John Dickinson

Morenike Ibidapo Design by Robert Frost is a poem that seems to be describing a moment in time, when one is observing a spider on a heal-all, with a moth caught in the spider’s web. There is not much action in the poem, in fact, the only action taking place is the speaker looking at this scene in nature. It seems that through this observation, Frost is saying that some grand design may be responsible for creating this scene in nature. In this poem, Frost uses a series of metaphors and an…

Title; Anne Fogarty describes Paula Meehan as a poet who has taken up “a more impersonal and urgent role as an expressive commentator on, and visionary hierophant for, communal experience and social change and dislocation” (An Sionnach 213). Discuss, making detailed reference to Meehan’s poetry. The aim of this essay will be to investigate the theme of death and transformation in Paula Meehan’s decorative poetry collection. I will also shed light on Anne Fogarty’s controversial description of…

The poem ‘Because I could not stop for Death’ by Emily Dickinson is an allegory itself. It is a combination of different key devices and features. Emily Dickinson tackles three main themes in the poem where the most predominant theme in the poem is is death. In it the writer is seen to use different stylistic devices e.g. symbolism and personification, so as to bring out the various themes in the sonnet. The three main themes addressed in the poem are Immortality, spirituality and Love.…

Not Stop For Death’ by Emily Dickinson and ‘Mid- Term Break’ by Seamus Heaney are both poems that use an array of literary devices and techniques in order to let the reader understand the significance of the poem and their theme— death. Although both poem’s themes may be about death, the different techniques used by Dickinson and Heaney should allow the readers to comprehend each poet’s personal perception of the theme. In ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’, Dickinson takes advantage of the…

By analyzing the quote by critic Roland Barthes stating “Literature is the question, minus the answer,” we can apply this ideal to the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. We can observe the characters in the novel and analyze the ways they cope with their dead mother. Faulkner introduces the question of how one should grieve with death? Literature proposes many questions, but the reader must decipher the answer. Many of the characters in the book portray different ways of dealing with…

Carol Ann Duffy’s poetry combines myths, fairy tales, historic stories, Bible, legends, horrors - the wide range of cultural and family heritage, mythological tradition and autobiographical transaction. She celebrates them all, discovering the truth which hasn’t been completely unveiled. Her poems demonstrate a female mindset, in a way that personally connects her with myths, history, fairy tales. The World’s Wife collection of poems starts with “Little Red Cap” which is about a…

Blaire Lewis Gary Boyer ENG 112 14 June 2017 Death as a Figure Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson is an emotional poem that utilizes personification, foreshadowing, and metaphors to enhance the meaning. This piece of literature stood out to me due to its syntax, form and interesting theme of mortality, along with the opposing force of immortality. It’s not until the end of the poem that you find out the story is told within the speaker’s memories of afterlife, for the…

“Another Elegy” is a poem about the relationships in life that happen. In the line “This is what our dying looks like..” gives us as a reader the feeling that we need to believe that when something bad happens, we need to just believe that something that is there. The poem is about someone trying to kill themselves. It happens in the line, “he let the gun go off in his mouth.” Then, all of a sudden, the bad side of the person in the poem comes out. The husband’s head and the wife’s mouth…

Analyzing “The Death of a Moth” Gary Gilmore states that, “Death is the only inescapable unavoidable sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we were born.” As we look into the “The Death of the Moth” we are able to see the conflict between life and death. Virginia Woolf illustrates that the struggle between both is neither won, or loss. In the way that Woolf changes the tone throughout the piece, and the metaphor of the struggling Moth conjure a sense of pity and hopelessness to the reader.…

One connection I found in this set of poems was Bishop’s fascination with animals, particularly birds. I decided to focus on her poetry and their allusions to animals because I thought there was more of a connection to be had between the different poems. “Some Dreams They Forgot” is a rather somber poem and it starts off by describing the death of bird: “The dead birds fell, but no one had seen them fly” (PPL, 139). The poem refers to the birds for a few lines before it focuses on the people in…