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…Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for death" uniquely describes the passing between life and death in a tone that indicates the seriousness of a ride through the country. Emily, who was genuinely religious, believed that church…

…Poetry is seen to be one of the most sentimental and personal pieces of literature a person can write and they often do so to soothe any real-life problems they face out side of the literary world. Stevie Smith's characters in her poems often exhibit…

…Comparison of two 19th Century Poems Written in the Medieval Style In the early 19th century, the industrial revolution provoked a return to medievalism by the poets and painters of the age. They wrote about the medieval world as idyllic…

…and suppression acts towards African-Americans through the black boy, which is the speaker of the poem. The poem is about an African-American, who is the speaker of the poem, who remembers his childhood with his mother where she used to teach him about religion…

…Sylvia Plaths' poem "To Eva Descending the Stair" may at first seem only a petty, pretty piece with a few good alliterations which plays upon the overused mystery of the cosmos. However, beyond the references to the moon, sun, and stars, Plath cleverly…

…"My interpretations of Journey of the Magi" T.S. Eliot's poem "Journey of the Magi" interprets the wisemens' trip to go see baby Jesus from a different perspective than most of us are used to hearing. The biblical version that is most popular doesn't…

…BRAHMA In Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem, "Brahma" is miraculous in its blend of Eastern and Western thought. In the poem, Emerson assumes the role of Brahma, the Hindu God of creation. Emerson is able to use clever, yet complex paradoxical logic in order…

…"Dulce et Decorum Est" Above all I am not concerned with poetry. My subject is war, and the pity of war, The poetry is in the pity."-Wilfred Owen... "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks." Is the melancholy air in which the famous poem- "Dulce…

…of Death" -- a passage taken from Chicano Manifesto by Armando Rendon with the poem "Nani" by Alberto Alvardo Rios because I discovered myself to be closely related and to have the same feeling with both of authors. Initially, I will begin to analyze about…

…BAXTER'S POETRY In the poems 'Rocket Show' and 'Wild Bees' written by James K. Baxter, the style he uses is distinctive from other poets and is very memorable. Baxter's poems contain a lot of imagery from nature. Most of his similes and metaphors…