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Words of Wisdom “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair”. Mother to Son, written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life, and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that…

In ‘ The Road Not Taken ’ by Robert Frost, the talker has to do a hard determination about taking one of two every bit assuring roads to go on. This verse form is easy for people to place with because people all have to do hard determinations in their lives. I admire the verse…

In the face of temptation, let your conscience be your guide. “Conscience is the dictate of reason” Thomas Aquinas As human beings, we are faced with temptations every day of our lives. It allures, excites and seduces us. Our conscience conscienceus to deal with temptations and it enables us to assume responsibility for our actions….

John Donne’s witty and outrageous poem “The Flea” is a classic example of the “metaphysical” school of poetry, with its argumentative tone and blend of amorous and intellectual elements. The flea, though apparently an unlikely subject for romantic poetry, had been previously used as an amorous conceit in English poetry. Robin Hamilton, in his edition…

The concept of Poetryand its implications are explored extensively by Larkin and Duffy, both poets agreeing that the destructive quality of death makes void of all the time and effort we invest in life. Larkin seems to demonstrate a cold fear towards this inevitability by distancing himself from the reality in ‘Ambulances’ and ‘Dockery and…

When comparing William Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey. and Samuel Colderidge’s “Kubla Khan” . one notices a distinguishable difference in the usage of imaginativeness within the two verse forms. Even though the two poets were coevalss and friends. Wordsworth and Colderidge each have an original and different manner in which they introduce images and thoughts into their…

“Happy Endings” by Margaret Attwood, is an oddly structured, metafictional story, which includes a series of possible scenarios all leading the characters to the same ending. This paper will show how Happy Endings is a metafictional text. It will also explain which parts of the story are indeed metafictional. Metafiction is defined by “Dictionary. com”…

The instructor said, “Go home and write a page tonight about Langston Hughes. And let that page come out of you—then, the good grade you tell your parents you have will be true.” Controversial and Harlem Renaissance writer Langston hughes was born on February 1st, 1902. He was born in Joplin, Missouri to Carrie M….

The portrayal of the physical form and individuality in three works, namely The Handmaid’s Tale, the Miller’s Tale, and Never Let Me Go. The Handmaid’s Tale, The Miller’s Tale, and Never Let Me Go all examine the significance of the human form, delving into physicality with great importance. These fiction works are interconnected, using the…

Langston Hughes Langston Hughes had become one of the most influential writers in American literature. His works are regarded to be the inspiration of many, particularly the youth of the African-American community. Through his gained fame as a writer, he was even considered as the voice of the African-American community to the world. Admirably, Langston…