Essays on Poems

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Seamus Heaney’s Representation of The Growth Process of Blackberries as Depicted in Blackberry-picking

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It is often said that the blacker the berry is, the sweeter its juice will be. Such is evident in Seamus Heaney’s “Blackberry-Picking.” Throughout the poem, Heaney uses the symbolism of the ripening and rotting of blackberries to represent youth and death respectively. Heaney takes...

Blackberry Picking Seamus Heaney

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The Secrets Behind Seamus Heaney's Poem -blackberry Picking

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According to Gustave Flaubert, “poetry is as precise a thing as geometry,” and thus the meticulous usage of morbid motifs, keen imagery, and phonetic diction can unravel a darker, more complex interpretation in a seemingly innocent poem about reminiscent childhood memories. “Blackberry-Picking” by Seamus Heaney...

Blackberry Picking Seamus Heaney

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Seamus Heaney's View of Experiencing Joy as Expressed in His Poem-blackberry

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The Moments of Happiness Despite the variety of cultures and lifestyles throughout the world, there remains a unique element that is integral to every heritage: the universal language of joy. The little things in life are truly the things that matter, as any wise child...

Blackberry Picking Seamus Heaney

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The Odyssey Reflection

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I think that The Odyssey portrays two different types of woman. Women who are pro-marriage and pro-family and women who are anti-marriage and anti-family. Penelope for example, is pro-marriage and pro-family. She is a faithful wife to Odysseus and waited twenty years for Odysseus to...

Critical Reflection The Odyssey

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Poetry Review: "The Chimney Sweeper" by William Blake

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In the literary writing “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake, I assume that the reader could pick out several themes that the author placed in the poem. Throughout the poem Mr. Blake uses the tone, speaker, and diction to develop and support that theme. The...

Chimney Sweeper William Blake

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Homer's Epic Ballad The Iliad and The Odyssey

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In Homer’s epic ballads The Iliad and The Odyssey, Achilles and Odysseus are the outstanding saints. Achilles battles Hector outside the dividers of Troy since Hector executed his closest companion, Patroclus. In the wake of battling in the Trojan War, Odysseus goes up against an...

Homer Iliad The Odyssey

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Comparative Analysis of The Poems Ozymandias by Percy Shelly and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

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“ Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay The poem Ozymandias by Percy Shelly and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning are very different. However, they do have...

My Last Duchess Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley

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A Short Reflection on The Unknown Citizen by W.h Auden

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Does an individual’s background or attitude affect how they are viewed in society? The poem “Solitude” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and the poem “The Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden imply that background and attitude can affect how an individual is viewed and treated in society....

The Unknown Citizen

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Morality and Political Problems as Depicted in The Unknown Citizen and Spain by Auden

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A composer’s representation of political motivations and actions may influence an individual and broader society. W. H. Auden reflects on moral and political issues of his context in the poems The Unknown Citizen (1939) and Spain (1937), to criticise the indoctrination and manipulation of the...

The Unknown Citizen

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Analyzing W.h Auden’s Poem, The Unknown Citizen

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The title of this poem, “The Unknown Citizen”, is the only time this phrase is mentioned and is basically the key that the reader will not know the identity of the man. The speaker sounds as if he’s reading off a eulogy that brings out...

The Unknown Citizen

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The Analysis of William Wordsworth’s Poem, ‘the World is Too Much with Us’

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William Wordsworth’s poem, The World is Too Much With Us explores the results of distancing man from the natural world due to the societal obsession with materialism. My media product, The People are Too Much Without Themselves is a creative interpretation of this theme and...

The World Is Too Much With Us

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Wordsworth's Romanticism in "The World is Too Much" and "I Wandered Lonely"

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William Wordsworth, author of I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and The World is Too Much With Us, highlight important elements of Romanticism. The exotic, nature, emotion and individuality are perfectly embodied within these two poems. While carefully identifying each one, I’ve perceived Wordsworth’s message...

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud The World Is Too Much With Us

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Juxtaposing Sherman Alexie’s Short Story "What You Pawn I Will Redeem Against Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

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Lucille’s Quest to End Loneliness In Sherman Alexie’s short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”, the main character Jackson Jackson goes on a “quest” to gather one hundred dollars in order to buy his grandmother’s pow wow regalia–which was stolen many years prior– from...

Sherman Alexie What You Pawn I Will Redeem

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Jackson’s Transition in Alexie’s What You Pawn I Will Redeem

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Jackson’s Transformation In Sherman Alexie’s short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” the twenty-four hour journey that Jackson embarks on in reclaiming his grandmother’s regalia proves to do him way more good than he could have ever thought possible when beginning. Alexie uses the...

What You Pawn I Will Redeem

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The Negatively Conotated Imagery in Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

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“Dulce et Decorum Est” is a poem written by Wilfred Owen that describes the horrors of World War I through the senses of a soldier. Owen uses extreme, harsh imagery to accurately describe how the war became all the soldiers were aware of. This was...

Dulce Et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen

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The Challenge of The Uproar of Pleasure of War in Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est and Mental Cases

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On the first days of August 1914 uproars of cheer could be heard throughout Britain as a mark of great enthusiasm of the newly-declared war campaign. This uproar of pleasure of war is greatly challenged by Wilfred Owen’s poems Dulce Et Decorum Est and Mental...

Dulce Et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen

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A Comparison of Robert Frost's Fire and Ice and The Mending Wall

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Robert Frost, an iconic figure in American literature, achieved remarkable success as a poet for a multitude of compelling reasons. His works are characterized by accessible diction, profound complexity, vivid imagery, and the profound life lessons they impart. This essay delves into these aspects, exploring...

Fire and Ice Mending Wall

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An Analysis of The Status of Women in Trifles, a One-act by Susan Glaspell

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Introduction Susan Glaspell’s drama Trifles is a play about a woman who was suspected of the murder of her husband. The play is set during the 19th century, a time known for women being treated poorly, especially as wives. Most women were treated as objects...

The Century Quilt Trifles

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The Meaning of Quilt in The Century Quilt, a Poem by Marilyn Wanie

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Quilts can be a narrative factor of the history behind many cultures. The powerful symbolism in each stitch of their unique patterns has represented many intimate bonds between families, communities, and friends. In her poem “The Century Guilt” Marilyn Wainek effectively illustrates the meaning and...

The Century Quilt