Essays on Poetry

Billy Collins: An Introduction Billy Collins is an influential, famous poet based in the United States. His work is known to be humorous, witty, and can encourage people to love poetry. Collins published the poem "Introduction to Poetry" in 1988 in a book called "The Apple that Astonished Paris". In his...

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...

To what extent does the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Percy Shelleyon death reflect the societal views of death? Extended Essay - English A1 Word Count: 3.888 Contents I. Title Page                                                                                        1 II. Contents Page                                                                                2                                              IV. Introduction                                                                                  3 V. Family and Life                                                                             4 VI. Death and Dying According to Dickinson and Shelley               5 VII. Conclusion                                                                                  12 VIII. Bibliography                                                                             ...

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...

In the modern world The term ‘elegy’ is commonly used as a term for poems which mourn for the dead. However, in ancient times, elegy could also be about love or praise, whether that be for the deceased or the living. Elegies can represent countless experiences when describing the process of...

Jo Shapcott is a prolific poet that had won national poetry more than once. Trained both in Britain and America, Shapcott writes about smells, identity, sexual politics, myths, language as well as bodies. He uses surrealist as well as feminist wit to create playful, but powerfully imaginative and original pieces...

War and its Devastating Consequences War is a deconstructive situation that is devastating to the parties involved. Various elements that decide to be in combat usually have a destiny of it, at the end. War is not a win-win situation: one side or many sides must loose for the rest to...