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…Terence Duncan 11/01/99 An Essay on “During A Son’s Dangerous Illness” Death can strike at anytime, sometimes expected, but too often unannounced. Denise Levertov wrote a poem entitled “During a Son’s Dangerous Illness” about the unmerciful side…

…in Devonshire and gradually settled down to a peaceful country life. Herrick liked writing small poems instead of long poems. He never married and lived with a household of pets. Herrick would preach witty sermons which delighted the parish gentry and became very…

…These two epic poems by “The Father of Modern Poetry” T.S. Eliot, are comparable and similar when their styles, contents and themes are scrutinized. Additionally, each of these poems exemplifies the quirky mastery of Eliot's contributions…

…Composer: Bedrich Smetana Work Title: The Moldau Date: 1874-1879 Genre: Symphonic Poem For my first selection of music for this final project I chose “The Moldau” by Bedrich Smetana. The reason I chose this piece was first, it is a symphonic poem…

…Emily Dickinson (#389) The speaker in Dickinson’s poem is noticeably outside the main action of the poem. The first line makes that clear: "There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House." Dickinson creates a patchwork story…

…Joy Sonnet in a Random Universe, by Helen Chasin The sonnet has been one of the most widely used and well-known verse forms for over four centuries. Generally written in series, but quite effective as individual poems, they have celebrated love, death…

…Edna St. Vincent Millay defied the times in which a woman was to operate, in her life style, and in her poems, "Renascence", "My candle burns at both ends", and "I forgot in Camelot, the man I loved in Rome." She was one of the best known poets…

…Discovery On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer, is made of two distinct parts. In the first part of Keats’s poem the speaker is expressing his experiences prior to reading Chapman’s translation of Homer. At the beginning of the poem the speaker says…

…The Good Old Days! To help bring out the message in a poem, the author will use many literary devises. Often the author will write about real life situations or maybe they will write about fantasies. A poem is a fascinating style of writing. It can tell…

…that they might not have noticed, or did notice but could not describe. His poem, describing a unique experience he encountered one day while he was walking by a field, clearly demonstrates the effective use of poetic devices. Rhyme, tone, personification, imagery…