The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Essay

The poem "The Unknown Citizen" written by W.H Auden, he expresses the predicament of losing individuality that the United States of America citizens face. The poem consists of bureaucratic and irony tones that illustrate the clash between government control and individualism. "The Unknown Citizen" is told from a bureaucratic point of view and they speak of an ideal man, who in their eyes is the model of the perfect citizen. The author writes this poem to emphasize the importance of our…

Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?” by Sir John Suckling, and “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick, have some similarities and differences. Suckling’s poem is about a man who is being questioned about being so love sick. He is asked by an unknown person how being love sick is going to benefit anyone. It can be understood that this poem is stating that if he does not become open about loving someone, he will never benefit. Therefore, he needs to quit looking so sad and tell her because…

I agree that Ivan Bunin’s short story “Kasimir Stanislavovitch” uses a lot of dilapidated images. The author says concerning Kasimir that: "Everything else about him spoke of poverty and drunkenness: no cuffs, a dirty linen collar, an ancient tie, an inflamed and ravaged face, bright-blue watery eyes. His side-whiskers, dyed with a bad, brown dye, had an unnatural appearance. He looked tired and contemptuous." (Bunin, 11-12). Kasimir is a poor old alcoholic who has an unfavorable attire and an…

Dime- Store Lips Singer songwriter Ray LaMontagne sings my favorite and most cherished song. This is a song that I am very close to and one that I have sat down and played more times in a row than I can count. In the song “Empty” Ray LaMontagne sings from his troubled point of view expressing his feelings of sorrow and numbness. “Empty” is a song that speaks for my hindered ability to open up and speak out about the things that go through my mind on a daily basis and the consequences to my…

Of Mice and Men Obstacles Characters Face The characters in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck face struggles such as loneliness and a desire for acceptance when trying to achieve their goals. This relates to the title because in the poem “To A Mouse” by Robert Burns it talks about how it is difficult to achieve goals because of other factors that create obstacles and interfere along the way. Having a desire for acceptance vastly impacts attempting to achieve a goal. Lennie, Crooks,…

POETRY ANALYSIS Alone by Edgar Allan Poe and Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Do you know what is worse than being alone? It is to feel lonely even though you are surrounded by people. Everyone has felt lonely at some point in their life but not all overcome it. Both of my chosen poems, Alone by Edgar Allan Poe and Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, demonstrate the themes of loneliness and despair. Alone reflects back on the writers past and childhood in a melancholy tone and captures the…

Conduct a critical analysis of the poem “In My Craft or Sullen Art” by Dylan Thomas Dylan Thomas explores a poet’s love and devotion to poetry through the poem “In My Craft or Sullen Art”. Thomas was a well-known Modernist poet who challenged the primary values of the Western society. His attitude towards society is made evident through the words in the poem. He focuses on the poet’s love for poetry but also comments on how the poet is undervalued by society and his audience. As there are many…

In Robert Pack’s poem “An Echo Sonnet: To an Empty Page”, the narrator is uncertain about what comes with death. He worries about his future and what may happen to him. As the narrator asks questions into the emptiness, he finds answers in the echoes of his voice. Robert Pack uses literary devices such as rhetorical questions, selection of detail, metaphors, juxtaposition, and connotation to construct the meaning of his poem. Beginning in the first quatrain, the voice is very anxious and…

These people are called hollow men and ultimately represent many of the people in the real world. Eliot is trying to show the similarities of the hollow men to the people in the real world by saying they are lacking certain things such as happiness, love, and hope. The first section of the poem talks about the “hollow men” in this world. The hollow men have a “headpiece filled with straw,” and they are “leaning together” (Eliot 2-3). This shows they are lacking something essential, such as a…

What is the function of the trope of the fall in literature? In W.H. Auden’s poem “Musee des Beaux Arts”, the trope, abiding by convention, illustrates a metaphoric fall. In his poem, Auden refers to both mythology and the bible to convey the suffering of man and humankind, exemplified through the tale of Icarus. Though Auden succinctly addresses the suffering of humankind, Auden most notably highlights the fallen nature of bystanders to said suffering. In his poem, Auden uses both rhetoric and…