Confessional poetry

Rhetorical analysis of “The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf “Where there’s life, death is inevitable and the greater fear of death, the greater the struggle to keep on living”, an idea well represented in Virginia Woolf’s “The death of a moth” (Mo Yan Quotes). In Woolf’s book, she describes a moths struggle to hang on to its life before accepting its fate and allowing death to take its last breath away. The longer the moth tried to stay alive, the more it endured. The cycle of life is…

Else Lasker-Schuler was one of the most interesting characters on the art scene in early 20th century Germany. Not only was Lasker-Schuler a female poet, which was highly unusual at the time, she was also an author, artist, and playwright (The National Library of Israel). This analysis will focus on the Lasker-Schuler’s poem, “My Blue Piano”, which is the title poem of her last collection of poems. “My Blue Piano” demonstrates many modernist characteristics and helps to understand the difficult…

Robert Browning is considered today as one of most influential poets of all time. Using dramatic monologue which he contributed to poetry, influencing other major poets. In the narrative poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, the author’s life and career affect his poetic work. By using his own background to demonstrate the main character’s actions and desires. Robert Browning’s family was influential in his life. In other words, “The poet’s father had originally wanted to be an artist—he…

The role that perspective plays in influencing one’s fate The poem “The Sun Rising” by John Donne and the poem “This Be The Verse” by Philip Larkin are both literary texts that address the capability of man over controlling the forces that shape his life, in essence his ability to control his fate. The speaker of each poem however expresses a radically different opinion as to the extent one can influence the happenings of the world around him. In the “Sun Rising” the speaker states that the…

“There are things so sad, they can never be washed away by tears.” - Obi Hajime Have you ever thought of how painful it would be to lose someone that has greatly impacted you and meant a lot to you? Have you thought of all the joyful memories you’ve been through with them? And all the miserable and distressing times when you both just wanted to give up? Both Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe have gone through this traumatic experience and conveyed their feelings through writing. You may be…

The two poems by William Blake, The Tyger and The lamb are two poems that represent two opposites. The Tyger is the representation of evil and The Lamb is the representation of good and innocence. He, William Blake, was a successful poet and painter born in November 1757 in the city of London. William Blake thought and had a theory that injustice, death, war, and suffering were caused by human beings and because of their erroneous or false beliefs. William Blake wrote 2 collections; the first…

Love Important, it informs, “Love is a universal feeling, which is felt by every living being on this earth,” (Sharma). The concept of love exists for everyone, but what happens when love becomes obsession? In the dramatic monologues, or forms of poetry where an individual is speaking, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover by Robert Browning, the poems deal with two men who are in love with beautiful women, to which they kill. The men claim to love their other halves entirely, but why would they…

B: Australians are used to thinking that a journey is physical but they never think that the journey could be a spiritual one. In Jackie French’s 1993 novel, ‘Walking the Boundaries’ Martin, the main character, goes on a physical and spiritual journey where he learns about his family’s past and the importance of looking after the land. A: Thesis Statement: Jackie French uses third person narrative, an obvious plot and descriptive language to intrigue and engage the reader to see the physical…

The short story “Federigo's Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio and the poem “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning both develop the theme of love in their own ways. “Federigo's Falcon” develops the theme of love by telling the story of a man who gave up his most prized possessions twice for the woman he loves. “How Do I Love Thee” develops the theme of love by having the narrator detail how much they love their partner and by describing their unconditional love. Both pieces of writing…

The Shadows of the Silhouettes Through the Art, the artist is capable to express his deepest feelings and ideas. The Art is a valuable tool that allows the artist to manifest or communicate emotions. The artist through his work can reflect hatred, abuse, love, happiness, peace, and many other feelings that can be reflected in a painting. Where its creator with his work, transmit to the audience a hidden message to interpret or decode. Have you ever imagined the world without art? Throughout…