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The Sidewalk Never Ends “Let us make a pair of pants for the poor old hippopotamus, to cover his hide – once we decide exactly how big his bottomus.” This short, humorous poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the many unique and entertaining works of Shel Silverstein, a poet, author, artist and…

We would think that in such a modern and developed world, people would be encouraged to express their individuality and independent way of thinking, but is that really so? Humans are social animals. As people, we live In a countless social structure, placing a strong emphasis on our need to belong and have strong relationships….

Poetry AnalysisPoetry is a very powerful way of communication between a writer and a reader. Just like other forms of literature, poetry reflects the thoughts, wisdom, and sensibilities of the one who created it. Since poetry is a combination of symbolism and different parts of speech presented in a creative way, every reader sees and…

Introduction Setting up a novel idea is just one way to produce a creative work, like poetry. But, another important way is to stimulate our imagination. Most people behave unimaginatively not because they lack imagination, but because they fear the reaction their ideas will receive. In time, they grow used to suppressing ideas that differ…

St. Vincent Millay ( 1892-1950 ) was born in Rockland, Maine. Her parents, Cora Lounella, a  nurse, and Henry Tolman Millay, a school teacher, divorced when she was approximately eight ;  ‘‘ Vincent ‘‘ stayed with her female parent. In 1917 she graduated from Vassar, published Renaissance  and Other Poems ( the rubric piece had…

Walt Whitman. a outstanding American anti war poet. who lived during the times of civil war witnessed the status around him with his ain eyes and transformed it into literature which still stands relevant to our lives today. The coming of capitalist economy during this clip and its rapid proliferation brought with itself several branchings….

Children and teenagers place a greater emphasis on belonging to “groups” compared to older individuals. Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool” and Amy Uyematsu’s poem “Deliberate” both explore the themes of rebellion and the significance of group affiliation for teenagers. By examining these two poems which share a common subject, we can observe how two…

“Suicide Note”, Janice Mirikitani’s poem express the depression of a girl that killed herself, because she thought was not good enough to her parents. Mirikitani use the simile in the poem, (2) “ink smeared like bird prints in snow.” The simile itself serves to compare the black words she is writing on the paper to…

Once Galway Kinnel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, said that it is the poet’s job “to figure out what’s happening within oneself, to figure out the connection between the self and the world, and to get it down in words that have a certain shape, that have a chance of lasting. […] There is some sadness…

In the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Coleridge, language is used to convey images from Coleridges imagination. This is done with the use of vocabulary, imagery, structure, use of contrasts, rhythm and sound devices such as alliteration and assonance. By conveying his imagination by using language, the vocabulary used by coleridge is of great importance….