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Mid-term Break is a poem by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. In this poem I will explain how the poem is very effective at conveying the complex emotions of how Seamus Heaney feels when he loses his younger brother in a road accident. I was surprised that in the poem he doesn’t show any sadness,…

‘Remembrance’ by Alexander Pushkin is an impassioned poetic lamentation or an elegy of the ‘I’ in the poem about having to be plagued by dreadful memories of particular events.  The poem has an allusion to the capitalist labor atmosphere which was quite abusive during this time.  Pushkin, in the poem, presents the voice to be…

Island Man, a poem written by Grace Nichols, depicts the tale of a Caribbean man residing in London who yearns to be back in his homeland. This piece is structured into three primary stanzas and incorporates occasional rhymes like “of gray metallic soar” juxtaposed with “to dull north circular roar,” enhancing its poetic allure and…

In Medias Res in Latin means “in the middle of things. ” This poem was published in 1985 by poet, critic, and editor, Michael McFee. Michael McFee was born in Asheville, North Carolina and earned both his BA and MA at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He teaches in the creative writing program at…

Emily Dickinson was famous for her poetry, considered nonconventional during her time. What separates her from the rest was her original treatment and reworking of popular materials. Although her poems are lyrical and her themes conventional, she was innovative in molding what she had to say, using concise words and witty metaphors. In Wild Nights…

Composed in free verse, the poem “Spring” by Edna St. Vincent Millay contains many poetic elements that create a feeling of structure throughout. As free verse challenges the conventions of writing, so too, does St. Vincent Millay’s interpretation of Spring challenge societies conventional beliefs associated with the season. Millay uses various different poetic elements of…

One of the most popular British poets is Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). “In an era that makes a better claim than most upon the familiar term transitional, Andrew Marvell is surely the single most compelling embodiment of the change that came over English society and letters in the course of the seventeenth century” (“Andrew Marvell (1621…

The poem takes place in America and tells the story of a black man facing racial discrimination. He is treated as if he is a source of shame for white people and is made to feel inferior. The poet aims to expose how America hides its racial discrimination issues while highlighting the importance of racial…

This speaker’s tone can be described as funereal and somber; he seems troubled by popular attitudes towards death and aging. 5. Who is the intended audience? How do you know? The poem’s audience encompasses the entire human race, evidenced by its universal message. The narrator speaks to his fellow men as an equal, hoping to…

The poem, Sea-Fever written by John Masefield talks about a man who tells us what he wishes to see when he goes near the sea. The poet brings the poem to life by appealing to senses with all the images that he includes in his poem, for instance: “grey mist” and “grey dawn breaking”. We…