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Fleas – Subject for Humorous and Amatory Love Poetry at the Renaissance
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My copy of the poem notes that “Fleas were a popular subject for jocosehumorous and amatorylove poetry in all countries at the Renaissance”. Their popularity stems from an event that happened in a literary salon (a place where poets and others came to recite poetry and converse). The salon was run by two ladies, and…
Poetry Explication Stopping By Woods On A
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Poetry Explication Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening Robert Frost Essay, Research Paper Stoping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost s verse form Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is about a adult male who is siting through the forests on horseback. Snow starts falling and the adult male is caught…
Elements of Poetry: Order for Mask
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Speaker: The Speaker is adult female portraying three different functions ( SISTER. DAUGHTER and LOVER ) Audience: The shaper of the masks is the audience. Content: The verse form is all about a adult female who is playing three functions. She shapes her behaviour. action and personality in conformity to the demands of the work…
Not Waving but Drowning Poetry Analysis
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“Not Waving but Drowning” by Steve Smith is a particularly somber poem. The poem is about emptiness and shows what people will do to try to get attention. This poem is a metaphor comparing how the emptiness of our lives consuming us is like drowning. This poem is portrayed through the eyes Of a man…
Gwen Harwood’s Poetry – Loss and Consolation Analysis
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Gwen Harwood’s poetry focuses on the concepts of loss and consolation, which, through her exploration of universal themes and deft use of poetic and literary techniques, has continued to engage readers over the ages. My understanding of her poems resonates with these ideas about them, as does it the notion that Harwood’s poetry examines ideas…
A Journey of Reflection and Resilience: Unveiling the Protagonist’s Encounter with the Fish
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Sympathy
The opening lines of the poem paint a vivid picture of the fish’s appearance, adorned with “brown skin hung in stripes” and “white sea-lice.” While the imagery is striking, the poem delves deeper into the protagonist’s thoughts and emotions. The fish, bearing scars and wounds, becomes a symbol of resilience, having survived numerous battles. The…
James Weldon Johnson Analysis
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James Weldon Johnson was a writer, diplomat, professor, and editor, who also described himself as a man of letters and a civil rights leader. Even though he is no longer living, James Weldon Johnson has left much about his contributions to African American literature. Johnson was born June 17, 1871 in Jacksonville, Florida to James…
Coleridge And The Explosion Of Voice
Poetry
Romanticism
William Wordsworth
Coleridge is so often described in termswhich are akin to the word, “explosive,” and by all accounts he was attimes an unusually dynamic,charismatic and unpredictable person. His writingsthemselves could also betermed “explosive” merely from their physicalform; a fragmented mass, some pieces finished but most not, much of his writingsubject to procrastination or eventual change of…
Skunk Hour by Robert Lowell Analysis
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Poetry analysis: Skunk Hour, by Robert Lowell In beginning of “Skunk Hour” (the first four stanzas to be more precise), Robert Lowell gives the sense of a Maine sea town that is slowly declining. For example, lines 4 through 6 state the following: “Her farmer / is first selectman in our village; / she’s in…
”Passed On” by Carole Satyamurti Sample
Poetry
In the verse form “Passed On” by Carole Satymurti. the talker tells a narrative about as in a novel of their female parent and how she left them a box of index cards with advice on life when she died. The speaker’s gender seems to be female. In the verse form. the poet presents the…
| description | The Poetry Foundation is a Chicago-based American foundation created to promote poetry in the wider culture. It was formed from Poetry magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly. |
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| quotations | “All poets, all writers are political. “Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” —Virginia Woolf. “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” —Rita Dove. |
| information | Founded: January 1, 2003 Headquarters location: Chicago, IL Key people: Michelle Boone, President Formerly called: Modern Poetry Association |
