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…love and her life. Both of these men’s poems have meaning. Edwin Arlington Robinson and Edgar Lee Masters are similar and different in that they both tell little stories of people and Robinson’s poems explore the inner self more while Masters expresses…

…Fast Break: 1985 Edward Hirsch The poem Fast Break is written in great depth and detail. As a result, the reader perceives a detailed vision of what occurred on that one particular play. But, the reader would need some basketball knowledge…

…Sometimes a person's love for something can be so strong it can overcome anything. Hate, lust, and even fear can all be examples of this. In most cases, an author of a poem will create it to express his love for something. Many times the author uses…

…This poem appears to be a dramatic monologue, spoken by the character at a moment when he/she was approaching death. Using key terms within the last stanza, we can infer the speaker is approaching death. Therefore, the tone of the poem should…

…mitt he left behind. . . My brother Allie was a very poetic person. He would always write poems on his baseball mitt. I always wished I could write poems like he did but I never had the talent he did. Allie would take a marker and compose his poems between…

…of going to or coming home from. Education and experience are the things we need to find and keep a job that keeps us happy, affords us a good living, and makes us want to get out there everyday and perform our skill. The poems we read seem to agree…

…Friendship can be a very powerful experience; it can help people to overcome obstacles and can let you know that someone will always be there for you. For example, in the poem by Mathew Arnold, the power of friendship helps people get through tough…

…of Amherst College, and also served in Congress. She was educated at Amherst Academy (1834-47) and Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (1847-48). Around 1850 Dickinson started to write poems. They were first in fairly conventional style. After ten years of practice…

…. These epics are long poems that were originally expressed orally and later transcended into written works. The Old Testament, The Illiad, and The Odyssey are all classical works of literature that are considered epics today. The Old Testament is considered…

…it in a soldier's perspective. Throughout his poems, war is personified as a powerful entity also seen as death and evil. Owen's poetry is rich in symbolism and imagery, it appeals to the senses. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a quotation from Horace, meaning it is sweet…