Poetry Page 33

In his poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete”, Tupac Shakur introduces to us an instance in a life where despite the hard (concrete) circumstances and conflicts that one can be faced with, they can overcome and rise to their dreams Though this may be a rather short poem, it is strong and concise The…

“Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins Naturally, life is a continuous cycle of experience and learning. Yet often times so much is buried in our lives that we fail to remember or recall what we have learned. Memories that range from miniscule facts to important emotions can often leave unknowingly from our mind. Billy Collin’s “Forgetfulness” shows…

Both poems, ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘From Father to Son’, are written from the perspective of sons who are coping with the death of their fathers. The poets have very mixed feelings about their fathers as both poems contain positive and negative opinions towards their close relatives. However, Emyr Humphreys…

Bluebird is a poem written by the modern poet Charles Bukowski and published in 1992 in Bukowski’s collection of poems titled “The Last Night of the Earth Poems”. The poem is about the vulnerability, innermost torment and the suppression of an emotional and fragile personality symbolized through the image of a Bluebird hidden inside the…

The poem “Turtle” by Kay Ryan reflects the feeling of the author about frustration and being thwarted. Throughout the poem, Ryan ridiculed the turtle about its characteristics, depicting it as an unfortunate creation that is hardly lovable. Ryan’s use of imagery in the poem relates frustration to its readers as it relates to life experiences,…

Wilfred Owen wrote a variety of war poetry, these war poems were often illustrating to the audience, the dreadful truth about war. In his poem ‘disabled’ he explored a range of phrases that ensures the audience how war can/does ruin your life, briefly this poem is about a man (soldier) who decides to sign up…

The poem ‘The Hurricane’ creates a tense and fearful atmosphere to such an extent that the reader is made to feel as though they have lived through the hurricane themselves. The poet also uses many poetic devices to express this feeling, as well as almost exaggerating the aftermath. All of this creates the vivid atmosphere…

Analysis of “Ode to a Nightingale” and “To a Skylark” “To a Sklyark”, and “Ode to a Nightingale” 19th century English romanticism poems; written by Percy Shelley and John Keats. Keats and Shelley use allegory imagery of the bird to express an aesthetic expression, and their understanding of human nature. While Shelley’s impression of the…

Dylan Thomas is one of the most accomplished modern poets in English literary domain. As an original poet of great power and beauty, he has shown his extra-ordinary creative power in his poems. His images were most carefully ordered in a patterned sequence and his major theme was the unity of all life, the continuing…

Although the theme is the same, the poems display it in different ways, and express it through different writing styles, language devices and poetic structures. “Look Up” is a spoken-word piece that talks about society’s current obsession with the Internet and social media, and how they prevent people from having “real” interactions with each other….