Essays on Poetry

The paper discusses how “The Dilemma in the Long Poem”, “The Homecoming”, and “Why Literature Matters” relate to today’s society. In “The Dilemma of the Long Poem” the author is conflicted by the briefness of today’s American poetry. In “The Homecoming” the author shows the negative side effects of foster...

Moulin Rouge is a French play which tells the story of a young author who falls in love with a movie star featured in the Moulin Rouge. The young poets defy his father's order and join the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantasy world in France. In the dingy...

Silvia Plath s Effective Use of Imagery Silvia Plath effectively uses imagery in The baby gives out a bald cry. (Plath, S. 1966). The cry, as the poet states, takes its place among the elements. The predictability of the cry is seen to be cold and non-living. It...

Using the ‘Marxist ways of reading’ section of the Critical Anthology, explore the view that ‘Betjeman is the Licensed Fool of the wealthy; he points out the foibles but in no way, advocates a change to the system’             It is clear that Betjeman is advocating for a change to the...

Throughout life, individuals have the inevitable role of making choices that influence their actions. The Swimmer’s Moment, is an open form of poetry which had been written by Margaret Avison and published in 2003. The persona in the poem asserts that there is a “whirlpool” that every person must face...

Jo Shapcott's Poems About Bees Jo Shapcott is a poet well-known for her different works over the centuries. She has over the years written and published many works, won competitions and awards for them and in this case, we look at six of her poems; I Tell the Bees, The Threshold,...

In his poem Song of Songs, Michael V. Fox describes a warrior who worships the woman whom he adores, using natural elements in order to express his love towards her. So, he expresses his love towards her, comparing her hair with one kingdom, the forehead with a flight of flowers,...

Divine Beings in Religion and Belief Divine beings in religion or belief are the things believed to originate from the supernatural deity like supreme human beings, gods, celestial beings and the spirits which are termed as holy and sacred. Likewise, the world often regards the godly perception as the divine literally....

Introduction Heaney Seamus is among one of the greatest poets of his time for he focused on key cultural issues that the people of 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....

Robert Frost: A Reckoned Author of Literature One of the most reckoned authors of literature in the poetry genre is Robert Frost who was born in San Francisco in 1874. He is a four-time receiver of the Pulitzer Prize and he has been a key player in the development of American...

The Use of Imagery The writer has used the word "putty" (Line 17) to generate a mental image of a glue. The conversations between the man and woman that the persona have an impression that he hopes his two friends do not use the excuse of conversation to connect to their...

Dickinson is an American poet who lived between 1830 and 1886. She spent most of her later days in isolation. It’s right to assert that Dickinson never lived a normal womanly life-she never married. She was quite a recluse, even most of her poems spoke of death and immortality. Her...