Emily Dickinson

On the other hand there is Plath. As it was earlier mentioned critics define Sylvia Plath as a confessional poet, pre-feminist, suicidal poet who is obsessed to a certain extent with the theme of death. In Lady Lazarus the narrator is in 1st person this is shown through the use of “I”. The narrator is a narcissist who is obsessed with the idea of death and makes herself be undefeatable against death as she is “a sort of walking miracle.” This is one of the reasons why critics associated it as…

“Beautiful in the mind, Like a word we are waiting to hear”. Adrienne Rich was an amazing poet, her two poems I chose, “A Ball is for Throwing” and “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” not only captured my attention but required genuine thought while discussing them. In both of her works, Rich uses her work to show the importance of seizing the meaningful moments in your life. Both works have metaphors helping the reader understand what she truly means. In “A Ball is for Throwing” Rich uses the ball to…

The theme of death is a potent idea portrayed across a range of poems, throughout these poems it is presented in various different ways. It is portrayed as simply a part of the cycle of life, or a tragic and sorrowful event when happening to loved ones, or a great evil that should be fought with every ounce of strength left in your body until everything in life that you wanted to accomplish has been fulfilled. These themes are portrayed throughout the 3 key poems that I will be focusing on: ‘A…

Death and Hope in Behind the Beautiful Forevers could be found many times throughout the novel in many different aspects and tones. In one instance specifically, it is explained how Meena and Manju discuss the concept of suicide quite frankly, as well as the hope the community has held in Navratri. Death and Hope is also prevalent within my own life with my experiences in depression and suicidal thoughts jading me to the different methods and motives for suicide, as well as hope and my general…

John Donne's 17th sonnet Since She Whom I Loved contrast itself from the other sonnets in the collection of the Holy Sonnets. The central element of 17th sonnet is the death of John Donne's wife which complements his relationship with God. The sonnet illustrates the happenings in John Donne's life. According to the researchers the death of his wife Anne caused a great impact on his life. She passed away at age 33 after giving birth to her twelfth child. He mourned her soo deeply that he…

There are three elements which thematically link Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess and Prospice: love, marriage and death. Both poems follow the aftermath of a marriage brought to an end by the death of the wife. In order to comprehend the psyches of the husbands and the manners in which they cope with their partners deaths, a close analysis of their dramatic monologues is required, for it may reveal discrepancies between their words and thoughts. My Last Duchess follows a duke, implied to be…

Literary Analysis Essay Assignment Emma Zunz is a short piece authored by Jorge Luis Borges. The storyline incorporated in this article illustrates the journey of an eponymous female protagonist that sought out to avenge the death of her father. The central themes included in the story include the basis of right and wrong, revenge, as well as justice. Borges bases his account on issues of self-deception, deceit, and the enigma associated with understanding and interpreting reality. As she…

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…

Melivia Mujica February 22, 2018 Prof. Ms. Haight English 1302 The comparison of the Raven and Ode to Nightingale “The Raven” and “Ode to a Nightingale” both use birds as central symbols/images. To give the reader a better picture of the what is happening and giving a central ADD MORE ..... In the poem “ The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe the character goes through this emotional ride of missing and not knowing if his deceased lover was in a heaven. The raven is a symbol of his depression haunting…