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…a woman poet was unheard of in her time. Following her death, relative found thousands of poems strung together in the attic of her home that they since released and published for Americans to read and enjoy. The poetry that was found following her death shows…

…Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He…

…", as they are later termed, showed a first-hand account of the brutality and the devastation of war, in a world which still believed that war was heroic and proud. Wilfred Owen used imagery, personification, and simile in his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”, to show the true…

…Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He…

…"My Last Duchess" By: Robert Browning "My Last Duchess" is one of the more recognized poems written by Robert Browning. Robert Browning was a Victorian writer born in 1812 and died in 1889. He is remembered today through the inspiring words…

…. The author obviously wrote the final 10 pages for a reason. He wasn’t done saying everything that he wanted to say in the story Billy Budd. I find the poem at the end of the book to be the most interesting part in the end. The poem seems to be a summary of who…

…Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk--” and “I Dreaded that First Robin So,” compare and contrast in a number of significant ways. Both works incorporate the theme of nature, juxtaposed with pain imagery. A strong tone in both poems helps…

…The epic poem Beowulf, written in Old English by Christian monks around 750 AD, is a wonderful adventure story about a warrior who kills ferocious monsters. The use of description and imagery enlivens the story, making it possible for a reader…

…that life is just a journey and that we will not truly be at home until we are with God . The first instance of a sense of home in this poem comes with the description of the former life of the narrator in his pre-seafaring days. He leaves his old life for some…

…Imaginative Transformation Adrienne Rich writes, “For a poem to coalesce, for a character or an action to take shape, there has to be an imaginative transformation of reality which is no way passive…”(610). Imaginative transformation means to be able…