Poems Essay Examples and Topics. Page 5

Through the story telling of the poem it becomes evident that its main character is somehow corrupted by the glory, power and money he acquires for his acts of bravery; still, his main qualities are [...]

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.

In the first song, Ludmila, the daughter of Prince Vladimir is getting married to Ruslan, and there is a big feast, and Ruslan's foes have attended too.

Through the Inferno poem, Dante Alighieri describes an allegorical journey to demonstrate the fates of various people in the underworld. The betrayers are immersed in ice.

The persona in the poem is a woman and she is already dead! In the first stanza, the use of the fly which is capitalized, allows the reader to focus on the occasion when flies [...]

This mindset is what assisted as the cornerstone for young men to reprimand dolls in the earlier periods. Why Boys Do not Play with Dolls is concentrated on the stereotypes of males and females.

The poem The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop reminded me that other animate creatures are able of feelings and have the right to live their lives on this planet.

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

Using strong and highly sensual imagery, Rich is able to pull her reader into the story of the poem, catching their attention with the details and then teasing them with a sense of the poem's [...]

Additionally, a certain pattern can be seen in alternating the rhyme of the last word in a line, where in the first two stanzas, the first and the third lines where unrhymed, while the second [...]

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 [...]

In the second and the third verse: "That from the nunnery2 Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind3" The author uses figurative language to describe his mistress, where by using such words as nunnery, chaste, [...]

Therefore, during the course of working on this paper, we will refer to Rumi's Poem 14, and to his poetry in general, as to what it really is a poetic sublimation of Oriental soul's longing [...]

At the same time, the reader can develop a finer appreciation of how these elements are constructed to contribute to the final impact of the poem.

This is like the letter Burns sent to his father before being a poet and there he stood and proved to all that He is a great writer who strikes in every thing he writes. [...]

As in the second stanza, she writes, "I could easily tell the white folks" meaning she's addressing white people and without any fear whatever lies she had to tell.

Okigbo spoke the language of his people in Nigeria, and Eliot spoke American English. Okigbo learned English in school and university as the language of the colonial government of Nigeria at that time.

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 [...]

The title shows the intolerance of the passionate young man to the lady who is hesitant. The literal meaning of the poem is that the passionate man is intolerant of the coyness of the lady.

The speaker starts the poem by stating a connection to the ancient rivers of the world, possibly meaning the time before Africans were brought to America as slaves and were living peacefully.

What is of great interest to the author is the fact that she went above the expectation of many, even to the point of attaining classical education at Harvard. The author remains skeptical, and he [...]

The author in the poem underlines the catastrophic state in which the poorest layer of society was. The author underlines the racist character of Kiplings poem, protesting against the division between black and white people.

In "Love Among the Ruins", Browning compares the past with the present giving love more weight than material things through the persona that he creates.

Despite the fact that the usual approach to analyzing poems and sonnets is to divide literary devices and assess their value, it is proposed to use the structuralist approach and analyze Sonnet 130 as a [...]

An in-depth study of The Song of Roland reveals that the epic poem portrayed feudalism in three ways: as a form of government and a social structure that brings people together to accomplish shared goals [...]

Thus, through this poem, Mao Tse-tung describes the establishment of the Red Army in China; this poem can be considered as a 'hymn' of the revolution.

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 [...]

The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Tempest are two masterpieces, which reflect the life of people who lived in the times when the works were created.

The second volume is supposed to address various issues that were related to the murder of Helen Osborne and the actions that were taken by the police.

Bearing these images in mind this paper seeks to proof that humans have conditioned themselves to disregard the suffering that seems always to surround them as the surface meaning of the poem in relation to [...]

In this stanza, the words that carry the rhyme are "me", which is repeated three times, "be" repeated two times and "see"."Me" and "be" are used in an altering way to indicate how the speaker's [...]

She was one of the poets who extensively participated in Asian American poetry, which is one of the schools of thought used in writing poems in U.S.A.

Catullus belonged to a generation of poets who dubbed themselves the neoterics, normally translated as "the modems," a moniker derived from the Greek term "neoterikos," who borrowed heavily from the school of poetry that originated [...]

Thus, the premises for the evolution of a unique culture that was fully independent from the influence of the Middle Ages morals and standards were being born.

Aristotle stated that "Tragedy, then, is a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in it, and of some amplitude; in language enriched by a variety of artistic devices appropriate to the [...]

However, the poem about the author's love to her husband can be contrasted to the "The Flesh and the Spirit" where human existence is contrasted to the love of God.

Instead of examining the causes of suffering themselves, it occupies itself with understanding the feeling itself at a deeper level, connecting it with the static numbness of the after-pain.

Structurally, the text is divided into eleven paragraphs each of which finishes with a sort of refrain that proclaims soon delivery from slavery.

