness in general, is a topic common to many of Poe’s works, and he often uses an unreliable narrator as one of the primary means of showing such depression. Following the death of the woman he loved, a male speaker narrates “The Raven,” and through this first person account, the reader is allowed a glimpse of his descent into madness. Through the poem, Poe demonstrates to how the experience of losing a loved one can propel someone ...

If there ever was a poet that served as a representative of the Romantic Period of literature, there’s no doubt that William Wordsworth’s poetry comes to mind. His understanding of Nature continues to remain unparalleled and which is something that Coleridge himself acknowledges in his poem, To William Wordsworth, where he expresses his admiration for the latter by calling him “friend of the wise” and “teacher of the good” (Coleridge). Without a doubt, Coleridge and Wordsworth spent time writing poetry that is now considered to be the beginning of the Romantic Age, where poets took inspiration from ...

Assignment 1

The first task of successful learning is setting right targets. In order to accomplish this task, we will provide a 30 days lesson plan due to Scaffold targeting. Scaffolding differs from other learning technics. It is important to provide material gradually. A teacher can use different strategies but the main thing is ‘to relate things’ (Pilcher, 2012). In scaffolding, there are two main objectives to achieve – pupils have to be able to describe and explain the material. Learning here is represented like a ladder and lesson plan is a set of steps pupils take on this ladder (Pilcher, 2012). ...

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 by design mocks the traditional love poems of Shakespeare’s times. More traditional love poems were rife with exaggerated comparisons that extolled the beauty of the beloved. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 outright makes fun of such things in lines like the opening: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;” (1). While much of his poem is spent describing her lover’s shortcomings, in the end he claims to love her. Shakespearean sonnets are fourteen lines long and consist of four parts (Kennedy n.p.; Owen 260). The first three parts known as quatrains each consist ...

According to Dekun Zheng (1983), China has been one of Asia’s most distinguished countries, and it has been known to have a class structure which has divided it into two Chinas. The upper class and the rural class has had clear demarcations in the country. The upper class of the Chinese civilization has enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle which has been visible from their expenditure, way of living and spending. Moreover, the author mentions the importance of gaining a classical education, which has been important to the Chinese upper class that helped them rise above the rural class of ...

Memory in poetry is an important aspect that poets must consider. According to Dymoke, Andrew and Anthony (18), it plays central roles such as constructing and maintaining the connections between things perceived in the poem. With a specific emphasis, the use of metaphors in poetry considerably promotes this function. A major function of metaphor in poetry is to talk about a single situation, object, or circumstance while alluding the other. According to Lakoff & Turner (2009), poetry, as a component of oral literature is a metaphor used to demonstrate the manner in which experience human life at a higher depth. ...

Burns, “A Red, Red Rose,” analysis

This poem solely focuses on the type of love that is above everything even the earth. “A Red, Red Rose,” is a typical love that would compel the speaker to walk thousands of miles to meet with his lover with no issues. Red Roses are usually associated with love. The repetition of red depicts the paradigm of not just the seriousness but also the emphasis put by the man. The speaker introduces the poem with a simile: his love is like a recently sprung red rose. The poet also utilizes other literally devices such as alliteration. “And I will” ...

The new wave of feminism in the pop culture has developed newfound respect and meaning for the feminist pop icons and their music. One prominent feminist celebrity is Meghan Trainor. The musician is a self-proclaimed positive advocate of feminism who specializes in aesthetic and poppy doo-wop lyrics and videos that motivate young women to love themselves and reject the traditional pressures. While in most of her songs, the message seems to be positive, a closer analysis reveals several unsettling truths about the feminist messages. This essay strives to formulate a feminist assessment of the video and lyrics for “Dear ...

Tiny Feet by Gabriela Mistral

Poetry was always the way to express yourself, to scream aloud about things that worry an author. So does Gabriela Mistral in the poem “Tiny Feet”. The topic of poverty is very familiar to her – “she was not from a moneyed elite background, but from an impoverished provincial middle-class family” (Miller, 2005). That influenced her poetry in a whole, as she tries to warn others about the terrible state of poverty. The whole form of the poem is interesting. It consists of six stanzas; each stanza contains four lines. They all share the same scheme – three full lines, and ...

Harlem Renaissance Poets: Essays on Langston Hughes’s “Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret” and Countee Cullen’s “Heritage” and Harlem Renaissance-Inspired Poem (Student’s Full Name) (Name of Professor) Harlem Renaissance Poets: Essay on Langston Hughes’s “Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret” and Countee Cullen’s “Heritage” and Harlem Renaissance-Inspired Poem According to David Chioni Moore (1996), there “exists and existed in this century a black culture that is neither African, Caribbean, American, nor European, but is rather all of these at once and more” (p. 49). The previously mentioned statement encapsulates both the dilemma and the ...

