Essays on Poetry

Introduction Throughout his life, Baca theme of changes occurs as he transforms from one personality to another. On the one hand, he is a street boy who knows only the hustle of drugs and fights that leave him with conspicuous scars. On the other hand, Baca assumes the personality of elite...

The First Obituary: Ida Wells - The Voice Against Racism The first obituary was that of Ida Wells who spoke strongly against racism in the Deep South and reported on the lynching of blacks and minorities. She lived at a time when racism was rife, and few people dared to talk...

The Obligation to Endure, 1962 The article, The Obligation to Endure, 1962 delves into giving insights into the manner in which humans continue to pollute the environment to the extent of causing their suffering to themselves. The author presents logical facts about how a better man would have handled pest control measures...

Dylan Thomas was a famous poet and writer who was born in the year 1914 in south Wales, Swansea; he passed on in 1953 in New York City. He wrote Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night as a message to implore his dying father, David John Thomas to...

The Craft of Literature Articulates insights, sentiments in ways that sometimes the rest of us cannot—Gives voice to what is submerged and suppressed (the questions behind the questions)—Defamiliarizes the familiar. – Johanna Shapiro, Can Poetry Make Better Doctors? Abstract The essay supports Johanna Shapiro's idea of literature being used to articulate the sentiments...

Poe s The Raven - A Masterpiece of Literary Inspiration and Horror Poe s The Raven has served to inspire countless artistic works as well as a myriad number of literary readings regarding the themes and events of the masterpiece. The gist: a young man grieving the loss of his beloved...

In the poem This Just to say, William Carlos is seen taking time to apologize to his wife, lover, or a friend. From the poem, it seems as if he was passing a good gesture and stuck the message in a place where the intended reader would easily access it....

The poem "Chimney Sweeper" in Experience Songs and Innocence Songs illustrates Blake's single view presented in two different ways. To create a more accurate picture, the two poems must complement each other. The two poems are based on the narrators' activities of cleaning of chimneys and are representations of political...

Introduction Literary work is inspired by the surrounding environment that allows the artists to represent the elements surrounding human life in a creative manner with hidden messages as witnessed in poetry, music, short stories, and novels. While literature can be deemed as a tool for entertainment, authors of literary work use...

“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...

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...

“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...