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            Sir Philip Sidney’s poem entitled Astrophil and Stella is about a man who longed for a woman but is impossible to possess because the woman named Stella is already married. Astrophil, the narrator once kissed Stella and hoped for another time to kiss and touché her but it did not happened. He tried to…

The definition of the transitive verb “hope” according to Merriam-Webster is 1. ) to desire with expectation of obtainment, and 2. ) to expect with confidence. This implies a sense of fulfillment through confident yearning. In Emily Dickinson’s renowned poem “Hope is the thing with feathers,” she interprets these meanings and adds her own perspective….

Peter Skrzynecki, born in 1945 in Germany, is of Polish/Ukrainian background. Shortly before the end of World War II, he immigrated to Australia with his parents in 1949. The majority of Skrzynecki’s poems revolve around his life and the adjustments he has faced since relocating to a new country. Following the move, in 1951, his…

  Introduction – The collection of poetry that the world has seen is storage of the creations of the different states and stages of a man’s mind, and there are times when the poem captures and freezes the myths and its leading man so that the world has a way of remembering some of the…

“My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodor Roethke is a poem in which the reader experiences a horrific event: the whipping of a child by his father, told in the form of a romantic and beautiful dance – the waltz. The impression one gets from reading this poem is that the speaker, at least at the time…

Jeff Gundy from «A Conversation with William Stafford» What follows is part of a conversation between William Stafford and myself in August 1988 at his home in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Having received a summer research grant from my college to explore Stafford’s work in relation to his pacifism and his experience as a conscientious objector,…

The term “metaphysical poetry” is used to describe a certain type of 17th century poetry. Metaphysical poetry is concerned with the whole experience of man. It means that the poetry is about showing knowledge and thoughts from different areas of experience, especially about love, romantic and sensual; about man’s relationship with God and about pleasure,…

The opening lines of “My Last Duchess” by Browning establish the Duke of Ferrara as the speaker who will recount the tale of his deceased wife to the Count’s emissary. This form of dramatic monologue allows for a merging of Browning’s identity with that of the character, enabling a dominant perspective from the first-person narration…

By reading Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” the reader sees poetic language throughout the entire short story. With her use of poetic language, Walker confronts the dynamics of a Black American family, “Everyday Use” gives a portrayal of strong, single black woman who raised her daughters independently. Walker deepens the descriptions in this story by intertwining…

I think this poem is a great one, but also complex. The Author, Rita Dove tells us of a certain day with her family, that obviously was a special day for her. But, there are a couple of lines in this poem that are mysterious, and kind of leave you not knowing what she’s meaning….