Poems Essay Examples and Topics. Page 3

The poem explores the philosophical world of the human life, focusing on the concepts of life, death, and understanding of self.

The theme of the poem is drinking alcohol and its justification. Clearly, there is a hint at the theme of the piece as the Greek writer focused on love and alcohol.

From this, the entire context of the poem becomes clear wherein it appears that the author wrote the poem as an appeal to his father who is near the death in that he wanted his [...]

The title and the first stanza of the poem highlight the first symbol in the poem. Through the personification of the clouds, the speaker is able to express the extent or impact of his loneliness.

Thus, the underlying motif of the poem revolves around the formidable potency and tenacity of hope, even in the face of dire tribulations and trials.

The poem's magnitude of metaphors and symbolism does an excellent job of reflecting the poet's state of mind."Lady Lazarus" resembles the biblical story of Lazarus - the person whom Jesus famously resurrected.

The prologue of the book is highly engaging, and I found quite a few of the comments to be intriguing. Essentially, it makes sense to claim that the statement alludes to the complicated realities of [...]

Gilman uses the speaker and his neighbors to illustrate the subject of change and creates a division between him as the modern mind and the neighbors as the traditional minds.

The poem 'The Lamb' by William Blake is a short verse that describes the author's attitude towards the little lamb that metaphorically symbolizes everything in the world that is calm, humble, and inoffensive.

The author personifies Imagination to describe best the state of mind that people experience when they are dreaming. Moreover, the poetess notes that Imagination can transfer people to places not available to the common mind.

The poem is a part of Whitman's Leaves of Grass collection, where the writer shares feelings and observations about human nature, reactions, and emotions."Sometimes with one I love" reveals the harsh consequences of non-reciprocal love, [...]

In brief, the poem recounts the lyrical protagonist's disillusionment with the decline of Christian faith in the rise of scientific thought in society.

This essay will examine the content and value of the poem in relation to the psychological, emotional, and literary elements used by the speaker to express the contrast between those living and the dead.

The day the explosion happened / there was a foreboding of an accident / and the sun was the foreteller. The poem's central topic is the explosion which happened in a coal mine."At noon there [...]

The swaying and rocking of the written song is felt in the cadence of the poem. The sense of evil is to be of anger due to prejudice; he accepts that in the end.

The excellence of the sonnets is the excellence of parts. Although the sonnets proclaim his affection for the young man and his indulgence of him, they also disclose the attitudes which Shakespeare takes to both [...]

As a result, the reader perceives the woman's love as pure and platonic, focused more on the spiritual side of the matter.

The validity of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the Sonnet 116, in which the poet exposes readers to his highly idealistic view on the significance of love.

This way the languages of the poem creates an effect of a one-on-one conversation between the reader and the author and increases the feeling of the poet's personal presence during his monologue, which is extremely [...]

The reader can interpret starting lines as the response to the question of the priest in the wedding ceremony about the reasons preventing the couple from getting married The structure of the phrase "Let me [...]

According to Glazer and Williams, authors argue that their compositions are built of strong materials, and the likes and dislikes of children cannot be used as a basis for determining the quality of the literature.

When the devil came to tempt Adam and Eve, God knew that they would fall to the temptations because they had the free will to make their decisions.

Wilfred Owen primarily appeals to credibility and emotion to convey the horrors of the war, but there is still a logical component in the poem's structure.

Their bubble burst in the air" to mean black men have confronted what others, including the white men, have encountered, only that the black men's experiences are negative.

In old English, as is the case with the poem, there is an addition of the suffixes such as as in elingas in weak verbs.

Looking into the fish's eyes may be regarded as the poem's crucial and turning point and as the author's attempts to identify and compare the existence of the human and the fish.

When it comes to social media, Alexie thinks Facebook is a poor method to connect with people since it encourages them to retreat behind their computers. The Facebook Sonnet uses the enjambment and caesura approaches [...]

Unlike marriage, which in the 16th century England was out of the woman's hands, it was her choice on who to love and experience feelings for.

As a result of the specified exploration, the chance to heal and embrace the cultural roots emerges for African American readers.

The protagonist sees himself as chosen for fulfilling a purpose, almost as a sacred duty of his ideology, "These are the duties of the righteous/ the ways of the anointed".

