Essays on Poems

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Exploring Mccarthy's Vision: a Deep Dive into "The Road"

5 pages / 2430 words

Author and Background Cormac McCarthy is a beloved American author that is best known for his rather tenebrous themes and post-apocalyptic worlds. In his career McCarthy has managed to publish a total of ten novels, win the Pulitzer Prize for his 2006 novel The Road...

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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The Meaning of Life in Whitman and Dickinson's Poems

1 page / 578 words

This lovely paper is going to tell you just what you’re lookin’ for. The two poems by Walt Whitman: “Facing West From California’s Shores” and “A Noiseless Patient Spider” both introduce meanings to life. The details of the life are more direct in “Facing West...

A Noiseless Patient Spider

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Comparison of Walt Whitman's Poems

6 pages / 2569 words

The title of Walt Whitman’s poem, “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”, implies that the poem will be about a spider that is most likely working on its web since this is the most common representation of spiders. The poem does turn out to be about a...

A Noiseless Patient Spider

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Exploring The Loneliness of Identity in "A Noiseless Patient Spider"

1 page / 664 words

“A Noiseless Patient Spider” Explication “A Noiseless Patient Spider” is a poem written by Walt Whitman emphasizing on those seeking meaning and goals by going out in the world to explore. Throughout this poem, alliteration, figurative language, and imagery are used as literary devices to...

A Noiseless Patient Spider

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A Literary Analysis of a Valediction: Forbidding Mourning by John Donne

2 pages / 1016 words

The Perfect Love On any given day at the airport, couples in love can be seen saying goodbye to one another. Everyday, thousands of people are forced to say goodbye to a loved one for a period of time for one reason or another. People...

A Valediction Forbidding Mourning

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The Chaos of Modernity in The Maltese Falcon and Acquainted with The Night

4 pages / 1676 words

In the quest to diagnose the modern age with its particular ailment—is it apathy? Xenophobia? Cynicism? Class exploitation? Racism, sexism, some other -ism?—it’s been the task of modernist writers to explore the many afflictions skulking about the contemporary age, in the attempt to parse order...

Acquainted With The Night

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Darkness in Dickinson's and Frost's Poetry

2 pages / 955 words

The archetypal element of darkness, in stark contrast with light, is a critical part of any writer’s toolbox. Besides its obvious ability to alter the atmosphere of any given piece, darkness can also be used symbolically to achieve a specificpurpose in writing. Emily Dickinson and...

Acquainted With The Night

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Exploring Darkness in Dickinson and Frost's Poems

2 pages / 743 words

The poems “We grow accustomed to the Dark” by Emily Dickinson and “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost are both distinctly about darkness. Both authors relate the darkness to real life emotions such as sadness and depression, but the way they both describe it...

Acquainted With The Night Robert Frost

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Analysis of Optimism in Cormac Mccarthy’s "The Road"

3 pages / 1305 words

Hope in The Road In the novel The Road, there are plenty of depressing themes that jump out at a reader right away; despair, struggle, and adversity to name a few. The novel follows a man and son struggling to survive in a seemingly post-nuclear...

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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Poetry Mastery of William Butler Yeats

2 pages / 860 words

The most improbable way of dying, is not knowing where the deathblow came from. To fight for what is right is not always wrong; to fight for something wrong is not always right. But to fulfill your duties as a soldier for your country is...

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

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Beowulf: a Perfect Anglo-saxon Hero

2 pages / 817 words

Beowulf, an epic poem written in old English, reflects many of the Anglo- Saxon societies ideals that we have seen. Many of these Anglo- Saxon ideals include: admiration for outstanding courage, belief in the importance of loyalty to a leader and to the tribe, value...

Anglo Saxon Beowulf Beowulf Hero

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The Relevance of Beowulf to Modern Society

3 pages / 1591 words

The story of Beowulf has been around long before the period of migration. It is said that the actual events of this epic poem occurred around 500 A.D. and that many of the characters that were written into this story, the Swedish and Danish royal...

Anglo Saxon Beowulf

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Birches" by Robert Frost: Sensetive and Tender Poetry

2 pages / 1127 words

Introduction I believe so much of poetry enlists the senses, beginning with the sense of sound. Whether it’s the rhythmic flow of the poem or the mere need to recite the words for a clearer understanding, poetry engages us on multiple sensory levels. The sense...

Birches

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The Double Death of Humanity in Cormac Mccarthy's "The Road"

4 pages / 1795 words

The famous phrase: “the simplest things are usually the most difficult to understand,” well suited to the book Cormac McCarthy’s Road. Indeed, before us, it would seem, is almost a classic story of the journey, from point A to point B. Between these places we...

Cormac McCarthy The Road

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How Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas Romanticised Childhood Innocence

3 pages / 1279 words

Romanticizing “Fern Hill” “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas is a poem that celebrate the whimsy of childhood. The poem revolves around the focus of how impactful time is in a person’s life, through the eyes of a young boy (Korg). The boy serves an archetype...

Fern Hill

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The Importance of Time in Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas

2 pages / 777 words

“Now I was young and easy under the apple boughs.” (1). In the poem Fern Hill, the poet tries to express the way he felt as a child, laying happily under the trees on a starry night. And by the way he speaks, he seems...

Fern Hill

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How Nature Plays a Pivotal Role in Mending Wall and Fire and Ice by Robert Frost

2 pages / 980 words

“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost is about how everyone needs a barrier. Without one, people would be vulnerable and easy to target, easy to hurt. Then you have “Fire and Ice,” which is also by Robert Frost. It is about the two arguments of how...

Fire and Ice

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Fire and Ice: an Introduction

3 pages / 1149 words

When I first read this poem, the first thing that I notice is general idea that whoever is speaking (in first person) is describing the end of the world. The first thing that comes to mind is the movie “Armageddon” and meteors burning up the...

Fire and Ice

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Carol Ann Duffy's Havisham: a Critical Analysis

2 pages / 1206 words

Introduction The poem “Havisham” by Carol Ann Duffy is a captivating literary work that offers a unique perspective on a well-known character from Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” In this essay, we will embark on a comprehensive exploration of “Havisham,” delving into its themes, literary devices,...

Carol Ann Duffy Havisham