Essays on Couplets

Poems usually focus around different topics. “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brook, “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall, “Dream Boogie” by Langston Hughes and “The Red Wheelbarrow” by Williams have a lot of common and different features. It is necessary to analyze each of the poems in order to find them. Gwendolyn Brooks' ballad "We Real Cool" aggregates up the truth that numerous adolescents confronted on the off chance that they cleared out school. Numerous adolescents abandoned the thought of having a future, since they were informed that they had no future; so why attempt. The young men in ...

The Tyger and The Lamb found in the songs of experience and songs of innocence respectively are two notable poems by William Blake. The poems were inspired by the years he lived 1757-1827 which heralded the inception of the Romantic movement in the western civilization. The Romantic movement was founded on human expressiveness and spirituality with enhanced focus on nature. The society then had a profound impact on Blake’s perception and convictions regarding various issues he tackled in his poems. His two works, The Lamb, and The Tyger are much centered on the poet’s expression regarding religion with ...

The ‘Bridge of San Luis Rey’ is the second novel of Thornton Wilder, published in November 1927 and awarded with a Pulitzer Prize in May 1928. Written at an early age – Thornton Wilder was 29 at the time, teaching at a private school for boys in New Jersey – the novel has been widely acknowledged as one greeted with overwhelming feelings on behalf of its readers, since it approaches in a very innovative way issues troubling the human nature. Do Fate and Destiny predefine people’s lives? What is the extent to which humans are responsible for their experiences? Are some people condemned ...

Every first day of the first lunar month is a great day for the whole of China as we celebrate the New Year in the spring festival. This is the time when families come together in family reunion as relatives come back home from abroad or various parts of the country. The festive season preparations starts early with the preliminary eve. During this day, we give offering to the kitchen god and celebrate with delicious food and laba porridge is served. The preparation for the New Year continues with homestead decorations and food purchases. We clean our houses thoroughly ...

It cannot be denied that Edgar Allan Poe made important contributions to the literary community. Poe effectively made his place in the literary community by always altering it using dark themes, Romanticist aspects, and strong imagery. Poe’s lyrical poem, “The Sleeper,” which was first published in 1831, gives readers a chance to retain a conclusive idea of his mysterious intentions. Poe establishes his ideas in his work using imagery. Poe creates an uncanny and weird environment in his poem that is inhabited by his characters. Poem portrays a lady in a long dress in his poem. Poe’s dark and deep romanticist intentions ...

Many scholars consider lyrical poetry as the epitome of Chinese traditional literature. While the literary aspect of Chinese poetry is conventional knowledge among Chinese Literary scholars, there is a conventional agreement that the Tang Dynasty 618- 907 played a critical role in the development of Chinese Poetry. In China, poetry played a role that was distinct form that in the West. During the Tang Dynasty, poetry became a language of communication that went beyond literature and entertainment. Poetry became a tool of communication, a demonstration of affection and a custodian of secrets among the members of the society. In such a poetic world, defining a poet became a ...

Phedre, a play first performed in 1677, is a drama that borders on tragedy. The play borrows heavily from Romanian history and tales of the Greek mythology. Jean Baptiste Racine, the author of the play, wrote Phedre at a time when there was wide clamor for rationalism. Phedre, set in Troezen (Greece), exhibits a unique rhythm with the characters contributing substantially to the development of its plot, and the theme of love featuring prominently in the play. Phedre has a distinct rhythm, a rare occurrence in many plays. For instance, each line has verses with six iambic feet- a concept known was Alexandrine. Most of ...

“The Coy Mistress” and “Corinna’s going A-Maying” Judging from the structure of the two poems, at first glance they seem to be very different; however, but in terms of context we can conclude that the stories beneath the works are almost alike. To compare the poems we must look at the technical side of the contents and how the meanings were delivered by the sentence structure. In the first poem entitled “The Coy Mistress” that was written by Andrew Marvell it goes about a woman who is quite slow in responding to the author’s sexual advances, and ...

John Adams (born in February 15, 1947) is a leading composer in what is simply referred to as minimalist opera. This is a style that developed as a result of modernism of the early twentieth century. The Pulitzer prize winning American composer strongly believes in minimalism. Some of his works are; Short Ride in a Fast Machine(1986), Shaker Loops (1978), On The Transmigration of Souls (2002) and commemorating victims of September 11 attacks. His operas include Nixon in China (1987) and Doctor Atomic (2005) As a child growing up in New Hampshire Adams developed early liking for American political life. He attended ...

Essay on “The Coy Mistress” and “Corinna’s going A-Maying” Poems Judging from the structure of the two poems at first glance they look very much different but in terms of context we can conclude that the stories beneath the words are almost alike. To compare the poems we must look at the technical side of the contents and how the meanings were delivered by the sentence structure. First the poem “The Coy Mistress” written by Andrew Marvell talks about a woman who is quite slow in responding to the author’s sexual advances. At the first part of ...

11 July 2011

Comparisons between ‘Localism or T/here’ and ‘Post Feminism’

There are a number of comparisons that can be drawn between Juliana Spahr’s Localism or T/here and Brenda Shaughnessy’s Post Feminism – two poems concerned with the idea of togetherness in the face of adversity. Shaughnessy uses an exaggerated example of post-feminist society to demonstrate how in spite of trying not to fulfil social expectations of womanhood (the poem refers to prostitutes and mothers), togetherness is important in some context. Spahr prefers to demonstrate how ultimately, togetherness is something that you can share regardless of whether you’re “lost there and here.” In short, these are ...

Introduction and Thesis

‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning is a very famous and much-anthologized poem. It is a dramatic monologue written in rhyming iambic pentameters – that is to say the poet adopts the voice of someone else and speaks throughout as that person. It was first published in 1842 and is one of many dramatic monologues that Browning wrote. This poem is based on real historical events. Duke Alfonso II of Modena and Ferrara (1559 – 1597) married Lucrezia de Doctors and she died four years after the wedding in mysterious circumstances. This is the starting point for Browning’s poem. Victorian Britain was ...