Prose poetry

In the short stories of Dubliners by James Joyce, there is a theme of father-child relationship. These relationships vary in some aspects but relate in the aspect of drinking. As Joyce carries on from story to story some of the fathers are portrayed as abusive, alcoholics and one of them has divorced his wife. As we continue to learn about these families and the father-child relationship, we are able to see the effects it has on the children. To being, the first family is in the short story of…

When it comes to being put in a crisis, people have different mechanisms to cope. Avoiding the reality of an unpleasant situation is a common theme in both William Stafford’s Traveling through the Dark, and Shoshauna Shy’s Bringing My Son to the Police Station to be Fingerprinted. Both poems use literary elements such as diction and imagery to exemplify different ways of coping when put in a high-stress position. Although these two poems share a similar theme, each author uses the literary…

In “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” the usage of metaphors and imagery throughout Jarrell’s poem helps the reader understand the overall theme of how war can cause death and wreak havoc in a young person, how can be a struggle for the soldier’s family, and how disappointing it is when a man doesn’t reach his full potential in life because of being forced to go to war. Jarrell uses key words throughout his poem to show us how war can be a terrible thing, especially for the young people…

nursery plays a major part throughout the short story and has many negative events attached to it. In the beginning of the short story one of the first scenes in the nursery was described as “The hot straw smell of the lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the air. And now the sounds… the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky” (Bradbury 1). The imagery being described of the…

Beyond the Socially Acceptable There are many things that can be said about Decadent poetry. It’s central themes are numerous, from aestheticism and beauty for the sake of it, to paganism and the urban, there are a multitude of angles one can take when analysing and interpreting the work of the poets of the fin du siècle. One of those themes is the idea of transgression; going beyond the limits and the law, exploring what is socially acceptable and more importantly what isn’t, and the…

During the early years of the twentieth century, the United States propelled itself into The Great War after Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. Approximately thirty-seven million people became casualties of the war whether wounded or killed in support of their nations marking The War to End All Wars a traumatic event for a majority of the world. For some, this experience was far worse than for others, and this war introduced the global populace to what is known as shell shock.…

“Wild Geese”, is a considerably inspiring poem that makes me think of freedom. The freedom to ignore any self-restrictions and to be who you are. This poem is written in free verse; it has very little structure, containing only one stanza and eighteen lines. There are no meter or rhymes in this poem. This seems to reflect nature in the way that it is constantly changing, and is not constricted. It is written in second person, in a conversational tone. By doing so, the persona of the narrator…

To many people, the ultimate accomplishment on earth is to become someone of importance and fame. However, other individuals may argue that once gone, a human’s impact on earth simply diminishes as nothing lasts forever. Through the poems “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley and “Sonnet 43” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning there contrasting views are of the life’s significance and the lasting effect one may have after death. By analyzing the punctuation and word choice, the reader gets a better…

Edgar Allan Poe Research This paper is to help readers understand, comprehend, and show them more about one of the many different forms of poetry specifically by looking at, Edgar Allan Poe’s life, the historical period or social context that the poem “The Raven” was written, the poems physical structure, its literal meaning, poetic and literary devises, the theme in the poem, and the evaluation and conclusion. Edgar Allan Poe, originally Edgar Poe, was born in 1809 and before his third year…

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born into one of the wealthiest, most educated, and highly affluent families in Europe during the Mid-Middle Ages. She grew up in Southern France at the Court of Poitiers, which was made famous through Eleanor’s grandfather, William IX of Aquitaine, who is often referred to throughout history as “The Troubadour”, due to the fact that he is known as the founding troubadour. As a young teenager Eleanor inherited the court after the death of her father, making her the…