Iambic pentameter

Gist: Shakespeare is describing how he knows that the woman he loves lies, but so does he. Shakespeare leaves readers with the point that not just one person is to blame and the importance of trust in any relationship. “I do believe her though I know she lies,”: This line prompts the reader to question why Shakespeare would admittingly believe a lie. He could believe the woman he loves because a lie is easier to swallow than a harsh truth or possibly he believes her because their love is so…

Lanval is a narrative poem, or Breton lay, written by Marie de France. In this piece of literature, Marie employs common components of lays including references to the supernatural, romance, and chivalry. These themes, as well as Marie’s interpretation of the tale, offer readers valuable insight into Medieval life. Lanval may be a classic example of a romantic lay, but it manages to turn the expected “knight in shining armor” trope upside down by giving the power of the narrative to the women of…

Edgar Allen Poe “Annabel Lee,” this is a poem with tragedy and love made by the great Edgar Allen Poe. He has written many poems and has one of the greatest poem styles. Being born January 19, 1809, and died October 7, 1849 there is a reason why he is still beloved by many. Style, “style is the manner of doing something.” Edgar Allen Poe’s style of writing was and is very great. In the poem “Annabel Lee,” Edgar use tragedy to intensify the love and mood of the poem. In the poem the main…

Nonsense Poems, “What is that?” you might ask. A nonsense poem is a poem or book that consists of words that are sometimes hard to decipher. Some of your favorite children's books could be classified as nonsense poems. Let’s compare and contrast two of them. These two pieces of literature were written exactly 100 years apart from each other with The Jabberwocky being written in 1871 and The Lorax being written in 1971. The Lorax and The Jabberwocky are two nonsense poems/stories. They have a lot…

If you were a god or goddess how will you control the world and what will you do. In the poem “Ego tripping” by Nikki Giovanni the poem is from a perspective view. The settings of the poem is taking place in Egypt. The writer had the perspective of goddess and the children she had and how she is ethereal not of earth but heavenly. The poetry talks a lot about the being the goddess that all men will praise and stating, “I turned myself into myself and was jesus.” In this poem many words describe…

S2, L2-3 - The wording strikes me as a little awkward here. Consider restructuring the second part of the phrase so that it reads “hands that bite” or maybe “hands, they bite”. I feel as though my making “bite” a present tense verb, the flow of the poem sounds better, but it's all up to you! S3, L1 - I adore this line. Poseidon’s omnipotence is conveyed flawlessly through your diction. It paints humans as dolls under his force, and your word choice of 'soda caps' brings the poem back to the…

The artists of the nineteenth century composed of an assortment of subjects. One regularly utilized theme is that of adoration. The topic of adoration has been drawn nearer in a wide range of ways. Emily Dickinson is one of the various writers who utilize love as the subject of a few of her sonnets. In "if you were coming in the fall," Emily Dickinson utilizes a few analogies to upgrade the subject of the time spent sitting tight for affection. In this lyric Emily Dickinson utilizes similitude…

Everlasting Love "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep; the more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite" (Shakespeare). True love is infinite. Though Robert Burn's poem "A Red, Red Rose" focuses on the joy of being in love and Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" addresses the disconsolateness of losing the one whom he loves, both poems utilize diction to clearly illustrate that love lasts beyond a lifetime. First, Robert Burns delineates the longevity of love…

While on the outside Cynthia A. Bily remains fairly objective throughout her critical analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “Annabel Lee,” her diction and robotic examination of the poem show her negative feelings about the poem. She criticizes both the format and deeper meanings of the poem, degrading the format and judging the deep and undying passion the narrator feels for Annabel. She starts out by analyzing the surface of the poem without going into the deeper meaning of the poem. Merely…

In the erasure poem book, “Nets,” Jen Bervin utilizes the sonnets of William Shakespeare to create new poetry. The poems were created by analyzing the word choices available within his sonnets. The examination of the words helped the author to find a voice within the work. There are an infinite number of word choices available within each sonnet, and by studying the words, you can determine which voice within the poem would like to speak. The poem, “18,” was composed using William Shakespeare’s…