Poems Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

The Song of Roland is an 11th-century French epic depicting the events of the battle of Roncevaux, fought in the 8th century, and featuring the defeat of the French rearguard commanded by Roland at the [...]

Thus, the main similarity is the narrative about the difficulties of the protagonists, and the difference is the presence of magical characteristics.

At the beginning of the poem, the author writes about the alleged benefits of the relationship he offers to a woman while referring to its inevitability.

"The Weary Blues" is a jazzy musical poem that has a structure with the rhythms and form of the blues. The poem combines the voices of both the speaker and the Black singer who plays [...]

This poem is a metaphor for both Hughes' life and the life of Black people in general. The author speaks for all African Americans and their ancestors who lived hundreds and thousands of years before.

The ballad is actually a dialogue between the tenant and the landlord, although the first five stanzas represent only the tenants' side of the dialogue.

The person addressed by "you" in the poem is the oppressor of the Woman. The Woman tells her oppressor that she will rise like dirt despite the unfair treatment she receives.

The poetic techniques that have been imposed in the poems are: Repetition- in the poem "Do not go gentle in to that good night," there is an aspect of repetition of the statement "Do not [...]

The Enlightenment movement was known for the desire of poets to obtain reason in political, religious, and philosophical discussions."An Essay on Criticism," written by Pope at the beginning of the 18th century, was inspired by [...]

Although Victorian poetry tried to diminish the place of such romantic characteristics as the faith in the human imagination, focus on emotions, and the re-evaluation of nature, these values were not completely rejected.

In slide two, Fong introduces the reminisce of Roethke and his father waltzing in the kitchen. In this slide, the author introduces the theme of ignorance, which cannot be disputed because of the actions displayed.

The poem consists of 164 stanzas, contains valuable life advice on a broad range of subjects, and aims to explain the rules of public behavior and social conduct.

The poem suggests that the life of a person who could be represented by this poem is far from perfect. As Brooks starts her poem with a positive note, it is immediately understood that the [...]

The depth of the work lies in the themes of man's isolation from nature and the appreciation of the value of natural things.

Dante's conception of the universe is commonly known as a straightforward representation of the Medieval view of the afterlife. If the reader interprets the text through the lens of allegory, it becomes clear that Dante [...]

A battle with the monster's mother was going to be even harder for our hero. Nevertheless, a few days after, I was extremely happy to see Grendel's arm and claw exhibited in Herot as a [...]

In turn, Meyer and Miller assert that excess of alliterations is irritating and distracts from the message of the text. The unity of the verse is displayed at the semantic, intonation, and syntactic levels.

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.

Following the plot of the poem, it is notable that the speaker in "On Being Brought from Africa to America" argues that Christianity allowed her to reject the practice of racism on the premise that [...]

In the first five stanzas, the author paints the picture of the weather and generally sets the tone of the following lines.

London's "To Build a Fire" quite likely the most famous of the author's short stories tracks the trail of a lone wanderer in the Yukon Territory at the turn of the 20th century.

From the feminist perspective, the key feature of the speaker's stance in "Death Be Not Proud" that sets it apart from "Wild Nights" is the speaker's persona, which is openly and unequivocally male.

The development of an unknown land, the realization of it as one's own, and its cultivation lie at the heart of the American spirit, which is expressed through the symbolism of the song in Whitman's [...]

Who are You?" is a short lyric poem written by Emily Dickinson and first published in 1891 in the Poems of the 2nd Series. In this poem, the speaker is a kind of "nobody" who [...]

The general subject of Because I Could Not Stop for Death is by all accounts that passing is not to be dreaded since it is anything but a characteristic piece of the everlasting pattern of [...]

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.

My husband claims that he yearns to travel the world again as he used to in the past, but he is elderly.

The author commonly draws on the theme of comparing the old and new life of Negro race. The migration caused a shift in history because it has changed how the Negro is viewed by the [...]

She is a star I cannot find in constellations, One who understands her pain not less than mine, The one I love beyond my world, For in the next world, I would want Isabella Abreu [...]

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 reader will be able to judge the intellect and honesty of the narrator and the worth of his opinions from his knowledge of the historical or other facts or from the inference of the [...]

Patroclus is always beside Achilles to support him in the saddest moments and the moments of his rage. This loyalty shows that the friendship of Achilles and Patroclus was a perfect relationship as seen by [...]

The significance of Iliad and Odyssey in the modern world can be explained by the fact that they are the first ancient epics, which have survived to this day.

On balance, the discursive nature of the poem lends itself to a discovery guided by the author via repetition and comparison, and the air of playfulness pervades the first part of it.

The text addresses the issues of the men's and women's functions in ancient China, as well as the topic of childbirth.

Hence, the tone of the verse demonstrates that despite the cruelty of the father, the son does not stop loving him and tries to win his love.

