poetry

Both poems “Twice Shy” and “The Thickness of Ice” portray ideas of love, hurt and naivety; however there is a vast difference in how these ideas are interpreted. Twice Shy…

Three poems where the speakers show strong nostalgic thoughts for the past are Piano by D. H. Lawrence, Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker and Crabbit Old Woman by Phyllis…

The three poems all contain different ideas on relationships between parents and children. In before you were mine, the author writes about how someone imagines their mother, and her life,…

In Owen’s original prologue for his collection of poems he wrote ‘My subject is war, and the pity of war’. In ‘A Terre’ Owen focuses in on the extent of…

Coleridge has various ideas that are presented throughout the poem. The poem can be interpreted through many different levels, depending on the perception of the reader. Kubla Khan is infamously…

The poems ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou and ‘Charlotte O’Neil’s Song’ by Fiona Farrell both explore the issue of oppression. ‘Still I Rise’ describes the feelings of a black,…

In this essay I will be comparing two poems. These poems are on the topic of war which is very relevant especially as there is a war going on in…

When World War 1 broke out in 1914, most of Britain rejoiced. There was a rush to join the army and many young men did as they decided it was…

Before World War One, war was seen as glorious and honourable. These attitudes are reflected in the phrase Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mari, translated this means that it…

The three poems that we are reading are all written at different times and places in the war. The Charge of the Light Brigade was written as the battle was…

In this essay I am going to compare the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Wilfred Owen, which have very different attitudes to war. ” The Charge of the Light…

A. E Housman and Thomas Hardy, both highly recognised poets, wrote their poems in response to the same war. This war, The Boer War (1899-1902) is affectively described in their…

War is a topic on everyone’s mind at the moment. It looks as if Britain and America will join forces to take on Iraq. Saddam Hussein has an inventory holding…

It is generally thought that poems of such nature are sad, and these poems are no exception. Here, we have two brave men going off to fight for their country,…

Through his war poetry Wilfred Owen communicates to the reader the realities of war. In his poems, he creates emotions and feeling, which describe the horror of the war and…

McKay and Duffy come from two very different backgrounds, one being a Jamaican immigrant and the other a Scottish teacher, yet both of their poems seem to amalgamate under the…

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,…

The Sentry and the letter, that Wilfred Owen wrote, are both powerful accounts of the war. Personally, both accounts become more effective as Owen experienced war first hand. Due to…

In this assignment, I am going to examine Wilfred Owens’s portrayal of war within his poetry. To do this I will firstly examine the context of the poems Mental Cases…

He walks along story yet untold,To his gun his hand finds and holds,He seeks the truth for all to see,What a terrible time war can be.His misconception made him this…