I agree with the previous poster: in the poem Of the Threads that Connect the Stars, the metaphor is used both for emotional involvement of the reader: for example, "the language of galaxies".

In the poem Africa, and in the first stanza, the character that is being addressed is the Woman. For instance, the line "Two Nile her tears" compares how the Nile flows to the manner in [...]

Identifying a theme of the writing is one of the essential skills, which can be applied not only to the literature analysis but to everyday life as well.

The willingness to save the opponent's head describes the main hero's braveness, which is one of the central features that is explained during the poem.

The power of imagery in the poem reaches its peak at the end when the reader sees the contrast between two settings of the poem: Tom's dream and reality.

In the 21st century, the population of the planet has grown so rapidly that management technologies and the achievements of psychology are used to convince people.

Plato, Courtly, and the general perception of affection today, represent it as a valuable sensation, which everyone should admire to have.

The tension intensifies with every stanza till the third one from the end after which the narrator understands the senselessness of the situation in searching for the answers for his questions in the raven's "nevermore".

The present paper is the combination of the summary of six books from Metamorphoses by Roman Poet Ovid, the set of questions to the text, and the expression of personal opinion on reading the books.

This line also exposes her fear of social ridicule which is preventing her from doing all the things she would really like to do.

While the Italian sonnet is also called the Petrarchan sonnet about Francis Petrarch - great fourteen-century poet- the sonnet is claimed to have existed a century before him. The stanzaic form of a sonnet is [...]

by Joyce Kilmer I think that I will never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God [...]

In 1923, he graduated from the New York University and published his first book of poetry, "Color". His works are in the tradition of Keats and Shelley, resistant to the techniques of modernism.

Having already presented the boys as a group of older men in characteristic business behavior, this comparison serves to bring into focus the concept that while the speaker's son is ostensibly the 'king' of the [...]

The adherers of the idea say that the fundamental system of values that were the basis for the development of the young state became irrelevant today.

Moreover, the reader can understand the attitude with references to the changes in the poem's tone which is melancholic in the first lines and rather optimistic in the ending lines in order to represent my [...]

It seems that this poem reflects some of the issues that could be relevant to the life and work of Emily Dickenson.

Depicting the difficult times of the economic depression in 1893, the poem shows the plight of the commoners who could not afford to meat and had to be content eating bread.

In the end of the poem the reader becomes sure that there is nothing to be afraid of the planet will regenerate.

First, it is important to consider the major theme of the poem to be able to analyze the significance of the style.

However, the persona is proud of the father and the grandfather's commitment and vows to work s hard as his forefathers.

In the poem itself there are actually two voices, that of Soledad and another that asks her who she seeks and tells her to clean her body, as such it can be assumed that this [...]

In the story, Enkidu who was created to be wild is meant to counteract the oppression of King Gilgamesh on the inhabitants of the Uruk territory.

The context of reforms provides a powerful image in the world, and the word hand is used to express needed reforms.

The poem uncovers the far-reaching emotional consequences of abortion with unshakeable emotional baggage supported through vivid imagery, repetition, and introspective reflections from the speaker, all conveying a sense of profound guilt and loss.

The poem narrates how Laura is enticed by the goblins and eats the fruits they sell to get money. Christina Rossetti, in her poem, uses the art of language, imagery, and form to demonstrate a [...]

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.

Over the ages and at the time of the Revolution, the majority of authors and poets in American history have been men.

It is a piece that manages to acutely understand the spirit of a family woman, and one that is intimately concerned with trying to portray its challenges in a vivid light.

She did not move, she hardly stirred, her eyes closed like she was dreaming. She was a breathtaking sight, majestic and serene, her feathers like a painting,

This view is further supported by the speaker's description of the wreck as "a book of myths" that she is attempting to understand.

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.

The poem depicts the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf and captures the Anglo-Saxon culture of the medieval period. Next, in the part of the poem which depicts Beowulf's battle with Grendel's mother, the character [...]

Due to the differences in the backgrounds of the pieces, Anne Bradstreet's Contemplations represent nature as benevolent and pure, in contrast to Mary Rowlandson's The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs.

People who focus on the impacts of death realize that people tend to realize the worth of life in the end.

For example, the generous hospitality of the Phaiakians is greatly admired and appreciated in Greek society, whereas the cruel hospitality of the Kyklops leads to his punishment and suffering.

The study will be based on poem 264 from The Canzionere by Francesco Petrarca and a love poem by the Japanese poet Ono No Komachi. Petrarca and Ono no Komachi both explore the emotions of [...]

It is important to understand how the rhetorical aspects used by the translator impact the poem and create a specific effect on the passages.

The author flirts with people who want to limit her to writing, and she laughs at them and the scenario they have created. She inspires the reader to resist society's pressures and act only in [...]

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an epic poem where the protagonist illustrates knightly virtues through overcoming the trials sent to him by the Green Knight.

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.

