Japanese poetry

When we think of childhood, some people reflect on the joys and happiness it brings to the family structure. My childhood was the opposite of being joyous. I experienced very traumatic episodes of physical abuse, psychological abuse, and homophobia from my father. The most critical aspect of my childhood development was when I decided to “come out” to my family. However, I did not tell them altogether, rather I told them separately when the time felt appropriate. I first expressed my identity to…

INTRODUCTION. The Age of Innocence is one of the most famous novels of Edith Warton since it won the Pulitzer in 1921. It is placed in 1870 old New York. It explores its society, its conventionalisms and its rigid system in which everything has an order and a purpose. We are introduced to a love triangle which will show us a society that fears scandals more than feelings. Trough the three main characters, Edith Wharton portrays a society she knows well, and that eventually would have to flee.…

“Auto Wreck” reveals what its poet considers to be the terrible secret of modern life: the creeping indifference toward technological determinism, the simple violence of machine against human being in which everyone participates by failing to be troubled or moved by such disasters as automobile wrecks. The tone of the poem is likely to be melodious which an imagism verse is. It is a short, lyrical narrative poem. The poem is described in first person narrative. The poet in short is trying to…

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings are two short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that are both very similar, yet very different. Marquez was a popular author of short stories from the 1950s to 1970s, he had a very noticeable aesthetic where he created very unusual, and unrealistic situations, but somehow shows human faults. This makes it to where if readers truly read the book, and realize what Marquez is trying to do, they can look at their own…

Geoffrey Chaucer, born in 1342, gained major recognition for his work on The Canterbury Tales. This book of poetry involves a collection of Tales of pilgrims going on a journey to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, as was a tradition at that time. Chaucer’s pilgrims represent people belonging to all the levels of status in the society of 14th century. Chaucer does not discriminate with his characters; rather presents a characteristically true picture of them. His presentation of characters is…

In to Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee creates characters that grab our interest. In the 1900’s, the rural town of Maycomb, Alabama where the story takes place, Lee creates a feeling of freedom through the young characters that contrasts to our 21st century structure to life. The rural setting compels the reader to feel freeness that couldn’t be compared to a large city setting. Lee choices when writing the book make it feel like real life. In To Kill a mocking bird, Lee creates multiple…

written with such honesty and compassion that it has stuck out in my mind. This poem influenced me to write about my life and what is right in front of me such as cats, washing machines, etc. These poems are about life, which is inspirational in writing poetry and short stories. I would compare my writing to country songs as they usually are about life with catchy phrases and real-life examples that make people feel something for the characters. I enjoy writing from other perspectives and point…

In cultural literature, there are usually two types of literature. An author generally chooses to compose either an epic, or a tragic. What is the difference between the two? An epic is usually a long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a hero. Typically, this poem is exaggerated and/or elevated and the deed the specific hero performs are described as to be legendary. Furthermore, the epic, on most occasions, originates as an oral tradition. An example of this would be Achilles in Homer’s,…

POETIC ANALYSIS OF “Out, Out-” BY ROBERT FROST In Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out-” Frost uses literary devices to portray the fact that life should be valued. The boy that Robert Frost creates is a hard worker. The boy tries to do the best he can, but because of his age and lack of experience, he is unskilled. His unskilled hands are only trained for work that leads to his painful death. Frost mimics the story of Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth through the boy, and the specific way he dies. The…

Tichborne's Elegy – Literature analisys Tichborne's Elegy was supposedly written by himself before his execution, due to his involvement in the consipracy to assissinate Elizabeth I (P. Burns, J. Edge, 43) . In his poem he is using metaphors upon metaphors, together with antithesis to construct a poem that shows his frustration and regret. He uses a plain and simple language. In fact, the whole poem is based entirely on one syllable words. However, his use of one syllable words only add to the…