Dost College Essays Samples For Students

Abstract

William Blake, the famous English romantic lyrical poet, wrote this musical poem, “ The Lamb”, which was published in his book “Songs of Innocence and Experience.” It is simple in style but a metaphorical poem with allusions to the Bible.

Introduction
William Blake, a romantic poet of the late 18th century, published the poem “ The Lamb” in his poetic collection called the “Songs of Innocence and Experience (Blake, 1789)⁠.” There is an air of innocence in the poem as the speaker asks a little lamb about its creator. This short poem is notable because of its lyrical style and its musical intonation. ...

Hart Crane's "To Brooklyn Bridge" is a rare poem that effectively uses diction to convey the immensity of something as large as a bridge. "To Brooklyn Bridge" is much more than a dedication to the famous bridge. The poem's word choice represents the grandiosity of the bridge itself. Its diction and tone combine to achieve a quintessential work that accurately depicts the size and importance of the Brooklyn bridge to New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers alike.

In the first stanza, Crane asks a question in a rather inquisitive tone. "How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest/The seagull’ ...

The Merchant of Venice is a comedy written by William Shakespeare at around 1597. This play is considered as Shakespeare’s darkest comedies. The comedy is about a bitter and angry Jewish moneylender named Antonio, who seeks revenge against his defaulter, a Christian merchant. The young man Bassanio had borrowed money from the merchant to romance a rich woman he was in love with.
In the time the play was written, there were few Jews in England, because they had been banished under the Edict of Expulsion in 1290. The Jews were treated badly in England, since they were a target of hatred. ...