poetry

John Carey’s description of Donne’s “power” is laudable, and to a certain extent, accurate. Carey captures the masculine nature of Donne’s tone; the vividness of Donne’s imagery; the subtle coercion…

No individual can live without belonging. A sense of belonging to a place, people, or culture is greatly influenced by each individual’s identity and relationships. ‘The China Coin’ by Allan…

The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople,…

I dreamt a dream! What can it mean? And that I was a maiden Queen Guarded by an Angel mild: Witless woe was ne’er beguiled! And I wept both night…

Robert Frost was a traditional American poet. Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. At the age of eleven, he moved to New England;…

Winds – takes a twisting route “to have many bends and twist” Aches – to hurt with a dull pain “to feel a continuous dull pain” Belch – to burp…

“War is Kind” by Steven CranesThe poem speaks of the irony of war.  It speaks of the devastation it can do the country where mothers weep for the loss of…

Lyrics have but used for many years to describe a variety of things from areas that we live in, to how we feel, or an event in time, an allusion…

War poetry was very popular during the First World War (1914-1918). The reason that it was written as a poem was because you can get a lot of points and…

1. Read Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”, then select one specific symbol and explain what it represents in the context of the poem. Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”, after the biblical character…

Poetry us the simplest form of expressing emotions. If the person could not state his or her angst through verbal communication, writing a poem can ease the feeling of anxiety…

The Scottish Ballad Lord Randall is about a young man who comes home from the woods and is met by his mother. The poem’s refrain “For I’m wearied wi huntin”…

In his poem Boey Kim Cheng presents the modern environment we live in by showing how nature gets suppressed by ever-growing concrete jungles. He shows the nonstop continuing of the…

The poem speaks about the inner loneliness of the poet’s father, the utter alienation he is experiencing in the twilight years (man’s estrangement from a man-made world) as he ceases…

The author of this essay will aim to establish how the poet uses psychological, physical and emotional parameters to convince his lover that their relationship is not dead. This poem…

The poem Identity by Julio Noboa Polanco is a free verse poem that is made up of 5 stanzas. The theme of the poem is identity and the poet compares…

I think the nature of poetry is to convey the concept to others, who might change their belief by reading the poetry. In fact, a small poetry really possesses the…

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is the author of one of the most famous stories ever told, The Lord of the Rings. There is nothing simple about this unique epic; it…

The effect this poem has on me is it makes me realise how lucky and grateful I am because I can afford things and have a lovely life style. However…

In both poems, “How Do I Love Thee” and “The Definition of Love” Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Andrew Marvell use figurative language, imagery, diction and tone to depict love as…