Genre Essays

Contrasting images of childhood in “Half-past Two” and “Hide and Seek” These poems are about two different children, each having their own experience of something new that is not always welcome. These Two poems are both looking back on a childhood experience that the poets have experience, and been marked after their discovery of this […]

At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy The poem was written in March 1913 when Hardy visited Cornwall after the death of his wife Emma Lavinia Gifford. The fictional name of the poem came from Boscastle, a mile from where Emma lived when she first met Hardy. It recalls a small incident during a journey he […]

Both “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy and “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage focus on the role of being a mother and having to give up something. In “Before You Were Mine” its Carol Ann Duffy’s mother letting go and giving up her carefree lifestyle, to take up the important role of […]

Close Reading of “How Soon Hath Time” Milton’s sonnet “How Soon Hath Time” is a Petrarchian style poem written in iambic pentameter. It has a rhyme scheme of a, b, b, a, a, b, b, a, c, d, e, d, c, e. Each four line stanza makes up one complete sentence. This structure is ideally […]

Keating vs. Mersault Rousseau’s quotation, “Man is born free yet, everywhere he is in chains” implies that a person is gifted with great possibilities and potential. Unfortunately, the society surrounding that person is responsible for crushing that individual’s essence. Those who refuse to conform to such a society are judged negatively and consequently, feel alienated. […]

Sylvia Plath was a brilliant writer and is my favourite writer on our course. She was also highly accomplished in other fields, was an intense and complex woman, and a woman who was frequently ill. She died at a young age. It is often the latter facts that come to mind when we think of […]

The writing style of Henry James contrasts sharply with that of Dickens. James’ style focuses on capturing not only the reader’s imagination but also their personal experiences and reality. James uses the current reality to engage readers by employing a writing style known as literary literalism. With his keen understanding of human psychology, he delves […]

Compare and Contrast ‘First Ice’ and ‘Manwatching’ The two poems I am going to compare and contrast are ‘First Ice’ by Andrei Vosnesky and ‘Manwatching’ by Georgia Garrett. The first obvious difference between the poems is that ‘First Ice’ is written by a man and ‘Manwatching’ is written by a woman. However, both poets seem […]

Our speaker gets some advice from an older, wiser person: don’t bank too much on love. Like any young person, he promptly ignores the advice. Did we mention that he’s 21? Keep that in mind. It’ll be important later. Flash forward: now he’s 22. And as it turns out, the advice he got was pretty […]

I believe in Wilfred Owens’ poem ‘Exposure’, there are many different purposes, and an equal number of methods, which he employs to achieve them. Throughout the poem, he uses a variety of different techniques but I think there are several which are most successful.The first and foremost approach Owen has used is that of the […]

The utilization of traditional nature imagery by various poets and its interpretation have been examined in a set of poems. Nature is typically viewed as a positive entity, representing the goodness of the Earth. It stands in stark contrast to human civilization, cities, technology, and the contemporary computer-driven world. The prevailing perception of nature is […]

I Hear America Singing SUMMARY In the poem “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman, the reader envisions a country of people working for the greater good of mankind. These people come together as part of the whole society developing industry and production. Each person has a different occupation, but each job is important to […]

Imagery is the heart of all poetry; it serves to enrich the plain literate meaning of its words. Imagery is in sense a incomprehensible language defined by a blend of symbol, allegory and myth. These three instruments of imagery bring limitless possibilities of analysis and serves to induce the senses of the human mind. The […]

Order for Masks by Virginia Moreno – an Analysis The poem, Order for Masks, vividly discusses a woman who is referring to herself as a harlequinade; a pantomime, supported by the phrase “black tights and fool’s cap” worn by a clown. This was a preface to the whole idea of the poem, being as a […]

Hope is the Thing With Feathers When you are having a bad day or feeling like you can’t do anything right, what do you do to keep on going? Many people try to find something hopeful when things are hard, because hope can often bring you up out of a rut. In the poem “Hope […]

Storm at Sea Essay Storm at Sea by Amar Qamar symbolizes life’s ups and downs. The poem is written to describe a ship being thrown around at sea, and sailors battling for their lives. The sailors’ struggles are meant as a metaphor stating that life will put you through hell at times so enjoy the […]

A Place without People A place without people can be hard to imagine and out of our imagination because it hardly exists in this world. In this world people are everywhere but it’s beyond our imagination and you can even find them in the most unexpected place for ex, Top of the mountain, in caves, […]

The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope What mighty contests rise from trivial things, I sing–This verse to Caryl, Muse! is due: This, ev’n Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, Goddess! could compel A well-bred […]

“It Was Long Ago”, a simple poem by Eleanor Farjeon, records the poet’s earliest memory, an incident that occurred when she was around three years old. While she was walking along a dusty road, she saw an old lady sitting under a tree. The lady invited her over and gave her bilberries and cream to […]

The Short Stories of Edith Wharton What is a modern heroine? My conception of a modern heroine is a woman who has integrity, puts her ideas into action, can verbally and sometimes physically spar with a man, is aware of her own emotions, and has compassion for others. She is empowered and independent, not afraid […]

Bruce Dawe themes Bruce Dawe is a poet who inscribes not only controversial pieces of poetry but also poems that depict his own personal experiences in life. As many would say it Dawe is “an ordinary bloke, with a respect for the ordinary” because he writes as a delegate to the everyday Australian. The two […]

Finnian Coyle, bearing the Student ID: 40027909 and a BA3 English Final Year student, is undertaking a dissertation on “Kahlil Gibran – A globally acknowledged poet whose works have frequently topped bestseller lists and triggered theatrical productions in both UK and Middle East. However, his acclaim isn’t universally echoed by all critics. Regardless of such […]