Poetry Essay

Indian English poetry since 1970 has been characterized by failure, hopes and despair, immediacy and anger, search and struggle for identity, human relationship and growing sense of dissatisfaction. It is a kind of strong reaction against romanticism and idealism of its predecessors. It not only tries to establish individuality and reconceptualise values but also tries to redefine culture. Poetry consists of verbal and contextual features, choice of words (diction), syntactic and semantic…

style of writing is mostly neoteric poetry. Sappho’s writings are softer and more feminine, she would express how passion, relationships and jealousy felt like. Her writings are in first person, this allows her to find a deep human connection through personal emotions. However, Catullus writing style shows his strong and more masculine emotions. He also uses more sarcasm and angst to have a different tone in his writings. Catullus found inspiration from Sappho’s poetry, and in most of their…

poets teach the reader about death and suffering. Death is something that is often used in poetry as it something everyone can relate to, it is something that is inevitably going to happen to everyone. It is also something that everyone must experience at some time in their lives; the death of a loved one, of a family member or friend. This means that everyone is able to empathise on some level with the poetry and can understand what the writer feels so emotionally strongly about. Often…

Sadness and regret are two emotions you never want to feel, but in the world of Billy Collins’ poetry he utilizes these feelings to reflect on and give a bigger picture to life. In poetry words are never meant to be taken lightly, in fact they are meant to be picked apart, analyzed, and put back together to form a coherent meaning. Sadness in poems are not usually just sob stories but instead are heavy-hearted deliverers of a grander insight into life. Collins successfully conveys a mood of…

When examining modern music and poetry, there is a common theme between the two especially when adding in the element of protest poetry. Artists such as Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar more recently pushing for change and calling awareness to the issues surrounding their communities, very closely relates to the protest poetry written in the 20th century. They both have the same agenda and address the same issues even though the way and tone in which it’s delivered differs from one another. Poets…

simple minded and basic, many songs contain poetic devices in their lyrics, and have deeper meanings that are able to reach out to their listeners on an emotional level, much like poems. I will be observing the similarities and differences of music and poetry and how the language of music has the ability to convey differing emotions with their listeners, just as poems would. In order to come to a conclusion I have chosen to analyse one song and one poem which include ‘Paint it Black’ by the…

Poetry has the ability to be portrayed hundreds of different ways based on the reader, making it simple to find similarities and differences in the writing. Whether it is based on the style the author has or the metaphors they use. They may use similar tone or convey a specific message that differs through their work. Desert Places and Stopping by Woods are both written by the same man, Robert Frost, and though there is some correlation between these two pieces, there is also plenty of diversity…

In many of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, disruptions of conventional literary standards frequently occur. While this includes different aspects of poetry, such as theme, perspective, diction, and other poetic devices, her experimental syntactic constructions are particularly notable. One of Dickinson’s poems, “A Day,” provides an example of her prolific usage of punctuations and syntax, and this contributes to successfully conveying the theme of the poem. The poetry portrays a vivid, detailed…

Maya Angelou is one of the greatest voices of contemporary African American Literature. Angelou is well known for "I know why the Caged Bird Sings", one of her volumes of poetry published in 1970. Her poetry highlights her triumph over social obstacles and finding her identity. Angelou was not always a poet. She was a singer, performer, and civil rights activist. "Angelou's poems are a continuum of mood and emotion. They go from the excitement of love to outrage over racial injustice, from the…

“The Wood-pile” vs. “Lines Written in Early Spring” Poetry can be difficult to understand when you first begin to really read and try to understand to all the underlying things the author has done. It is only through persistence and multiple re-reads that all the a reader will fully understand not only what it is the author is saying, but also why they chose the particular form and diction. Many poets use poetry as a way to describe a feeling or emotion they feel, almost like they…