Essays on Poetry

The presentation of the poem is in a simple form. The speaker decides to make a stop by some woods. The poem summarizes the information in four stanzas which are identical. The lines constituting the poem are iambic. They consist of four emphasized syllables. The wood attracts the speaker and he...

Girl is a poem revolving around a mother-daughter relationship. With the mother doing all the talking, this poem emerges as a harsh conversation between the narrator and her mum. This piece of literal work describes in depth the expectation of the narrators’ mother in all aspects of her life from...

Poems and songs have been used for decades to pass across specific and literary messages to the societal events. Some of the poems and their poets have touched on various topics that take place in daily lives of the people within the community and the poem “The Room Where It...

Written at the heart of ancient Mesopotamia, the epic poem of Gilgamesh formed one of the earliest work of literature in the world. Its origin dates back to the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE when a cuneiform script was written to narrate the story of Sumerian legends. Gilgamesh who is...

This question seeks to know whether the students understood the differences between consonant and vowel sounds. Through the various answers that the learners will give, the teacher shall get the feedback whether the learners understood the concept of vowel and consonant sounds...

The first Circle of Hell comprises of unbaptized pagans as well as virtuous non- Christians (Dante and Kirkpatrick 24). These groups of people are facing punishment and are in an inferior form of heaven.  Seven gates surround them signifying seven virtues. Among the group, Dante could identify prominent people and...

Language used in poetry or the works of literature affects the audience differently thus interpretation can also vary. Interpretation of words used can lead to varying ideas about the feelings of the writer even when he/she has not indicated in the work (Mayo 131). This essay compares and contrasts use...

A true poet puts in words the thoughts, feelings and expectations of other people in the society, but he cannot express and speak for every member in of the society. Therefore, an individual’s own voice is more effective than using an intermediary like the church. Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on...

Eileen Myles writes the poem Mad Pepper from a feminist point of view. The poem gives a symbolic meaning to the word pepper, which the poet equates to masculinity based on its hot nature. Mad pepper is about masculinity, which the poet feels desolated from. She uses the word itself...

Heaney Seamus is one of the greatest poets of his time for he focused on key cultural issues that the people of Northern Ireland experienced. During his era, society depended more on nature as a source of livelihood and strength and this reflects in the themes present in the poem....

The myth of Daedalus and his son Icarus tells the story of father and son trying to escape possible punishment. Daedalus is a genius and engineers two wings with which they can fly away. Unfortunately, Icarus flies close to the sun despite his father's warning and his wings are ripped...

Over the years, death has remained a rather unattractive theme in poetry and yet, this is not the case for Emily Dickinson and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who show an obsession with life’s end in their poetic works. Their perception on the subject of death is unique in the way they...