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In Paris with You is recounted by a (thenarrator) whose relationship has just ended and who is now in Paris with someone else (“I’m on the rebound”). This suggests a long-term relationship has ended and the speaker is currently enjoying a less serious liaison. The narrator doesn’t want to examine the aftermath of the serious relationship:…

Edwin Arlington Robinson frequently explores the distress and profound difficulties encountered by individuals throughout their lives in his poetry. This recurring motif is evident in his works such as “Richard Cory,” “Miniver Cheevy,” and “Mr. Flood’s Party.” Loneliness, the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption, and suicide commonly emerge as key concerns in his verses. It…

The poetic language and writing in these two poems “Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening ” and “Loveliest of Trees” describe man’s attraction to the beauty of the nature outside. Robert Frost and A. E. Houseman each use different types of sentence structure, imagery, and diction to depict the environment and feelings of the…

Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem, “Poema para los Californios Muertos” (“Poem for the Dead Californios”), is a commentary on what happened to the original inhabitants of California when California was still Mexico, and an address to the speaker’s dead ancestors. Utilizing a unique dynamic, consistently alternating between Spanish and English, Cervantes accurately represents the fear, hatred,…

No reference to secondary criticism is required; this exercise is designed to test your close reading skills. Pay careful attention to the language of the following POEM and comment, as appropriate, on such technical features as form, syntax, rhythm, tone diction, imagery, voice, point of view and rhyme. How are these features implicated in interpretation?Louis…

E. E. Cummings, born in 1894 and died in 1962, produced numerous poems featuring unconventional punctuation, capitalization, and placements of lines, words, and even individual letters. His most challenging form of prose is likely the ideogram, which is exceedingly concise and incorporates visual and auditory elements. Within these ideograms, there might exist sounds or characters…

The concept of carpe diem, often expressed through songs or poems, is often understood as the notion of “eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die”. Carpe diem typically involves conversing with a lover and urging them to embrace the moment, reflecting a hedonistic worldview that life is short, the afterlife does not entail…

1. What are some of the metaphors that the poets use for love? For war? (Be sure to cite examples that are different from the ones I have used.) How does this metaphorical language deepen our understanding of what the poets are trying to say? Considering that metaphors provide depth and inner complexity to poetry,…

Old English epic poem “Beowulf” is still regarded as a defining example of the Anglo-Saxon period’s literary legacy. The terrible creatures that our eponymous hero fights symbolize more than simply basic opposing forces, and they are at the heart of our story. These monsters—Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and the dragon—reflect social concerns and moral quandaries of…

The appeal of Eavan Boland’s poetry is how real she is as her personal experiences are reflected in her poems. Her writing is humble and domestic making it accessible to the reader as she is interested in the voices of the powerless in society such as in ‘The Famine Road’. Being that she is from…