In "Habitual" by Nate Marshall, as the title implies, the poem describes the psychological issues of habits that construct human lives. The narrator opens the poem with the expressions of controversial existence.

The poems The Addict by Anne Sexton, Habitual by Nate Marshall, and Philip Seymour Hoffman by Nick Flynn, address the issue from the psychological perspective as an inner struggle within a person.

The author narrates the poem in a monotonous manner, allowing the reader to feel their own emotions on the issue presented in the text.

The extermination of the Roma was part of the general policy of the National Socialists to destroy political opponents, homosexual people, terminally and mentally ill, drug addicts, and Jews.

Although the poet initially represents the wheelbarrow as a rather dull and unimaginative thing, he later on shows that it, in fact, can serve a larger purpose, which cements the theme of the magic of [...]

Moreover, death in the poems of the poetess is often personified. Thus, this poem examines in detail the process of reconciliation with death and how it is inevitable.

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

In The Poem of the Cid, there are three foremost themes, which can be outlined as follows: a) The theme of Spaniards indulging in the armed struggle with Moors for the purpose of reclaiming Spanish [...]

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.

I cannot compare you to a summertime, You study lots, and even for a rhyme I would not lie that things are otherwise.

I met a girl by the name of Joud, A radiant girl from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia With medium height 5'5 inches An impeccable young lass aged 21 Of ravishing beauty, Let alone her exquisite character, [...]

In this story, Voltaire wanted his audience to question the church's monopoly over moral issues in the face of her hypocrisy, critique the system of giving objects like jewels monetary value, assess the usefulness of [...]

For Kitty, it was in a growing sense of homosexuality as well as a rebellion against the constricting accepted occupational goals open to her gender.

The book's central motif is the adventurous journey, the complete transformation of the king of Ithaca from the Trojan battle.

From the point of view of the author of the poem, the heroism of Odysseus lies in the fact that he remains faithful to his homeland, the island of Ithaca, nothing scares him in achieving [...]

The major theme of both poems is the victimization of people of color."Stop and Frisk" explores the incident of being physically targeted by the police.

There are a few words in the poem that in many ways emphasize the mood of the author and convey her desire to reflect her idea to readers.

In whole, the syntactical structure of the verse and its stanza forms do not coincide, as the final line of septet is logically connected with the first line of quatrain.

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.

Moreover, in some of her poems, Dickinson explored the idea of her senses and feelings after the body's death, and this concept was reflected in the poem "I felt a funeral, in my Brain".

Claude McKay was a poet of Jamaican descent who took one of the leading roles in the Harlem Renaissance.

A girl's shoe got stuck on the steps he had covered with glue and he went out looking for her. Cinderella fit into the shoe and got married to the prince.

The first stanza is devoted to comparing the former with the sky: "The Brain - is wider than the Sky ".

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".

As for the format, the example of these two sonnets demonstrates one of the main differences in the Italian and English traditions.

Rosetti's lie has the character of misinterpretation and fantasy, Smith's has the form of concealment or white lies, and Askew's is presented in the form of allegory to different kinds of desserts.

The historical question to be addressed in the poem will be linked to the role masses and individuals played in the war.

The employment of personification of death in the poem, together with the used metaphors and symbols, illustrates the perception of it by the author.

One of the most remarkable aspects of the book written by Liu is the development of the doctrine "poetry as exploration of worlds and of language".

The topic that will be discussed in the feature story is the mission of a modern female poet in the United States.

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost creates a very vivid and realistic picture of the forest. The first line familiarizes the reader with the fact that the area is known to the person stopping. This could mean that it is either a friend or someone they simply know of. It is […]

This piece of literature is not a work of so to say, an eternal value that can be explained by the transient nature of the life experience addressed in it.

In the book, the writer introduces the work of the poet and pays tribute to her. In the heart of the book, the writer introduces the reader to the most interesting works of the poet.

In the following paper, three characters from the works of literature considered during this mid-term will be addressed with a purpose of making an analysis of reasons for their bitter feelings and offering suggestions to [...]

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 [...]

Omar Sabbagh provides a more positive view of the people and poet. The title of the poem, Vital, describe the differences and the agreements or love existing between a father and the author. The author depicts the need for proper parental treatment desired by the child. The palm tree metaphorically describes the author. The first […]

The poem "The Sunlight on the Garden" by Louis Macneice has four stanzas. The stanza finalizes by representing the decreasing authority of the British Empire.

In this case, the Barbie doll is used as a measure to compare how ugly the girl in the poem is.

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.

Written language is one of the most diverse and significant tools of communication that we have at the present. This type of medium is the most artistic branch of the written word.

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 [...]

In one of his most famous poems, Eliot captured the desperation of his contemporaries due to the immense and dramatic changes in the world at the beginning of XX century.

