Essays on Poems

The author of ‘Still I Rise’, Maya Angelou contributions social issues that she faced such as overcoming racism, women’s rights, and maltreatment throughout the 1940s.And how she has imapcted many readers with the persona of this poem.Whereas the poem ‘Disabled’ Owenn wilfred opens up his struggles in world war 1 and its aftermath in his...

In ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney, we are taken through the past, present, and future in a free verse poem, observing the lives of three generations in a family; the young speaker, his father, and his grandfather. The speaker identifies himself as a writer, who speaks with the highest amount of respect for his elders; previously...

It’s been a while since the days of Martin Luther King. To this day his name has a familiar ring to the ears of hundreds of people all around the world. If against racism he did not choose to strive. To this day the incredible, great man he would be alive, but his pure soul...

In Act one Scene five, ambition is shown negatively as throughout the scene lady Macbeth is remarkably formidable that ought to be smart but, Shakespeare says that ambition could be a unhealthy issue through the determination shown by the formidable lady Macbeth to kill the King. She is thus acutely formidable that she calls upon...

William Shakespeare is notoriously known for being one of the greatest playwriters of all time. This all started in 1950, where he wrote and published his first play, Henry VI. From there, Shakespeare went on to write about two plays each year for 20 years. Some of his most famous work includes Romeo and Juliet,...

Humanity has grown at an undeniably fast rate these past few decades, early visibility of industrialization occurring in the 18th century. Industrialization was encouraged during this time, with an increased population causing citizens to move into cramped cities and work in factories. The dominos soon toppled, eventually leading to pollution which crept over natural landscapes....

Half-Christian In the poem “Why God Permits Evil,” Miller Williams uses allusion to display doubts that people place against God. Starting from the first line, Williams states that the question of why God permits evil is “Of interest to John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas” (1) who were both Christian theologians. Aquinas, born three centuries prior...

Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff are characters defined by their gender and their role as wives. Although there are differences in how they portray this role, as oppressed women in a patriarchal society, they both endure painful loss and tragedy when their husbands abandon them to obtain power. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a wife...

Intro This poem addresses the topic of a pure and wholesome love that persists despite death. The natural cycle of death plays its role in the poem by separating Poe from the beloved whom he is speaking about. The massive amount of popularity surrounding the poem can be attributed to the fact that Poe manages...

Over the years, The Odyssey, an epic poetry story, was the first written of its kind. Since then, many storylines have focused on the characteristics, and themes of the Odyssey. For example, the movie Finding Nemo was influenced by the Odyssey. More specifically, Finding Nemo focused on the genre Father and Son. Father and son...