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INTRODUCTION             Robert Frost has been one of the most well-known poets of all time. His works all showcase emphasis on deep meanings and quality representations. His use of words and elements in a single poem create a combination of different literary forms of sentences. Most of his works combine many figures of speech like…

The poem “Bored” by Margaret Atwood, is a poem that tells many different things in each line. It is a poem that evokes many different feelings in me such as feelings of boredom, happiness, and sadness. This poem has some ambiguous meanings to me and maybe to the writer as well. “Bored” is a poem…

The opening line of The Day Lady Died bequeaths the reader with time, a date, and a location: ‘It is 12:20 in New York a Friday’ A context is provided. It is ‘three days after Bastille day’. And a year is flagged: ‘it is 1959’. A certain degree of care has been taken to mark…

            Anne Bradstreet’s poem Upon the Burning of Our House demonstrates the dichotomy between the secular and the divine and the human understanding between the two.  In Bradstreet’s poem she describes the atrocious event of her house burning.  This was in a time period when insurance was not a widely spread protective agent against such…

Both Joy Harjo’s poem Perhaps the World Ends Here” and Yusef Komunyakka’s poem “Facing It” represent attempts by the poets to create a central symbol within a specific poem that can hold a vast number of associations, from the familial to the multinational. By imbuing inanimate objects such as a kitchen table or war memorial…

The poem “My Grandmother’s Hands was written in 1980 by Maria Mazziotti, who was an Italian mother. She seems worried in the poem, we will find out why. Also, what does it have to do with Mothers? She seems to have lost faith in herself, and her way of raising children. The quote: “Did I…

The death of a family pet can be one of the hardest experiences in a person’s life. For those who mourn the passing of their dog suffer alone because they do not want others to see them grieving. This may sound like emotional babble to some people but to others, it would come off as…

Maya Angelou, an African-American poet, wrote the famous poem “Still I Rise” which explores themes of slavery and the experiences of African-American women. The poem reflects on how Angelou is treated differently and draws connections to her ancestors’ struggles during slavery as well as her own ongoing challenges. “Still I Rise” has become a source…

Anti-miscegenation laws were strictly enforced to keep the races segregated so it is especially interesting to view Howard’s quite different viecrovwpoints here. “Day Breaks Over Simla” (undated) is a poem about an interracial love affair between what sounds like a young woman from India and a member of the British Consul stationed there. The beautiful…

In his essay “Tevis Clyde Smith, Jr.,” Howard scholar Rusty Burke tackles the issue of Howard’s racism head on: Both Clyde and Bob were confirmed, unabashed racists. Bob seemed to be able to “give any man his due,” judging individuals on merit – this was probably true of Clyde, as well. But both men were…