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…"Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a poem by Wilfred Owen that challenges old conventions in its portrayal of the realities of war. As a writer of some good, some bad, and mostly mediocre poetry, I have often wondered what it is that makes a great poem great…

…. Chaucer wrote and read his works to fellow courtiers and officials and was probably heard by the royal family. His first important work, Book of the Duchess, was a funeral poem for John of Gaunt's first wife, Blanche who died in 1369 (Pearsall 83-84…

…Wilfred Owen's poem, "Anthem for Doomed Youth", creates a picture of young soldiers in battle dying. Drawing a mental picture of a family at home sharing in the mourning for their lost sibling, the reader feels the grief of this poem. Through…

…of the nineteenth century he was becoming very successful in writing his short stories and poems and was even seen as a successor to Charles Dickens. <Tab/>The book "Kim" was one of Rudyard Kipling's better works. In this book he tries to give a longing…

…As a poet Sylivia Plath has been renowned for her style of writing and the power she evokes from her ideas in her poems. The themes of her poems tend to be of a negative nature with war, death and the problem of patriarchal societies as such topics. One…

…to the day from the beginning of his term as a dresser at guy’s, John Caste’s first book appears in a neat pocket-sized volume titled, “Keats’ Poems: Price 6s.” Yet, as a new poet, criticism was much endured so Keats opted to keep his hopes high and begin on his…

…school of painters. In a sense, the poetry of Williams and O'Hara is similar because they were both influenced by painters and were open to use modernist art to enhance the meaning of their work. Both poets held that, "Poems are made of words, not ideas…

…occasions throughout his poems, he shows a distinct lack of faith, and can often be found looking for God. This shows it is unclear what Thomas's level of faith was. By studying his works, it could help in get a better understanding of what his true views…

…Discuss the treatment of death in three poems of your choice. One must be at least a pre 1900 poem. In your answer you should consider  Use of language  Use of form  Use of mood and tone No matter what we refer to death…

…wrote about issues such as, rural life, local affairs, childbirth, and death (Lauter 669). One of her most famous poems is entitled “Lines on Childbirth”. This poem showed the experience of childbirth through the eyes of a woman unlike the numerous poems…