The art belongs to creative activities performed by a human being from the ancient time. There were signs of different arts in the ancient society as well as it is quite common in this ultra-modern society. Art is the way of expressing their feelings by human beings in a more visual manner that make it understandable to the viewer. Visual art contains different areas of creative entertainment activities, such as paintings, music, literature, dance, poetry. The readings have provided clear insight about the thinking of 2 writers about art. The readings clearly define that art has great influence on ...

Abstract

The documentation of this journey in pastoral counseling of an event is outlined from “Crossroads”, which is based on a set case study of characters. The implementation of F.A.I.T.H. for Solution-based Short-term Pastoral Counseling (SBSPC), along with faith based measures of the counselor in pastoral mantle is the focus of the assessment. As a final report requirement, a counseling initiative for documentation in a pastoral role is required, and has been carried forth. An individual was chosen from the case studies, and all culminating work in this course of study has come to this report. The four F.A.I.T.H counseling ...

Currently living in the city of Atlanta Georgia, I am a native Californian. At a young age, I was introduced to pastoral care. My grandfather enjoyed a prominent position as an elder in the Baptist church. He would visit his members on a regular basis. He was the one who actually introduced me to learn about pastoral care as a PK. The basis of Pastoral care, as exemplified in one's treatment of the neighborhoods, grew out of the theological commitment as demonstrated in one's love for God’s people. I believe that my interest in pastoral care is a ...

The epic poem Beowulf is generally considered one of the earliest known stories put to writing in the Western world. Written in England between the 7th and 10th centuries by an anonymous poet of Anglo-Saxon descent, Beowulf presents itself as one of the most prominent examples of oral tradition being passed down into text. Despite being written in England, it explores Scandinavia as a setting, focusing on the plight of Vikings in the land of the Geats. As such, the poem deals greatly with Viking culture and that of the Danes, depicting them as a people of great honor ...

Literature

Edgar Allan Poe and his most predominant themes Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, writer, and editor. He is also known for literary critics. He is one of the most important literary figures in Romanticism from 1840 to 1849. Poe’s work was of such dynamic nature that it has resulted in “massive impact” (3). He has also associated nature with good. Poe’s well-known fiction works are Gothic, and "Metzengerstein" was his first published Gothic tale. Some of his works were also satiric and comic such as “A Tale of Jerusalem”, “The Duc de L’Omelette” (humorous ...

‘Love’ is among the majorly debated themes by both the modern and postmodern poets. Fundamentally, love refers to a deep affection for something towards another thing. The poems “A&P” by John Updike, “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, “a leaf falls” by E.E. Cummings and When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman vividly provides a depiction of love, as some of the major thematic issues. This paper, therefore, provides an analysis and the discussion of ‘” love” as one of the major thematic issues portrayed in “A&P”, “Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord “a leaf falls” ...

Edgar Allan Poe, the celebrated American writer, critic and editor, holds a prominent place among the literary circle. He is famous for his excellent short stories and poems, surrounded by an aura of anonymity and obscurity. He can rightly be termed as a Romantic who is often recognized as the forerunner of the detective fiction and science fiction. His personal life endured many ups and downs. The tremors of love and feelings find persuasive expression in most of his works. The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell- Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death are some ...

[Assignment]

There has been a major push in the past few decades towards diversity in the literary canon, which was for a long while dominated by similar voices with similar origins. This push toward diversity has taken many forms: the integration of more female voices; the inclusion of more writers of color, regardless of their origin; and the inclusion of works of literature from non-Western cultures that have for too long been ignored. This last point has become known by the name multiculturalism, and though there is agreement throughout the academic community that this addition of previously un-acknowledged voices ...

(Course Number)

However being hidden among the abundant and eloquent metaphors, the poet raises in the poem a wide range of issues. It may be noticed that according to the certain topics raised the mood of the poems gradually changes, too: firstly, the poet provides the flashbacks to the early childhood and praises mother tongue, depicting it as “a tender flower with lots of fragrances”, “an ornament for dignity and beauty of people”, “a playground for their incessant aspirations” (Laoti 1). The tone then changes when he illustrates the existence without a mother tongue: “Neither heart neither leaps up ...

Thesis

Charles Baudelaire’s poem, The Swan (1860), is a clash of emotions, from nostalgia to despondency, brought about by the destruction of the City of Paris and the memory creation on the events of the war.