As Blue remarks, the best way to understand the essence of the poem is to read it with the same attention one typically gives to strangers' dialogue that one is trying to eavesdrop on.

At the beginning of the poem, Shelley depicts the outer manifestation of the remnants. The poem 'On a stupendous Leg' is beautiful in and of itself, but it is not 'Ozymandias'.

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 melancholic and resentful tone in My Papa's Waltz is a striking message of the author to his own father. And the empty room is most likely a sign of passed away relatives.

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.

Considering the time of the composition of the poem America, that is in the 1950s when militarism and McCarthyism dominated the political scene in the United States, poetry was an important tool to enlighten the [...]

The Divine Comedy presents three aspects of objective reality such as personal drama of the poet, the story of humanity and the structure of the universe.

The two poems "Child of the Americas" and "To live in the Borderlands means to you" are conservative in the way they express the cultural background of the persona.

The imagery in the beginning of the red brick building with many windows is not used for anything else, except as a name and a closure at the end.

And it is the emotion of a man that we read. And that is where the circle of life spins in a deadlock.

Still it seems that the power of the sound as the one that gives birth to the word is the one of the utmost importance.

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

The power of this image lies in the dual nature of the image: a long and painful process of drying and an eventual concentration of the sweetness.

It appears that Blake had a different perspective on the notion of divine law and order, as compared to that of Milton's.

Thus, the author always sought to forewarn the youngsters of the negative results of their thoughtless actions and tried to motivate them to gain education and become successful in life.

Given the fact that Keats belongs to the Romanticist era that ushered in the enlightenment period, it is not surprising that most of his poetry tends to cross the borders of physical reality.

In the poem, The Larynx Alice Jones tried to use a serious and at the same time informal tone in order to show all the significance and the necessity of the larynx.

It is similar to the "ubuntu" concept, kept by the African nationalities, and implies focus on "what you have" instead of "what you want".

Dickinson experienced a great amount of attachment towards the Civil War and her expression for the cause had been expressed through the expression of death in its spiritual and eternal nature.

The soldier is torn out of his "mother's sleep" that is the state of peace and he faces the reality of war in the belly of his fighter jet aircraft.

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

Sometimes the image is used so clearly and appropriately that the reader experiences the same feelings as the author; this means that the purpose of the poem is reached.

But if they over dry, they will become hard to chew and lose all the nutrition, This warns us of the consequences that may befall us if we sit there and wait for conditions to [...]

The poems inspire the readers, through the images of life, whether in old age or young, to not accept death as it is, but rather to challenge even in the last time minute.

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.

Donne's poems, especially religious ones, reveal the struggle in the mind of English people during the 16th and 17th centuries, before taking orders in the Anglican Church.

Then, the poet expresses the friendly stature of the ponies towards the poet and his companion. In spite of the above-mentioned similarities, both "A Blessing" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" share differences [...]

Many poems describing the Vietnam war have been credited in his account of poetry.'Uncle Herb' and 'Unfriendlies' are two poems from his poetry.'Uncle Herb' is a poem that gave an identification of the situation that [...]

Capaneus reminisced the battle of Phlegra in Thessaly, wherein the Titans tried to storm Olympus, and Jupiter drove them away with the help of the thunderbolts which Vulcan forged for him in Mongibello, Mt.Etna.

Some poets use different stylistic devices to make their works more expressive and keep to a definite type of writing to stand out, whereas the others neglect all the rules of writing verses and rely [...]

Hence, the poem provides a list of 'if' statement pertaining to the merits and the shortcoming of modern life. The poem present the concepts in the form of dependent propositions thus showing that everything in [...]

In the title, the fear for everything unknown and unexpected is put into the sounds of somebody, knocking at the door.

The speaker says, "This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is" However, at the same time the image of the flea is intended to show that sex is [...]

The voice of a girl in Plath's poem and the voice of a man in Browning's one dramatize the plots and the setting of both.

Rampersad, the biographer of Langston Hughes, says that Fine Clothes to the Jew is not a successful volume, though it is Hughes's greatest collection, which was published when the poet was at the height of [...]

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 [...]

Dante shows the growing toward Christianity of the world population by means of Statius; he stressed that religion was perceived without any political power in the center of it, describing "the corruption of church and [...]

Through this poem, the author shows the readers, how some of the magazines which purport to be the heavenly figures of literature are actually exploiting the aspiring writers by their unethical practices.

He tries to explain through the symbolic representation of the glowering sun in the month of May, that love is a feeling which is sure to get affected by the sun's rays through skin burn [...]

Much in the same way that the human experience is characterized by mood shifts of good and bad days, Emily Dickinson's poetry captures the feelings of every day life, both mundane and fantastic; her poetry, [...]

Our task is to compare and contrast the poetry of Robert Frost with that of Dylan Thomas in terms of their themes, style, and use of imagistic elements.