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Born on October 27, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath would later be recognized as one of the greatest poets and novelists of the post-war era. Plath was raised in an academically focused environment; her father was a biology professor and her mother was a shorthand teacher. Contrary to the writing style of the time, Plath wrote about genuine emotions experienced by women. Additionally, she wrote about personal life events and the people that surrounded her. The poem, Point Shirley,…

The sound track that has been chosen out of the 15 tracks from the album, Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture as the focus of study is “Hymn to the Sea”, which is also the last track on both the album as well as in the film before the credits portion. The reason this track was chosen instead of the others; such as Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On, the track on the sinking of titanic and the tracks from the escalated point in Titanic film is because that track was played during the scene…

The Journey of Amy Lowell’s Life Stood only five feet tall and weighed as much as 250 pounds. Who is this woman? She published many of famously known poems around the world. Who is this woman? She was left alone in her early adulthood after her parents’ death. Who is this woman? Even after her death, she remains a legend. This woman spoken so highly of is Amy Lowell. Amy Lowell’s family surrounded her with poetry throughout her childhood which influenced her to become a poet. Personal Life…

Handwritten Reunion An Analysis of Tess Gallagher’s “Under Stars” “Under Stars” seems lifeless at first glance; however there's more than meets the eye since Tess Gallagher buries the deeper meanings under ambiguous words and lines to create a dramatic effect when the poem is broken down through diction and other literary devices. “Under Stars”, the title alone, automatically paints an image of a dark night with clear skies with an air of despair and desire in the reader's mind. Tess Gallagher…

Will There be Stars? Sara Teasdale’s “There Will be Stars” is a poem created in the Classical style, and written in the modern era. By comparison, Modernist John Woods Duke’s song “There Will be Stars” is a powerful vocal composition which highlights the writing and style of Sara Teasdale. The poem and actual music are combined to emphasize Teasdale’s message of the impermanence of humanity and constancy of nature.“There Will be Stars” presents itself as a perfect representation of the modernist…

The Narration of Death: How Traditions Narrate Death and its Effect on Community Throughout the semester, we as a class have examined numerous different religions and the traditions they follow pertaining to death and the afterlife. In many cases, death is seen as an extremely simple process: the dead gets buried and then you send sympathy to those close to the deceased. However, this is very much not the case. Each of these traditions works on two levels: they are built around honoring the…

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou is one of the poems that I will never forget, it is one of my favorite poems. It is a poem that really makes you ask yourself questions. Questions like, why would she write something like this? She mainly wrote it because of her background. From the time her parents divorced till the time she was raped. She felt like she was nothing and useless. A lot of people feel like this sometimes and they could relate to this poem. This poem is strong and…

For many people it is important to leave a legacy or something they can be remembered for when they die. People leave their mark in this world because that is the only way to prove they existed. In Ozymandias, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, a traveler describes the ruins of what was once a great monument of Ozymandias, and now is a “colossal wreck” (13). Nothing lasts forever, everything comes to an end, and you are either remembered or forgotten. Ozymandias was the Greek name for Ramesses II…

Media Review Three In his article, Jason Diamond shares one of Flannery O’Connor’s prayers, which she wrote during her stay at the University of Iowa anywhere between 1946-1947 when she experiences doubt in her writing capabilities (Diamond 3). In these prayers, Diamond says that O’Connor “wrote her thoughts and prayers, displaying the same kind of self-doubt we see in so many writers today, but balanced with an unwavering faith…” (Diamond 3). Although Diamond agrees that O’Connor’s works seem…

Literary Analysis Death is inevitable. Some people fear it, others hope it comes soon. As for the author Sylvia Plath and the character Huckleberry Finn, their stances differ. The story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, portrays the main character, Huck, as terrified of death. While Sylvia Plath’s poem “I am Vertical” shows Sylvia as a person who is very intrigued by death. Sylvia Plath comes off as someone who would rather be dead than alive because she thinks it may be more…