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…at work that act as sirens. One prominent “siren” and one that is hinted at in the poem is nationalism. Countries send out a call to their young people, especially. “Be all that you can be”, for example, is a slogan that makes people feel unique and valuable…

…In William Blake’s book “Songs of Experience” his poem entitled “The Tyger” is an inquisitive look at creation. He vividly describes the ferocious persona of the animal and rhetorically asks, “What immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry…

…"Kubla Khan: or a Vision in a Dream" is a poem that describes to us another world. It places us in the middle of a strange and wondrous setting. He describes his world in a vivid and epic manner, making it appear as ancient verse, perhaps descended from…

…Mandalay Rudyard Kipling I love this poem. It's one of my favorite poems. I'll tell you about this wonderful piece of literature. This poem is about a soldier from England that was stationed in Mandalay. It was during the rein of Queen Victoria…

…Life, Intercepted "Nothing's real in 7th grade," I was reminded over and over again, but for once in my life, something was. I had finally finished the poem's tenth draft, each version coming closer and closer to describing the insatiable emotions…

…Glasgow sonnet and Westminster Bridge are very different poems. Edwin Morgan describes Glasgow as a cold, dark and a depressing place, were as William Wordsworth describes Westminster as a warm, light and uplifting place. This essay will compare…

…Classroom Issues and Strategies If students have encountered Longfellow before taking a college course, the poems they know are not in this anthology: Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish. The Longfellow of this anthology…

…"Mother to Son" "Mother to Son", published in 1922 by Langston Hughes, was one of the most famous poems he had written. Hughes was African-American and was born in 1902. While living in the 1900's Hughes and his family experienced the hardships…

…Reading this poem brings out many deep emotion inside of me. Feeling of sadness and loneliness are just some of the few feelings I have. This poem is well written and is backed with many vivid imagery and clear metaphors. Mr. Arnold describes a number…

…?Death of a naturalist? is a poem about growing up and loss of innocence. The poem is organised into two sections, which follows the boy through childhood. The boy becomes a reflective Adult, from an unquestioning boy. It seems Seamus Heaney is concerned…