Essays on Literary Genres

“The Retreat” by Henry Vaughan “The Retreat” by Henry Vaughan has a close connection with the era of romanticism, reminding the audience of William Wordsworth and Thomas Hood amongst others through its yearning vision of early days as a time of spiritual wholeness, happiness and guiltlessness. Influence of George Herbert Much of Vaughan’s...

The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath is more than just an exciting American novel. It captures the problems of thousands of American citizens who their dreams and lives were crushed by the great depression (Cape 2). For that reason, I believe the reading ought to remain in the syllabus....

The Shining The Shining is a short story revealing the lives of a family whereby the husband is employed as a caretaker in Overlook Hotel, which according to the author is overlooking Colorado. Although the author has failed to give a deeper in sight about both the wife and husband, he...

In the book The Things, They Carried by Tim O'Brien explores the life of a soldier and the emotional baggage they carry throughout their lives. The majorities of the people looks at soldiers and see strong and confident people. It is rare for us to think about the traumatic memories...

Dante Alighieri finalized his classical poem in the period around 1320. It deeply entailed a mystical expedition through the life after death, the underworld, purgatory, and heaven full of bliss in order to make a bring different aspects to the fore through the work of genius. In the Inferno, in every...

When I conducted a literal reading of the article Me Talk Pretty One Day, my original interpretation was to portray the challenges of learning something new, even though you get exposed to it and face criticism, ridicule, and embarrassment throughout the process (Sedaris, 2010). During my analysis of the text,...

Introduction After reading the stories about social movements from the exercises provided to me, I learned a lot about the fights that many have to face to try to make things better not only for themselves but others as well. The two stories which I picked to write on is The...

The novel The Green House, was written by a well-known literature Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, published back in the year 1966. The writer of the novel, Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936, in Peru, and currently, he has established himself as one of distinguished...

“Let America be America again” is a poem by Langston Hughes which depicts all the distinct cultures and races in America and how it normally ends with the rich and powerful overpowering other races. Hughes was one of the greatest contributors to Harlem Renaissance. He lived in an era where...

Robert Frost and "The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost, in his poem, "The Road Not Taken," reflects on the choice that he made when which changed his life. Nevertheless, the poem is also a reflection of the path Frost did not take, and this engages the reader into psychological criticism. Psychological...

It is one thing to forget one’s first language after moving to a foreign land but it is a different thing when one moves to another country as an adult and makes a conscious decision to abandon the native language by adapting the second language. After moving to the United...

‘My Papa’s Waltz’ ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ has been viewed as either a poem concerning abuse or one about a fun-loving relationship between a child and his father. This poem is one of Theodore Roethke’s best ones which appear simple at a glance, but when studied keenly there is a lot learned...