Despite the shifted focus of the retelling, the shadow of Odyssey is still present, as sons struggle with the legacy of their fathers and their influence in their lives and development. The core conflict of [...]

"never worse than now ever I suffer the torment of my exile"."that man's kinsmen began to think in secret that they would separate us" "so we would live far apart in the world" "My lord [...]

The beginning of the 20th century is a time for the world to search for new ways of development, so the poem makes sense of choice.

Analysis of the poem demonstrates that its theme is the greed of manufacturers, which deprived its employees in the 19th century.

Furthermore, in the third part of the text, which focuses on Beowulf's last battle, the author introduces a different point of view to the story.

The theme of love, of course, occupies a central place in the poetry of Anna Akhmatova. The suffering of a mother, doomed to see her son's torments on the cross, is fantastic in the Requiem: [...]

He implies that the protagonist, Spoiler, is based on John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in his story "The Return of the Spoiler".

Therefore, the speaker closely reads the translation to discover the meaning of the original poem. Therefore, through psychoanalytic, the author uses literature to create a sense of a lived experience.

Imagery in the rhyme appears when the poet describes the obsessiveness of the current leadership regime when watching and manipulating the world.

The poem is imbued with a melancholy mood, which is stated in the first lines of the work. This is the main point of the poem.

The Odyssey is one of the oldest and most well-known epics in the world. This can be attributed to Homer's ability to describe the culture and life of the people of the ancient era with [...]

Specifically, to save the hero from a horrible storm that destroys his ship and leaves him without the crew, Athena approaches Nausicaa, the Princess of Phaeacia, in her dream.

Odysseus has expressed acts of devotion and loyalty in the manner of how he is devoted to his wife and how one is trapped on the island with an astonishing level of a goddess.

For instance, when the maid, Lily, opens the door for Gabriel at the start of the short tale, classism becomes immediately clear and is the first element that a reader notices.

The second poem contains the lines "In vain we come to this place, We come to live on earth," the message of which lies in the insignificance of the physical life of the body with [...]

To analyze works of literature, it is necessary to define two main aspects of the piece, namely the problem and the form of expression.

Francesca and Paolo are portrayed as two lovers who are doomed to the Secor Hell because of their adulterous affairs. Therefore, Francesca and Paolo are to be blamed for the dreadful event of their decision, [...]

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 verse reveals the cycle of reality through the metaphor of a plant's metamorphosis into an amphibian, not without a sad strangeness in the author's soul.

The narrative of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife comes from a religious standpoint and portrays the actions of Joseph, a worker at Potiphar's household.

This phrase sums up Roland's predicament in the book as it relates to his reluctance to sound the Oliphant horn. In the final horn-blowing episode, Roland is aggressively persuaded to blow the horn for Charlemagne's [...]

The piece is written in free verse and combines rhyming and non-rhyming lines in a single syncopated rhythm to mimic the musicality of the blues.

It is a huge problem that leads to a deterioration of a person's emotional state, and that can destroy relationships and personality.

The raven's "Nevermore" throughout the poem is a repetition that enhances the poem's lyrical mood and emphasizes the main character's hopelessness.

Enkidu's journeys to Gilgamesh and Uruk, his trek with Gilgamesh to the Forest, and the journeys to the underworld are examples of only a few of these major events.

He changed his attitude toward education entirely, and I realized that the usefulness of my help to him was primarily in motivation, which he had lacked before.

The Iliad heroes, Diomedes and Glaucus, provide a glimpse into the constructs of community and conflict. Such a story is that of Glaucus and Diomedes who recognized their ancestors as heroes, resulting in mutual respect [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

The poem "Homage to my hips" by Clifton is a tribute to the speaker's physique and womanhood, with a particular emphasis on her ample hips.

The end of the civil war saw the amendment of the constitution where women were now allowed to vote and vie for political positions.

Alzheimer's by Kelly Cherry explores the interaction between the human mind and the resilience of the environment. This change reflects the decline in a man's physical and mental abilities due to Alzheimer's disease.

After reading the poem, a lot can be learned about Beowulf as a warrior and his challenges, as well as the historical and cultural context of the literature of that period.

Langston Hughes wrote the poem "I, Too" to express his concern about how African Americans are racially discriminated against and excluded from the essential matters concerning the society despite being Americans like the white population. [...]

Each of the poems contains an allusion to nature in the form of a bird Keats' nightingale, Poe's raven, and Dickinson's unnamed bird that represents hope.

Lauren's works have given me the opportunity to see how poetry can be used to review and raise awareness of concerning issues and events.

The theme of love as a magical curse is the central theme of the legend of Tristan and Yseut in general.

The mix of cultures that she experiences allows Alyan to notice the difference in perception of various countries and people within it and certain biases and stereotypes surrounding them.

The key symbol of the writing is a lamb described by the poet. Ancient wallpaper is an object of historical significance, which reflects the fish's life essence.