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…Analysis of “WE REAL COOL” “We Real Cool” is a very unique and nicely done work of poetry. The author Gwendolyn Brooks does a very nice job of having this poem flow off the tongue easily and also makes the poem very easy to read. Brooks also has…

…The poems, “Driving in Oklahoma” and “Freeway 280”, are different in many ways, but they also have a lot in common. First, they both are modern poems, so we cannot find rhymes or clear meter in them. Almost all contemporary poetry does not have…

…The initial observation is that both poems contain connotations of nature, Death of a Naturalist focuses on frogs and First sight on Lambs. Both contain two stanzas, however the structure is not as standard in Death of a Naturalist as it contains…

…similar to many of Whitman’s poems, “This Compost” emphasizes nature, the physical body, sexuality, and the phenomenon of common, ordinary things. The poem is written in first person and is merely the thought process of the narrator as he reflects on self…

…with New England in his poetry. He is a Brilliant writer whose works traditional and universal. His life's ambition was to write "a few poems that will be hard to get rid of," and it is quite obvious that he was successful in achieving that goal…

…looking at a poem or reading rap lyrics, distinguishing between the two can be difficult, if not impossible. Both Black rappers and Black poets write about the same subjects. For example the rap group NWA, and the poet Alice Walker, both cover the topic…

…ROBERT FROST In most of Robert Frost’s poems he speaks of situations occurring in rural settings, as in “The Road Not Taken” (DiYanni 513) and “The Tuft of Flowers” (DiYanni 667-668). These, like most of his poems, are in the style of conversation…

…Expressing love for a woman can be done in such a way, that it causes the destruction of her soul. A very thought provoking poem, “Rape”, written by Adrienne Rich, provides a rich example of a world that is often hidden. Although the poet uses numerous…

…Hart Crane was a poetic genius who was driven, and hampered, by his self-destructive personality. His alcoholism, sexual excesses and volatile behavior gave him the illusion of personal stability and lead to his greatest poems, but also brought his…

…‘A une passante’, taken from Baudelaire’s major work ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ appeared in 1857. In Baudelaire’s work, symbolist poetry found its origins. Although his poems at that time were found to be decadent, the symbolist movement was the main literary…