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…Details of Homeric Poems The origin of the Homeric poems "The Iliad" and the "Odyssey" are a partial mystery. To recent day knowledge historians know of Homer and that he composed these epic poems. The great mystery of these poems and the poet…

…, or intangible things such as power or pride. Throughout the British epic poem Beowulf, there are many killings and deaths. Grendel (a gigantic, troll-like ogre) kills Danish thanes, Beowulf comes to the rescue and kills Grendel and his mother. Also Beowulf kills…

…Most of us have had a time where we let our imagination run away with us. This poem by Tom Waits describes an nosy neighbor who is constantly wondering what a man in his shed is building, but only has rumors to go by, which sends him in a frenzy. He…

…An Explication of “Love Poem” My clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases, At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring, Whose palms are bulls in china, burs in linen, And have no cunning with any soft thing Except all ill-at-ease…

…This poem is mainly about the power of light, what it can do and how it affects people emotionally. The Persona looks into the depth of field of what the light really signifies to a person who is emotionally hurt or in pain. The poet does not exactly…

…The use of symbolism in plays and poems Symbolism is the use of a person, an object, a place, or an idea to represent it self and something beyond itself at the same time. Two recognizable examples of symbolism are the Stars and Stripes on the flag…

…War and to make it clear that the events that surrounded him, were not pleasant. <Tab/>Hardy uses his imagination to create a discussion between God and skeletons in their coffins in "Channel Firing" . Although it is a humorous poem…

…WAR POEM When it was before the war The soldiors thought their life was a bore But the soldiors went and bombed Baghdad People of Iraq got really sad Nobody likes the war Or seeing all that blood and gore Fighters march for hours on end…

…<Tab/>Edger Allen Poe's poem "The Bells" is a poem where the author's intention is for the reader to hear it. The poem illustrates four bells; sleigh bells, church bells, warning bells, and funeral bells. The four bells represent life…

…destined to Spend my days seeing A resemblance of those not there. This poem was written for an assignment for my Junior High English class. It is written from the view point of a young child, growing up during the Holocaust that loses his/her mother. I feel…