poetry

This assignment is based around the study of a selection of poems all of which have love and marriage as their central theme. The poems we focused on were when…

In this essay, I will compare how the theme of oppression is addressed in the two poems that we have studied, “the poem of Joao”, written by Noemia De Sousa,…

It has been suggested that The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner may be read as a religious text, presenting nothing less than ‘the fall of man’. How do you respond…

To Dr. Moore, in answer to a Poetical Epistle Written by Him in Wales was written by Helen Maria Williams. The poem provides an insight into the thoughts of Williams…

The Environment and Poetry Poetry has a vital role in the world and needs to be given a chance in these modern times. Poetry gives a person a voice and…

Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and George Herbert’s The Collar can be compared in that both poems emphasize the roles and responsibilities people have in life and…

These four poems explore the racist views between white and black people during the last fifty years. The racism is viewed from many different angles, through both the perspectives off…

I Shall Paint my Nails Red, by Carole Satyamurti, is another poem that, to me, shows insecurity and unknown identity. The poem is describing how she shall paint her nails…

The poem “How I Love thee?”, written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning breaks the stereotypical view of women in this famous poem. Which explores a woman who shares her passion for…

Love is one the ways of showing emotional feelings to another person; it is the thing that makes us human. It is about passion, romance, commitment and loyalty. But love…

Not many people know what a sonnet is. It is actually a special form of poem; it contains fourteen lines and a Volta. It is designed to have a tight…

There are various types of love, when we talk about the term ‘Love’ many terms and phrases come in to our mind. The various types of love that exist are,…

The poets I have studied use a variety of methods to convey their ideas. These include rhyme, rhythm, emotive language, similes, metaphors and many other devices to convey their ideas…

I propose to write about four love poems from the 20th Century. These four poems are each by different poets and I have chosen from a variety of poems, which…

The first stanza is 8 lines long each line alternating between 4 and 3 beats per line. The first stanza pictures the box in the readers mind, describing in great…

“When We Two Parted” written by Lord Byron, “Remember” written by Christina Rossetti and “My Last Duchess” written by Robert Browning are three pre-twentieth century poems about the ups and…

‘Villegiature’ and ‘A Woman to her Lover’ are both poems written by women about their lovers. However the women see their partners in completely different ways. In ‘Villegiature’ it could…

“Porphyria’s Lover” is a Victorian poem written by Robert Browning and narrates the occasion in which a man strangles his lover to death as consequence of his rather special outlook…

The two poems I will be writing about are ‘Porphyrias lover’ and ‘To his coy mistress’. ‘Porphyrias lover is written by Robert browning in the nineteenth century and ‘to his…

These two poems share certain characteristics but are so very different in many ways. Both poems are extended metaphors and share Christianity as their underlying themes. Another unifying factor is…