Beginning with the first stanza of the poem, the narrator states that he is exhausted and hears a gentle tapping as he nods in a somnolent condition; however, he first concludes that the knocking on [...]

Jordan focuses on portraying the aspects of the young Black poet's life while naming Wheatley the "miracle" and explaining why the life of the Black poet can be associated with the idea of a "difficult [...]

The poet emphasizes the sounds to bring the reader into the philosophical mood by writing about "gazing at the croaking of the frogs" and "listening to the moon".

The poem, "The Bean Eaters" portrays the old couple's poor state they live in alongside how they are fighting to be alive despite all their difficulties. They are the remnants of their lives.

Neither the details of the tragedy nor the identity of Astarte are disclosed in the novel, but most scholars agree that the nature of the events, as well as the feelings of the protagonist, are [...]

Hamlet is pretending to be mad and this pretense is the one that shapes the scene and the rest of the play.

This is the individual we can identify as the poetic persona or the person who is doing the speaking in the poem.

Poems about love are the most influential, reading them you feel as if also in love and your heart may be filled with warm feelings."The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" is the poem by Christopher [...]

The force of Dylan Thomas's feeling is as apparent in the short poem "The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" as in the significantly longer "Fern Hill".

The character Prufrock in the poem "love song" represents the same emotions of Eliot. The emotionality and psychological masterwork of language is like magic in the poem.

Who are you?" Emily Dickinson dons the mantle of the speaker in the poem and explores the various nuances involved in being the antithesis of a 'somebody', namely, a 'nobody'.

In this example, death is in the middle of the circle, and is, hence in the power of the person because death settles on to impede, whether the person is pleased with it or not.

Henry Longfellow composed poems, the themes of which echoed with the principles and cornerstones of that time. These ideas are depicted in the works of Longfellow of the 1830s throughout the interaction of man and [...]

Critics attribute the change in style to the politically charged times that We Real Cool was written in, and the poem also includes a more generous sprinkling of the vernacular that made her work more [...]

This is likely intentional as the tower, and the neighboring lake is a very famous location in China and holds great significance outside the context of the poem.

The masterpiece describes the life of Odysseus and his journey especially after the infamous fall of Troy. One outstanding fact about Odysseus is that he is the main hero of the epic.

It this work, he describes a great mission of white men which have to colonize and rule the rest of the world, bringing civilization and culture to backward peoples.

A density of narrative elements used in the play creates dynamics between the character and the plot, motif and problem by including techniques implied by the sources.

The imagery of the poem, its language, and structure are the main elements that help the author to convey his meaning and feelings for Lucy. One of the things that catch the attention of the [...]

Willy Loman is believed to be a tragic hero, since he fails to achieve his purpose and encounters numerous barriers in his way to self-realization and happiness. Willy Loman cannot be a tragic hero, since [...]

The most stimulant reason for the selection of the poem comes from its touchy phrases that explain the need to appreciate and put all the love to the most high, the creator of everything, the [...]

The ability of "wyrd" is to put a person in a situation where they can determine their future and even partially feel or foresee it.

Emerson sees the ultimate manifestations of beauty in "the frailest leaf, the mossy bark, the acorn's cup, the raindrop's arc, the swinging spider's silver line, the ruby of the drop of wine, the shining pebble [...]

The Shoelace and Waking in the Blue are similar based on designating the theme of madness by poets as the main speakers, considering the pessimistic and sarcastic tone, using understandable language, and specific stylistic techniques.

Shakespeare was regarded as the poet of nature, emphasizing the uniqueness and magnificence of humanity in all of his poems. The sonnet is centered around time and immortality as it asserts how the poet's beloved [...]

Basically, Collins took the idea of a popular poem concept in which the narrator compared their beloved to different phenomena and transformed it into a humorous poem.

The poem does not seem to address anyone in particular, but the "you" in it refers to the people who have oppressed and continue to discriminate against the speaker and the community she represents.

The first aspect of this poem is the focus on the conduct of the male characters from the perspective of honor.

Personally, I had a clear image in my head when I read the poem; that is why using imagery shaped my understanding of the poem and the role of romance in it.

