Essays on Poetry

A piece of art is anything that involves the creative arts, whether it be a painting, a monument, a poem, a piece of music, or anything else. It should have a strong visual appeal and be the result of simple creativity. A really attractive thing that is shown or iterated…

Tom, an aspiring poet, Amanda, Tom’s mother, and Laura, Tom’s sister, are the three main characters who frequently appear in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. There are also other individuals, such as Laura’s father Mr. Wingfield, who disappeared years ago and has never been heard from again. Amanda is disappointed…

The Song of Roland is a classic poem by Turold that depicts the confrontation of the Roncevaux war. The poem is a medieval literary portrait that extols creative writing techniques (Smith). The poem is set in ancient times and consists of nine writings in French. The core theme of the…

My Papa Waltz is a poem that, when read literally, describes an oppressive father-son relationship. The poem’s figurative sense, on the other hand, depicts a loving and caring father-son relationship. The use of words such as “With a palm caked hard by mud” in “My Papa’s Waltz” may reflect the…

The willingness to use appeal in literary works has remained the defining characteristic that distinguishes modern literature writers from literature writers who are communicating to a particular audience. While a wide variety of literary works, such as songs, novels, plays, and many other types, are important, poems have continuously been…

As interpreted literally, My Papa’s Waltz is a poem that describes an unhealthy father-son relationship. The poem’s figurative sense, on the other hand, depicts a loving and caring father-son relationship. The use of words such as “With a palm caked hard by mud” in My Papa’s Waltz may reflect the…

According to Stewart (5), John Donne was one of the most well-known philosophical poets of his day, who discussed many topics related to nature and truth in life in his poetry. As a lawyer and a minister, Donne gave sermons and wrote poetry from personal experience, earning him the moniker…

Marie de France glorifies the subject of passion in his poetry. All three poems (Lais, Lanval, and Laustic) depict the various facets of love Marie expresses to society. Most of the poetry focuses on different forms of love; for example, the Lais depicts selfish and unselfish love and its manifestations,…

The first person figurative voice is used extensively in the poem ‘To his Coy Wife.’ Andrew Marvell’s work is classified as a monologue due to his use of the first-person character, ‘I.’ Nonetheless, the dramatic nature of the poem is seen as he addresses a second person using himself as…

The poem A Nasty Fright exemplifies knowledge of both sound and meaning. Any reader would definitely conclude at first that it has no meaning because it is a jumble of words with and without meaning. First and foremost, a dictionary or thesaurus would be worthless. The first four lines are…

Whitman’s poem “Song of me,” as the father of American poetry, embodies a message of national harmony and togetherness. A closer reading of his song shows that Whitman uses the term himself to illustrate that every person types the single word in the debate. I also see a clear parallel…

Adrienne Rich’s A Woman Mourned By Daughters is an evocative poem in which two sisters struggle to connect with their deceased mother. This poem is divided into many parts, beginning with the death of the mother and progressing backward in time to when the women were young girls. The poem…