Poems

World War One was the first of its kind, with almost every country in the world involved. The war lasted for over four years from 1914 to 1918. Millions fought…

One of the greatest examples of the influence of propaganda is its use during the First World War. Across the channel thousands of men were dieing gruesome and bloody deaths,…

Using at least one poem from each category, show how the attitudes to war changed and are reflected in the work of the war poets. I find poetry from the…

In the anthology Up the line to death, the section “O Jesus, Make it Stop” is marked by the fascinatingly profound Poems of Wilfred Owen and of his friend and…

“Feliks Skrzynecki” although a paean of admiration for his father, reveals a growing disconnection between the two. The poem reflects aspects of post World War Two life for migrants in…

‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. ’ is a poem written in the 19th century by a poet named Elizabeth Barret Brown. Assuming that this love…

Poems are something that lasts forever. The essence of the poems resonates at all times even it was written in the past. Poems are manifestation of the poet’s feelings and…

Reading “My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Shall I Compare thee to a summer’s day? ” by William Shakespeare was very interesting. It can sometimes be hard…

Whether reading a short story or a poem, there is always a story to be found within. The authors of these stories are able to capture readers through the use…

Unique individuals can find belonging through dissatisfaction or a feeling of alienation when conforming to society’s expectations, leaving an individual in a state of paradox. This leaves the intrinsic individual…

In Thomas Hardy’s “Neutral Tones”, the mood of the speaker in the poem appears to be in a sad state while in William Blake’s “The Tyger” the mood of the…

Sharon Olds wrote poems expressing sentimentality. In “Looking at Them Asleep,” we find sentimentality expressed in the persona’s thoughts regarding his/her children. The persona in this poem is a working…

“Out,Out-“ and Bredon Hill are two very different poems which both deal with the theme of unexpected death. “Out,Out-“, by Robert Frost, is the story of the death of a…

Alfred Tennyson uses denotation and connotation deftly and extensively in his two poems, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Crossing the Bar. ” These works use powerful imagery to…

Compare and contrast any two poems to explain how the poet uses poetic techniques to suggest his thoughts and feelings about the subject I will be analysing the similarities and…

Today I am going to be writing an essay on comparing and contrasting two war poems which are ‘Who’s for the Game ‘by Jessie Pope and Dulce Est Decorum Est…

In a world of poetry for CXC written by MarkMcwatt and Hazel Simmons-McDonald there are two poems “ Forgive my guilt’ and ‘ Once upon a time” which illustrates the…

Race has always been an important issue to me because it has played a major part in my life. In this paper I will compare and contrast the poems “What…

Loss is universal. An inevitable condition of life; you cannot have one without the other. Whether it is the loss of innocence of an unborn child in “Prayer Before Birth”…

Two poems that use language and layout for effect are, ‘Two scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and ‘Blessing’ by Imtiaz Dharker. Both…