Essays on Poems

The close study of any text allows audiences to come to a stronger understanding of the way that language shapes meaning in order to create an individual response. The poetry of Wilfred Owen delves into the horrors and injustices of war. The poet does this through his clever use of language techniques to express his...

Poetry is a huge cog in today’s literary world. Poetry is used to express any feeling the poet could possibly think to portray. Language is huge in poetry and without proper use of it a poem may not be as strong as others. Poetry is a form of art, and a poet uses language as...

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” Edgar Allan Poe. American Romanticism emerged in America between 1800- 1860. Poetry is one of the Romanticisms forms. In addition, Dark Romantics is also one of the branches of Romanticisms. Poets who saw themselves in this genre preferred the countryside, a place to thrive within. Unlike,...

Those Winter Sundays – Robert Hayden In Robert Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays”, it seems to me like it is memory of the speaker’s father who wakes up early each Sunday to make a fire and polish the good shoes for his son. It’s only later in life that the child becomes aware of the...

“But the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last.” (Homer, and Robert Fitzgerald. The Odyssey. Harvill P., 1996. book 3) this quote alone shows one of the many themes throughout the odyssey. Fate, loyalty...

In the poem “To His Coy Mistress” the tone of the speaker goes through many different transitions throughout the poem. The poem begins at first to be romantic because he speaks of how his love for his mistress could endure time, ‘My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and slower’. So from the first...

The Ballad of Birmingham revolves around a little girl who would want to travel downtown to be part of a freedom protest. She cannot go because her mother does not let because of the dangerous conditions outside. Her mother instead tells her to go to church regardless of the little girl explaining that she would...

Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a construct to explore the effects of power in a women’s hand as a threatening and disastrous force which is a consequence of her ambition deep rooted with desires in order for her to gain a higher rank in the patriarchy. Lady Macbeth’s unorthodox ambition has been present since her...

An “epic poem” often features long journeys, battles with terrifying fiends, and heroes who display true cunning and bravery when faced with numerous trials. In Beowulf (translated by Seamus Heaney), the titular character is widely considered to be an excellent example of the quintessential epic hero; he outsmarts and kills Grendel (Heaney 661-835), dividing his...

This essay is about how Shakespeare explores the theme of power throughout the play. Macbeth is portrayed as ambitious yet vulnerable because he couldn’t keep his drive for power in control. As a result, it ultimately leads to his family’s and his own death. Macbeth’s ambitions cause him to lose his conscience and we know...