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Pass/Fail is a poem written by Linda Pastan that is about the nightmare of test taking. There is always anxiety that accompanies a big exam, and sometimes it will affect our sleeping habits, self-confidence, plague our thoughts and haunt our dreams. Pastan explores this unpleasant experience in her short poem and uses several techniques to…

Making decisions in life is often hard There are many ways to make a decision in life, We always have more than one choice; life is what you make it. I‘m a very passionate person; I believe everyone is equal and people should have the right to choose their own way in life After reading…

Apart from his apparent disgust for the desolate life that the African Americans were subjected to, Langston Hughes also portrays an evident mistrust of religion, not necessarily towards religion itself but particularly towards those individuals who use religion as a cloak to conceal their true duplicitous and oppressive nature. In arguably he’s most controversial poem,…

As a child, much of the minds of people reflect on bright, bittersweet moments filled with positivity and innocence. However, young children may also have a sense of knowing right from wrong, while feelings of guilt emerge from little to big mistakes. In the passage from “1996”, Gary Soto’s continuous thoughts of guilt convey themselves…

Picking Apples and Existential Crises In Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking”, the speaker falls asleep after a day’s work picking apples. The speaker starts by discussing his apple-picking adventures. Fatigued from picking apples, he reflects on the morning and enters a dream-like state. He then ponders over his exhaustion and sleep before the poem concludes. At…

In Robert Frost’s poem “The Telephone,” an individual shares their personal reflection on a phone conversation with someone else. The speaker mentions a previous meeting with this person, indicating a history and suggesting that this conversation is a continuation of their previous exchange. Throughout the poem, there are ongoing misunderstandings between the two individuals, creating…

Poems By Robert Frosts Essay, Research Paper Robert Frost is an American poet who drew his images from the New England countryside and his linguistic communication from the New England address. His poesy was chiefly about the life of the rural New Englander. Frost’s focal point was on mundane capable affairs. A batch of his…

            Adrienne Rich, in her article “Taking Women Students Seriously,” writes about “women as students and students as women” (Rich).  Her article begins with an anecdote about her own life and being a woman student.  She notes, excitedly, that she went to Radcliffe with the knowledge that she would soon have many great men as…

It was a time of freedom in the world of poetry. At the time, notable names such as Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin were dissecting the thoughts and behaviors of humans. The war between religion and science waged on while continually influencing poets’ writing. It was the Modern Period, and one of the…

In this poem, the author discusses the contrasting forces of fire and ice, both of which possess considerable power and destructive potential. Fire symbolizes desire and passion in Frost’s poem, while ice represents hate and destruction. These elements and the emotions they embody can lead us to our breaking points. Through this poem, Frost communicates…