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What does love and tragedy have in common? In the historic Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare interprets Romeo’s emotions which ultimately results in his death. William Shakespeare is able to express Romeo’s personality by implementing a cast of supporting characters. Paris is the secret lover of Juliet that Romeo isn’t aware of. Tybalt Capulet despises Romeo and believes he should be compromised due to his intrusion at the Capulet party. Friar Lawrence is loyal to Romeo…

The writings of Abigail Adams and Phillis Wheatley touched the lives and hearts of many Americans in the Puritan era. Both these authors experienced influences which shaped their writing styles. They were able to create wonderfully crafted works which resonated with society. Many people felt connected to these women because of their truth and vigor. Through their differing influences, Phillis Wheatley and Abigail Adams created writings that are similar and different from one another based on…

“Annabel Lee”, written by Edgar Allen Poe, was published in 1849. This poem depicts the love story between two young people. Their love was deep and passionate. So passionate in fact that it caused the angels to become angry and jealous. Their love ended up being Annabel Lee’s downfall, as the speaker of the poem believes the angels sent down a wind to cause Annabel to fall ill and die. The last half of the poem describes the endurance of their love. What makes this poem so compelling is Edgar’s…

Throughout the Romantic Era, literature, particularly poetry, began to encaptivate the sublime within nature and poets were drawn to vivid and imaginative descriptions of the natural world. Following this period of innovation, Emily Dickinson arose and through a distinctive meter and form, took continued to integrate ideas of nature into poetry. Dickinson took a more realist approach and wrote with a unique individuality which while unpopular at the time, now stands as some of America’s most…

the presence of Michelle. Pulling himself to his feet, he notices a small rounded drinking well made of large jagged stones. Beside the well are many crushed and abandoned clay vessels used to carry the water. A few yards away several unbroken clay couplets lie on the…

The author is coming to a conclusion beginning with, “This shaking keeps me steady.” This phrase is another one of Roethke’s paradoxes. Then he finishes off with both refrains, as a villanelle always does. These two lines are lined up almost as a couplet, it gives the reader a feeling of completion. In the poem, Roethke wakes each morning and realizes he is one step closer to death. Essentially, no one knows where life with lead them, and you will have to take and accept things as they come.…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to lose your entire family? In the poem "Alone" written by Edgar Allan Poe, it tells a story about an adult looking back on his childhood. This poem is a real reflection of Poe’s life and experiences. When he was younger, he lost pretty much his entire family. His parents died when he was young and he was raised by a stern man who was angry about Poe writing poetry; as a result he became isolated and secluded. Poe was an American writer and is best known for…

Since my high school Creative Writing class will be an elective class that will consist of students in tenth through twelfth grade, I will need to find ways to bring student fun into the learning as much as possible. I have found that students love to eat and socialize, so I will include food, props, and games whenever possible. Difficulty will occur as the norm for class size at my school is thirty-two to thirty-six students, and not all students want to be in the classes where they are…

The final stanza draws down from the compression and peak feeling of the previous stanza, keeping the sense of the old woman’s liveliness, however in the kinaesthetic verbs “drawing,”, “opening.” “grow”, “puts on,” “arranges” and “places.” The juxtaposition of the actual and active of the first line and the abstract “years,” or “time” as a burden and measurable, maintains blood-heat for the poem while the placing of opposites : “Grow less and less” quickens the pulse a little, as the reader…

Moreover, the poet may be saying that the other person is now aware of the poet’s own expiration, and thus this knowledge makes the person’s love for the poet stronger because he may loose him soon, ‘which thou must leave ere long’. It is the ending couplet that draws slightly different interpretations. However, we can interpret that there is a relationship between poet and recipient due to ‘in me thou seest’, and ‘this thou percievest’. Although the reading and interpretation of the content of…