Emily Dickinson

The poem “Mezzo Cammin” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an Petrarchan sonnet that has an octave followed by a sestet. It explains the type of feeling the speaker is having with a main theme of death. The poem contains Longfellow’s self-reflective thoughts. He thinks about the passed time, past mistakes, his lost aspirations, his current situation and the hopes that he has for the future. He starts feeling as though he has not accomplished what he had hoped to by this point in his life, and he…

Sasha Maharaj has used a personal tone to convey emotions underlying her feelings about relationships in the poem, “Worthless’’. In this essay, I disclose how poetic devices, diction, syntax and other language functions have been utilized to reveal feelings/emotions of the writer in regard to relationships. Taking into account the title of the poem, one cannot put a figure on what or who is worthless. Nevertheless, it is known that worthless is an adjective; meaning something that has no use or…

Song of Myself “Song of Myself”, which is famous for “representing the core of Whitmans poetic vision” (Greenspan) was written in 1881 by Walt Whitman. This poem is baffling to many people because of both the symbolism and wordplay. Walt Whitman begins by introducing the subject in the poem, which is himself and he goes on by celebrating this theme. Whitman utilizes words such “I”, “myself” and his inner soul to generate a feel of being and depiction in specific sects of the poem. Whilst it…

Beautiful Ugliness Often, one does not think about what death sees. Usually the common thought is what someone sees when they face death. Their last hours, minutes and seconds. There is never really a thought of what Death sees and experiences on his way to take someones soul, especially if he is always around the same people or person and is constantly taking people out of their life. Eventually each loss starts to accumulate. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief, the ugliness and beauty of…

“This work tells the night of transition of a beloved familiar of mine, on a night in a hospital. With no dramatic or compassionate intention, I created "La Noche" to amplify our separation and our unitive annihilation, like a song whispered in the ear of the one who goes, and the one who stays. An ode to everything we experience on this loss, and everything that we know stay forever when the body of the beloved is gone. This song should be heard by night, in absolute darkness with headphones,…

Did you know Mary Oliver has been compared to Enily Dickinson, with what she shares an affinity for solitude and inner monologes?Mary Oliver was born in September 10, 1935. She is an American poet who has won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet".Mary Oliver's poetry is grounded in memories of Ohio and her adopted home of New England, setting most of her poetry in and around Provincetown since she…

Following the pre-Raphaelite period, Christina Rossetti features many of the popular aspects in the arts surrounding in her own poems. Akin to numerous other poets of the era, Rossetti presented strong amorous themes of passion and often subtle indications to Religion. Her most recognisable work is from the ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems’ anthology which was released in 1862. The collection was Rossetti’s first published selection of poetry and includes poems such as Goblin Market, Echo, Maude…

Anselm Keifer's painting "Aschenblume" was influenced by the Paul Celan poem "I am alone." The majority of Paul Celan's work is about death, World War II, and the Holocaust. You can utilize the poem in order to assist in the interpretation of the Keifer's artwork. "I am alone, I put the ash flower
in the glass of ripened black, sister mouth,
the word you speak lives on before the windows
and silent climbs me, just as I had dreamt. I stand in the full bloom of the faded hour
and save a resin for…

Maya Angelou’s life was full of distress and happiness, questions and knowledge, love and betrayal, causing it to be a very memorable and irresistible story to read. Being a poet herself she knew her way around the pen and she wanted to share her emotions and experiences with the world hoping to open people’s hearts and minds to what life really is. Just like any other writer that wants to send out a message or idea to the world, Maya Angelou had to decide which modes of discourse would be most…

Many authors and poets current and past have discussed “death, aging and dying” and how it relates to the human condition. William Cullen Bryant is one of the most well-known poets to write about this topic. By examining death, aging and dying within “Thanatopsis” readers can better understand how it connects with nature within us all.William Cullen Bryant key elements throughout the poem refers to symbolism, imagery and the setting. There are many different forms of symbolism and imagery in…