Stanza Essay Examples

In the poem “Richard Cory”, Edwin Arlington Robinson depicts a “grass is greener” presumption with a twist. The speaker in this poem, representing the working class, tells about a gentleman by the name of Richard Cory; a man everyone admired. This poem is an ironic illustration of how the “glitter[y]” (l. 8) illusion that wealth […]

In the first stanza, the poet has used a very critical tone to show the fast life of the itty and how everything is controlled in the city. The first three lines of the poem summarize the main theme of the poem by saying “people are made of places”. “They carry with them hints of […]

James Fenton. the poet of ‘Cambodia’ spent several old ages in Asia. touring states such as Cambodia. Vietnam and Indochina and became hard-pressed and extremely more and more indignant by the flagitious war offenses being committed by those in authorization. He wrote most of his verse forms upon his return to America. but ‘Cambodia’ was […]

Firstly, we began to read Island Man as a class in lessons. This is written by Grace Nichols and is published in a book titled “Anthology”. The surface meaning of the poem is based on a man who used to live on a Caribbean island and still dreams of this place even now when he […]

One day soon he’ll tell her it’s time to start packing and the kids will yell ‘Truly? ‘ and get wildly excited for no reason and the brown kelpie pup will start dashing about, tripping everyone up and she’ll go out to the vegetable patch and pick all the green tomatoes from the vines and […]

The poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, by Wallace Stevens may be considered as dark and mysterious poem. Literally looking at it, points that there are many ways to see a blackbird not only as a bird with black feathers. It may be representative of other figures in life. These figures may be […]

The poem, Acrobat, by Wislawa Szymborska, speaks literally of an acrobat and the logic-defying stunts he performs to his audience. Figuratively, the poem speaks of our mortality, reminding us of the brevity of life, and thus reinforcing the need to take advantage of what little time we have and the need to use this time […]

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 […]

In ‘Night of the scorpion’ it is about a place where the poet’s mother was stung by mother. Nissim Ezekeil describes what happened to his mother on that night and what the reactions of people were. This all creates an image of a place in the reader’s mind. Similarly, in ‘Blessing’ the poet creates an […]

Seamus Heaney authored both of the poems I examined, both of which address death, albeit in distinct ways. Two emotional poems, one set in the countryside, the other in the city, explore death’s impact. “The Early Purges” shows a clearing out of life in the country with kittens as innocent victims, while the other poem […]

The title ”Follower ” intrigues curiosity for what the poem is about, and what is doing the following. This poem, the  ” Follower ”, is about the writer looking up to his father whilst he ploughs some land, and how the roles have changed. The title ‘ Digging ‘ is quite plain, and unusual for […]

The title of the poem ‘Medallion’ automatically conjures up the image of a gold medal with a picture on it, usually awarded to commemorate an achievement. The first stanza, comprising of three lines, sets the scene for the rest of the poem. There is a gate with a moon and a star carved into the […]

“When the Bomb Drops” is about a lady trying to chooses a family who live on her road to share her bomb shelter with. She uses a process of exclusion rather than including and through this she portrays her character as a narrow- minded, snobbish housewife. “Those people without an inside loo should be crossed […]

One of the hardest things to do is to leave someone that is dear to us, and convince them its ok. John Donne does so brilliantly in his poem Valediction: Forbidding Morning. The poem’s message is that the relationship between two lovers is greater than anything else to them, and that true love cannot be […]

Sir John Betjeman wrote a poem called Slough, which begins with a striking stanza. The contrast between cows peacefully grazing and the concept of death creates significant tension. This contradiction is highlighted by Betjeman’s use of the term “friendly bombs,” as bombs are typically associated with destruction rather than being friendly. This oxymoron serves to […]

The poem ‘Not Waving But Drowning’, by Stevie Smith, is a poem in which there is a drowning man at sea. In this poem, the poet is talking about the difficulty of communication and the fundamental isolation of the individual in modern society. The title of the poem gives us an immediate indication that the […]

The two poems; ‘Medusa’ and ‘Les Grands Seigneurs’ (LGS) have their similarities and differences. The most obvious being both speakers are women and how they subdue men. However, the most apparent difference is the way both poets present character, with ‘Medusa’ and her jealousy and mistrust towards her partner; ‘…a doubt, a jealously’. The standards […]

The title “The Day Millicent Found the World” is about the day a young girl named Millicent discovered the world around her. The title is significant as well as symbolic. The title gives the poem a deeper meaning and gives the readers deeper insight into what they should expect. In this poem, the author, I […]

This Be the Verse is a lyric poem in three verses of four iambic tetrameter on an alternating rhyme scheme, by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985). It was written around April 1971, first published in the August 1971 issue of New Humanist, and appeared in the 1974 collection High Windows. The title also ironically […]

In the poem Anyone Lived in a Pretty how Town E. E. Cummings plays with jumbled syntax, a seemingly random rhyme scheme, and the paradox of non-identical repetition to convey his message about the ordinariness of daily life, the passing of time, and the inclusive anonymity of people we encounter in our lives. Anyone Lived […]

Dylan Thomas’ poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, is written as a dramatic monologue. It is a brief poem with nineteen lines, divided into six stanzas. He communicates with his audience through alliteration and the consistent repetition of the last line of each stanza. Through a combination of literary elements, Thomas is […]

In regards to the departure of the soldiers, Owen and Tynan offer contrasting presentations and s ignificantly different moods can be observed in their respective poems. The poem ‘Joining the Colours’ sets the tone from its title, as Tynan’s use of the verb ‘joining’ suggests that the soldiers believed they were merely becoming part of […]