Imagery, similes, and alliteration are essential elements in Spencer's work that help him reach the reader and explain his concept of love.

The segregation and prejudices attached to the black community by their counterparts impacted them negatively in regard to how society perceived the black people and consequently, how they felt about themselves.

The stylistic device that the poet uses is the simile to associate a deferred dream with the traditional image of rotting meat. The first part is the dream's relation to a raisin and a rot.

As for my personal opinions on the reading, I think that "When I Was One-and-Twenty" accurately and truthfully reflects the aspirations of the young generation to which I belong.

In the poem "Upon Burning of our House," she "shows her total belief in God, even in times of the destruction of their property".

The poetry of the Beat Generation exuded of the ideal of the Beat Generation that was to "escape" in a "vision".

Each of the poem's stanzas demonstrates the gravity of the sour relationship between a father and his son. The complexity of the association between the father and the son is evident all through the poem.

All through eternity Beauty unveils His exquisite form in the solitude of nothingness; He holds a mirror to His Face and beholds His own beauty.he is the knower and the known, the seer and the [...]

In "The Swan" and "To a Passer-By", Baudelaire, the fl neur, shares his memories of the past and the realities of the mundane present to underline the beauty of the transience of life.

Anderson makes a conclusion that the poem is built on the ironic contrast between the unheroic Miniver as it is and his dreams of adventure, romance, and art associated with heroic figures of the Trojan [...]

Nature is therefore described as the origin of language and the end of the same, where language is said to be born out of nature and to terminate in the same form, making nature a [...]

The analysis of the poem The Flea should be viewed through the author's personal style of writing and world look. The style of the poem writing can be characterized as lyrical and romantic as the [...]

To the poet, nature is the best company and he loves to sit lonely in the lap of nature. Here, the poet used to enjoy the beauty of nature and contemplate the future of humanity.

Athena finds Telemachus to inform him that his father is back, and she directs him to Eumaeus' house, where he finds the vagabond.

The poem is delivered in the form of a narration where the author provides a detailed description of the girl who is getting ready in the morning. In summary, the poem by Song is very [...]

Additionally, the poet's description of beauty, satirical approach to love, and the construction of gender roles reveal his interest in the issue of sexuality.

Thesis: whilst the poem may be apprehended in many ways, essentially the framework of a speaker questioning the beast symbolically reflects the beginning of the appreciation of the strength of own soul.

In Sheehy's article, Lawrence Thompson notes that the ultimate problem of Frost biographer is to see if the biographer can be enough of a psychologist to get far enough back into the formative years of [...]

In particular, Darwish's poem demonstrates that the loss of homes is major distress for Palestinians, undermining their national identity and depriving them of their history.

In "The Trouble Ball," Espada uses symbolism to convey the pain and injustice experienced by his father and other immigrants due to segregation and discrimination in baseball.

The poem by Yeats is an allegory of the current day because the symbols and imagery used in the text resemble a hard time in history.

The woman made the decision in her late twenties to spend a significant part of her time in the family house rather than stepping outside.

Even though it is not stated directly in the text, the reader assumes that the doe was hit by a car, the driver of which did not even stop to move her body out of [...]

Whereas in "The song of Roland," women are portrayed as the foil for the male characters' development, "The Arabian Nights" demonstrate women's resilience and resourcefulness while being held in thrall of patriarchy.

The poem was published in 2011, and the narrator may have been inspired by the science fiction movies that dominated the movie industry between 2009 and 2010."Of the Threads that Connect the Stars" by Martin [...]

The point is that the lives of children can blossom in the hands of parents, but to assert the child is "mine" is to defend one's ignorance.

She is telling the truth: she and like-minded people will fight for the world to stop climate change. For those who contribute to the planet's destruction, her message is clear: she will oppose them, fight [...]

The stories in the poem are chronological, and the message from the presiding episode results in a significant change for the consecutive narratives.

Incident is one of the most famous poems by the prominent African-American poet and author Countee Cullen who is a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. The conflict described in the poem is one of [...]

The revolutions of 1830 and 1848 showed that the medieval structure of the streets in Paris was playing one of the major roles in their success.

The title of the poem is descriptive enough to send a message of sadness expressed in the entire poem. The poem is a representation of the depression that was experienced in the 1930s.

