Essays On Books

I have decided to do the two First World War poems, As The Teams Head Brass by Edward Thomas and comparing it to Disabled by Wilfred Owen. The two poems have similar attitudes to war, although they represent them in different ways. The structure of the two poems is different. Disabled has six stanzas, all […]

The statement “Ultimately a study of failure and frustration” indicates that our perspective on the novel as a study of failure becomes apparent only towards the end. This emphasizes the significance of the last parts of the book and the aftermath of its events over the actions themselves. Although some may debate that the novel […]

The poems Joining the Colours and The Send-off both discuss, young, guileless boys marching off to war. The Send-off is written by Wilfred Owen, and ex-soldier, which explains why the reader acquires a deeper understanding of war and its sinister quality. Whereas Katherine Tynan writes Joining the Colours, so it analyses the way in which […]

In my opinion, The Oxford Book of War Poetry is a collection that deeply resonates with readers and allows them to empathize with the poets themselves. The topic of war is captivating to all and during wartime, Great Britain experienced division between those who discussed war and those who endured its brutal reality. Not all […]

In Wordsworth’s poem, he portrays a solitary girl singing and harvesting in the fields. Despite not comprehending her song’s meaning, it captivates him with its loveliness. He encourages others to also listen to her and take inspiration from his personal encounter. The poem contains four stanzas that demonstrate Wordsworth’s mastery of poetry. The initial stanza […]

Born in 1772 in Ottery. St. , T. S. Coleridge lead a very disquiet life in his early childhood. After his father’s death he was sent to the Christ’s hospital school. There he had felt a great emotional vacuum, which was the beginning of his continuos ill health. Charles Lamb, his schoolmate, gave us an […]

I think that Wimpole Hall is quite a useful source in helping us to understand the religious and social attitudes of the rich and poor during the 18th and 19th centuries, however there also many things that the building alone cannot tell us and which we need other sources to help us gather information. As […]

This coursework focuses on analyzing the front cover of ‘Mizz’, a well-known teenage magazine. Mizz specifically caters to younger teenage girls. The masthead can be found in the top left-hand corner, while the main image showcases Charlotte Church and is slightly right of center. At the bottom centre, there is a main cover line accompanied […]

By reading E.E. Cummings’ poem “In Just”, one can identity several examples of figurative language that Cummings used in his poem to convey themes of childhood. For example, the language that he used is referring to a child’s language such as “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful”. Cummings used these words to describe simple descriptions of what an […]

The relationships that the poems I have studied are about parents’. I understand that the two poems that I have studied have extremely different views on their parents. The two poems that I have looked at are “Boy driving his father to confession. ” by Seamus Heaney and “A praise song for my mother. ” […]

This poem sounds as if an old man wrote it, however the poet was merely 23 years old when this poem was published. The entire poem is very poignant and tragic in tone and the main reason why I get the impression of an old man as the narrator is because the poet seems to […]

Fate plays a huge role in Books I, II, IV and VI of the Aeneid. From the very beginning of the Aeneid Fate decrees that Aeneas must reach Italy with all of his crew and go on to found Lavinium:”He was a refugee chased by Fate from the land of Troy, first to reach Italy […]

Connecting with others is a natural and frequent occurrence in our daily lives. The author Isabel Huggan depicts the agony caused by societal and psychological restrictions that hinder our attempts to assimilate with the majority in Celia Behind Me. Through a poignant and straightforward first-person narrative, insightful characterization, situational ironies, and powerful imagery, Huggan establishes […]

The book, “I Am Number Four”, is a science fiction novel written James Frey and Jobie Hughes under the pen name of Pittacus Lore. This story is about a fifteen-year-old alien boy named John Smith who travels to Earth from a distant planet named Lorien. When he came to earth he was very young and […]

Alan Bennett’s exceptional creative talent is on full display in The Cream Cracker Under the Settee, as he skillfully produces an original and well-written script that weaves an amusing yet touching story around the remarkable character of Doris. Despite having just twenty minutes of screen time, Bennett expertly develops her persona by revealing that she […]

In this essay I will be writing about one of the Grave Nichols poems that I have studied. I will refer to other poems that have the same theme or technique that Grace Nichols uses. I have decided to analyze “Childhood”. Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1950. She was educated at St. […]

During the Victorian era, there was significant transformation as a result of the industrial revolution. Urban areas rapidly expanded, causing an influx of rural residents seeking employment in factories and mills to escape impoverishment in the countryside. The disappearance of the countryside was a fast-paced development that caused writers like John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, […]

Upon reading The Glass Menagerie, I concur with the aforementioned statement. However, I do not fully agree with it and believe that there are significant reasons why Amanda behaves the way she does. This essay intends to discuss those reasons. Amanda frequently talks about the numerous gentlemen callers she received during her younger days, which […]

The poem “Sonnet LXXV” by Edmund Spencer links to Romeo and Juliet’s ideas about love as it is about death and love, which is the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet, although this poem uses death as a positive thing, saying that death will immortalize you and that even if you die, your love will live […]

The Identification and Green Beret are two very different poems, but they also have their similarities. They are both about conflict and have themes of loss and destruction but as they are from different eras and countries. I will explore the numerous differences and similarities in this essay. The Identification is focuses on a young […]

Both “Song: Stop All the Clocks” and “Remember” both portray a familiar theme, death. On the other hand, the two poems are very similar but they show a different kind of mood and atmosphere. The poet in “remember” conveys the dead person in an optimistic and constructive way, Rossetti, the poet refuses to be sad. […]

In analyzing four works by Charles Dickens, specifically the Queer Chair, Goblins who stole a Sexton, The Signalman, and The Baron of Grogzwig, I have observed that the author portrays ghosts in different manners throughout each story. I will assess whether Dickens presents these specters as malevolent or benevolent and attempt to ascertain the reasons […]