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In his poem To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time, Robert Herrick focused on the idea of carpe diem. He speaks to the young people saying that marriage is best while they are young and he also warned of the sufferings when they fail to do so. He thinks that virginity is a great…

Explain the significance of the metaphor “dark tower. ” In the poem, the significance of the “dark tower’ is that the author uses it the show that however dark a place you may be in, you can always find a positive aspect in it. In the poem, African Americans are essentially living during a dark…

Each of us imprints our own mark into the world, and no one is quite like us. In the poem, “Thumbprint” by Eve Merriam, she discusses the theme of how each of us is unique, and that no one will ever be exactly like us. She uses alliteration and metaphors to demonstrate her theme. I…

Compare Contrast Essay In modern times, poetry is often considered a complicated and confusing art, incapable of being fathomed by an average person. Poetry is written in the vernacular which typically becomes outdated and therefore unfamiliar. With regards to Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and Edward Taylor’s “Huswifery”, this is not the…

The Bijak [Account] was the first of Kabir’s works to attract the attention of Western scholars. The members of the Kabirpanth compiled this topic after the death of Kabir, and considered it the most important and most representative of his doctrine. The Granth [Book], compiled at the beginning of the 17th century, became the sacred…

The development of the emotions and relationship of Elizabeth Browning changes dramatically through sonnets 1-21, as Elizabeth’s comes to a realisation of the love she encounters. In the first sonnet Elizabeth is not aware that she has fallen in love until the end of the poem. She contemplates on her feelings towards her life, as…

Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dub-style of poetry does not cause one to immediately categorize it as children’s literature. While Johnson’s poems tend to deal with more mature subjects, they do have a kind of linguistic appeal for children. Johnson’s use of rhyme and accent are visible through examination of the poem “If I Woz a Tap-Natch…

The Poem “Felix Randal” is a sonnet with an Italian or Petrarchan rhyme scheme (abba, abba, ccd, ccd); although not published until 1918, it was written in 1880. The title character is known from extrinsic evidence to have been a thirty-one-year-old blacksmith named Felix Spencer, who died of pulmonary tuberculosis; Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, while…

The poem Daddy” by Sylvia Plath is one of her most controversial works due to the message it conveys. The persona in the poem speaks of a person whom they call “daddy” and presents extreme hatred towards them. In contrast, Theodore Roethke’s poem “My Papa’s Waltz” also features a persona who is angry with the…

This poem expresses the feelings of the “winning” countries before, during and after the Second World War and the anticipation which the end of the war built. Born in 1935, in the town of Malden, in Victoria; Gallagher went through the 2nd World War as a child, and as a exult, experienced many adversities that…