The feelings of loss and nostalgia keep on bugging the persona’s mind, and he remembers Andromache, the widow of Hector, a Troy great warrior. When Greece defeated Trojan, the son of Achilles took Andromache as a trophy of war, taking her away from the familiarities of her entire life and surroundings to a new civilization and establishment where she became a wife ...

Introduction

There are periods in life when it seems that it is impossible to go on, rise from ashes, or simply continue a journey. This time may be characterized as a dark hour, a gloomy dream, or a “the light vanished from our golden sun” (Wilde 25). It is challenging to encounter with the most difficult circumstances and to have strength to overcome them. Not everyone has an inner will and power to overcome the barriers and find a guiding threat again. However, literature presents the readers with the invaluable gift of experience, inspiration, and guidance, which helps to continue ...

Introduction

William Blake is a great poet from England who was born November 28, 1757, and died August 12, 1927 (Bentley, 2016). He wrote Songs of Innocence and Songs from Experience (Poetry Foundation, 2016). In this work, William Blake speaks of two animals in opposite ways. The purpose of this paper is to write of the meaning of the two poems and compare each of the poems. The question: What are the likenesses and differences in the poems “The Lamb”, and “The Tyger” that make one poem a poem of innocence and the other poem a poem of experience? Will ...

THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN THE FORM OF POEM AND ITS MEANING

The world of poetry is proud of different outstanding names from the past, being constantly enriched with new masterminds. Nevertheless, there are such notables, whose light brightly shines all over the world, through centuries. In particular, such eternal fame is conquered by William Shakespeare, whose graceful style and deep understanding of the world made him a guiding star for all generations. In order to convince ourselves in Shakespeare’s great talent, let us dive into the beauty of his sonnet 130 from the world-known Sonnets. What makes Shakespeare’s penmanship exclusively inimitable is his great ability to preserve the ...

Tennyson, “The Eagle”. Discussion Question: How is the solitary eagle’s strength emphasized in the first stanza? Does the reader “join” the eagle in the second stanza? How or how not? The reader joins the eagle in his dive in the second stanza through the metaphorical comparison with a thunderbolt. Captivated by the bird’s masterful and exact description in the first part of the poem, the reader has no choice but to follow the eagle’s majestic fall towards the water. This is also achieved by the personification of the predator, as the author uses pronouns “he”, and “ ...

Upon receiving this assignment, the interest was clear. Carrie Fountain’s poem, Experience, touches so much of what is human about everyone in one area of life or another. Whether we have denied it or not, everyone has that remembrance that was great while it was happening, but was more an ending than a means to an end. Humankind makes mistakes of judgment frequently. Thankfully time, and what is intrinsically good in us can manage to overcome our battles with all things, which is something of an element in this poem that will be discussed soon enough. The central ...

The poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" belongs to the works of the so-called "Arthurian cycle" since it tells about the adventures of Gawain, a knight of the Round Table, and the nephew of the legendary King Arthur. Translated by James Winny, the poem reveals the story about Sir Gawain's risky undertakings to meet the Green Knight. Sir Gawain agreed to hit the Green Knight with his axe but in return, he has to be struck back a year and one day later. The development of the plot of the poem is built on the conflict as well ...

A steward is a person, who manages their wealth and other possessions wisely. God is the owner of all things on earth and ewe should respect him as the overall proprietor. A Christian can practice sound financial stewardship in various ways, according to the will of God. The paper covers ways in which a Christian can practice stewardship based on scriptures. It includes how various people interpret different scriptures. Lastly, the paper includes the lessons learned from the scriptures, which will be summarized into several basic stewardship principles.

Scriptures discussing ways of practicing stewardship

Stewardship can be practiced by giving or tithing faithfully to God ...

In the poem entitled, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot, there are a variety of examples supporting that his main character, a man living during the Victorian Age, is having and dealing with the social conflict that surrounds him. It is addressed directly right in the beginning with the first six lines of the poem coming from Dante’s “Inferno” which is based on the aspect of living in Hell. This depicts that the main character is dealing with their own internal conflict and feel as if there is no hope left in their life. ...

In The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe wrote about how the sorrow of a person’s death can affect the living long after they are gone. This is something that Poe demonstrated through his use of tone, allegory, language, symbolism and allusion which is used to set the mood of the poem which is extremely dark. This paper will look at symbolisms of death that are used in The Raven. Many think that the Raven is the dominate symbol in the poem. However, it is the memory of Lenore. Lenore, although she never shows up and the narrator ...