Poems Essays and Research Papers Page 6

The poem “The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd”, is a look into the mind of a realistic (or some may even say pessimistic) person. It was written as a response to the more idealistic poem, ” The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, by Christopher Marlowe. “The Passionate Shepherd..” is the story of a man trying…

In the poem Against Still Life, poet Margaret Atwood fascinates us by weaving her words into descriptive feelings we can all relate too, especially women. Atwood is a well known poet and novelist who has a certain way of grabbing the attention of the reader and throwing the readers thoughts around without her even realizing…

“Wishing Africa” is a poem in which many thought provoking metaphors are used to make it come alive by giving the reader great illustrations. First of all what is a metaphor? A metaphor is a figure of speech that make comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as. Marilyn Brooks utilizes…

The poem is about William Wordsworth complete philosophy of nature. “Tintern Abby” shows great importance of nature to William Wordsworth in his poem. First part gives graphical description of “Tintern Abby” since William Wordsworth visited it before, five years ago. This poem shows close observation of nature. William Wordsworth was sensitive to sites of nature,…

The poem “Invictus” by William E. Henley, and the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, both have common themes that discuss the importance of individuality and both use the main characters to advance that message upon their readers. The following paragraphs will compare and contrast the two main characters in each of these works. One of…

On the “Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, it’s just trying to define the meaning of love, and it describes that true love can’t be defended by which others think. Also it describes that it can never be broken, or never dies. Shakespeare also devotes that love doesn’t change through time so love is immortal and…

In the poem “Law, Like Love” by W.H. Auden we get evidences everywhere that law is officially and unofficially institutionalized. Every individual have a different perspective to look into life and so definition of law and love varies in everybody’s life. Law has a greater hold in the society in comparison to love. An individuals…

Comparing Two Poems The comparison between two poems are best analyzed through the form and meaning of the pieces. “Mother to Son” and “Harlem (A Dream Deferred)” both written by the profound poet Langston Hughes, depicts many similarities and differences between the poems. Between these two poems the reader can identify his flow of writing…