Genre Essays

“I wonder where I’m gonna die, / Being neither white nor black?” (11-12) These are the last two lines of “Cross” a poem by Langston Hughes that describes the experience of a mixed-race person. The poem is written in stanzas with a rhyme scheme of ABCB. The speaker expresses the frustration and grief that a […]

I will be writing about “Sonnet 130” that was written in 1609 by William Shakespeare. The theme of this sonnet is romance, but it isn’t the conventional love poem were you praise your mistress and point out to the readers all the ways in which she is perfect and the best. In this sonnet we […]

A Poison Tree is taken from the collection of Blake’s poem titled Songs of Experiencewhich was published in the year 1793. His works focus on the theme of human nature. In hisSongsof InnocenceandSongs of Experiencehe tries to bring a contrast between the innocence seen in achild and how this change as the child matures and […]

I have mixed feelings about Raymond Carver. Despite his excellent stories, my issue lies with his rise to prominence in academia during the 1980s. He was revered as a saintly figure in MFA programs, and countless American writing students imitated his works and writing style tirelessly. This ultimately led to a landscape of unoriginal and […]

This paper is about the imageries in three poems of George Gordon Lord Byron namely: “She Walks in Beauty”, “I Saw Thee Weep”, and “When We Two Parted”. Imageries are mental pictures evoked through the use of descriptive words and figurative language. There are two levels of Imagery. The first one is the descriptive imagery […]

The materialistic civilization, the internet and industrial evolutions have impacted the modern urban life substantially and the rural life marginally. .Possibilities of the rural life structure being vitiated even more is imminent, thanks to the negative contribution of the print and electronic media. The people in the city are born and they walk up to […]

“How is the idea of people and their relationship to the environment portrayed in Folucher’s Poetry? ” In Foulcher’s poetry he shows the different types of relationships people can have with their surrounding environment. In the writers poems ‘Loch Ard Gorge’ and ‘Summer Rain’ he focuses on the different elements of nature that people have […]

I decided on the poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home,” for its overall simplicity matched with the deeper meaning that I found within. It stood out to me immediately as I was able to relate to both the underlying connotation as well as the literal experience of learning to ride a bike. Poems can become […]

Philippine literature is the literature associated with the Philippines and includes the legends of prehistory, and the colonial legacy of the Philippines. Most of the notable literature of the Philippines was written during the Spanish period and the first half of the 20th century in Spanish language. Philippine literature is written in Spanish, English, Tagalog, […]

Explain how Robert Frost uses inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. ” What effect does Frost’s word order have on the poem? Does it contribute to your understanding and/or enjoyment of the poem? Robert Frost’s inverted word order in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, gives me, as a […]

During two important periods in literature, poetry and prose were both considered art forms and occupations for the educated. These periods are known as the Victorian era or Romantic Poetry and modern poetry. The selected poems for analysis are T.S Eliot’s The Waste Land and Robert Browning’s Memorabilia. The article compares two poems, giving a […]

The three poems used in this essay are: “The Meal”, “My papa’s Malts”, and “Daddy”. All three poems were written and created in such a descriptive manner with the use of images that stimulates the imagination and the senses of the readers. Thus, imagery plays a role in each of the three aforementioned poems to […]

Richard Eberhart, born in 1904, was a soldier, a naval officer precisely, in world war II,the experience which gave birth to his poem “The Fury of Aerial Bombardment published in 1945. Henry Reed was born in 1914. His own experience in the The Royal Army Ordnance Corps gave birth to his poem ‘Naming of Parts’. […]

Read Eavan Boland’s “Anorexic” and describe the poem’s form or structure. Consider stanzas, line length, rhyme, and meter. Eavan Boland’s “Anorexic” is written in free verse, which is defined as a poetry form composed of lines with rhyme or without, and are arranged in no specific metrical pattern. Made of 15 stanzas, “Anorexic” is completed […]

As important as it is for a successful poem to feature well-crafted language and perceptive figurative language, as well as demonstrating a mastery of form and prosody, a good poem usually is considered to express meaning. The meaning of a poem may be immediately apparent or it may require repeated readings and reflection in order […]

Both The Whipping and My Papa’s Waltz focus on child abuse, depicting the violence children endure from adults. In The Whipping, a young boy is battered by an elderly woman, likely his grandmother. Conversely, My Papa’s Waltz portrays a boy being abused by his own father. However, these poems differ not only in terms of […]

In what way has your study of concept of belonging broadened and deepened your understanding of yourself and the world? Belonging is a basic human need yet it is a constantly changing one. It is the result of understanding and making meaningful connections with a culture. However, a sense of belonging can only be altered […]

Owen’s choice of the title “Doomed Youth” aimed to juxtapose the idealized perception of war with its harsh reality, discouraging young individuals from enlisting. The poem begins with a question using animal imagery, dehumanizing soldiers even in death. Additionally, guns are personified and described as angry, adding realism. Alliteration highlights the contrast between traditional funerals […]

The poem “Yellow Palm” follows a similar theme, portraying the problems which are present in Baghdad. Looking at the different structures and forms used in both poems, they contrast the difference between one speaker being confused, and not knowing what’s happening, to a very loosely structured ballad. Within the poem “Belfast Confetti”, Ciaran Carson does […]

Ode on a Grecian Urn was inspired by a collection of Greek sculpture which Keats saw in the museum. Partly, perhaps, the inspiration for the poem was derived from a marble urn which belonged to Lord Holland. In giving us the imagery of the carvings on the urn, Keats was not thinking of a single […]

Langston Hughes shares a part of himself on his poem entitled “Harlem. ” It reflects his insight during the period when he wrote the poem which discusses racial issues that is rampant in the United States between 1920 and 1930 (Grimes). It focuses more on the conditions and limitations that hinder the Black people from […]

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 noisily “to let air come up noisily from your stomach and out through your nose” Strummed – to sweep fingers over a stringed instrument “to […]