The internal structure and the external form of this very poem are connected with the help of the context; at the same time, the external form facilitates the understanding of the contrast between two worlds.

The title "The Second Coming" is taken from the Christianity prophesy from the book of revelation that the world will end through a series of events and eventually Christ will come back to rule over [...]

Thesis: The poem is about the wanderings of the ancient mariner who is permanently traumatized and alienated by his killing of the albatross and his experiences lead him to the spiritual realization that all creatures [...]

As she describes it, the reader gets the impression that this fish is quite ugly and undesirable. In the first line, the poet calls this fish "tremendous", and according to the experience of the reader, [...]

According to the author the in the short poem the Dream of the Rood, the narrations of the poem is done in a manner to represent the horror fear as well as awe in witnessing [...]

The first part of the paper exemplifies to the reader how Wordsworth incorporates similes, while the second part illustrates the narrator's use of personification to underline the poem's central theme.

The language used in many of her poems lacks a clear rhyme and at times is borderline prose, and yet still it manages to pluck at the strings located in a reader's heart, painting vivid [...]

The poem is about the bond between father and son. The poem expressed a son's desire to connect with his father.

Wisdom in Beowulf's life is evident in his journey to Denmark and his reign over the Geats. At this time, all he had in his mind were the battles he was going to engage in [...]

Judging from the prologue that precedes the poem, the reader realizes that the author of "Lanval" was of French origin. The purpose of this essay is to carry out a close reading on lines 17 [...]

As the speaker touched its belly, he was sorry that he could not be able to save the young deer that was warm in the belly of the dead deer.

In this regard, Coleridge has managed to explain to the non artistic the mystic and the complexity of truth as defined by the creative genius so to this extent, nature is very useful in understanding [...]

A River attracts society to itself and has the option to educate them on the bloody history of the USA. Thus, it is still relevant as a reminder of the tragic past and promising future.

In the poem "My Last Duchess," the Duke shows that he values status and power, which drives his jealousy and makes him want to control every aspect of his former wife's behavior.

Thus, the author shows that in addition to changes in appearance, the girl also notices physiological changes in her body, making her more feminine.

The poem tells the story of Adam and Eve, their creation, and how they happened to lose their position in the Garden of Eden, also known as Paradise.

Maya Angelou, being a Black woman in the America of the past, dared to assert that she is capable and worthwhile with Still I Rise. In conclusion, Maya Angelou's Still I Rise is an ode [...]

The cycle of poems tells about how the birds, representing seekers of enlightenment and union with the Divine, prepare for a pilgrimage to the magical valley where the Simurgh, who represents the Supreme God, lives. [...]

In order to fully grasp the meaning of a formal poem, it is necessary to analyze and understand its rules; there is no such restriction with free verse.

The key artistic effect of this small but capacious poem is achieved through the use of several techniques related to the structure of the versification and sound patterns.

The central thesis of this work is that Olds shows sex without love as a beautiful wrapper, devoid of meaning, truth, and any warm emotions, while Ackerman, on the contrary, demonstrates the positive feelings caused [...]

The differences include the period in which the action of the poems takes place and the concept of love. At the same time, in Orlando Furioso, love is viewed as a form of madness, and [...]

Arguably, Frost encourages his readers to define the boundaries of their walls carefully, not to exclude the people that are essential to them.

Through the poem "My Last Duchess," the poet deeply explores the mind of such powerful dukes of the Victorian era and the dark aspects of life, especially for women living in those days.

In her memories, the mother is talking to her back when she was a little girl and teaching her the ways of what she considers a woman's work.

The monster was killed, and later Beowulf had to protect his people from the vengeful mother of the beast, although even the hero's original sword refused to harm a woman.

The music is full of harmony and in the second line, there is a much softer touch to it there is a change of tone and the joyous music slowly ends.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and explain the poem's themes and what helps the writer deliver the message to the reader.

The themes of the time of the day and seasons of the year are among the most popular with poets. Numerous instances of alliteration and consonance help to recreate the tone of the situation by [...]

Choice according to the presentation involves selection of the likings of the individual while also locking out the rest."Then shuts the door," illustrates the theme of exclusion, closure of the door. The presence of chariots [...]