Raven

After being torn away from my life by the influenza, I came to relate with this poem by Thomas Moore. As he describes, even though I am sad now, the memories of my past manage to lift me up from the darkness surrounding me. The poet canvasses two periods, past and present, and two kinds of memories, childhood and present. The first stanza begins with memories of childhood, and the last ends with present circumstances, with the theme of death present throughout. Death is first presented here in…

In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. He uses many color to describe and represent the book character feelings, buildings, references and more within the story. One of the most F. Scott Fitzgerald uses within the book is blue and green to represent the main character Mr. Jay Gatsby Personality, fantasy, what he love and dream. One of the most use color is blue. Blue symbolizes melancholy, loneliness, tranquility and fantasy. In the novel, Gatsby garden describe as blue for…

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity,” said Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was NOT actually insane, this was from one of his famous well known books, The Black Cat. Edgar Allan Poe was a well known inspirational scary book writer. After taking a look at the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe, it is apparent that this writer deserves recognition as a profound American writer. Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19th, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts (Poets.org). Poe’s parents were…

Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet known for his dark Gothic style of writing. He was best known for his poetry and short stories and was an active writer until his sudden death at the age of 40 in 1849. One of these great stories included “The Masque of the Red Death” which involved a selfish Prince who chose to be secluded from the outside world with other nobles in an effort to escape the horrific plague sweeping the country. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Masque of the Red…

This passage describes Poe's genres, life and all of his influences. Poe grew up pretty lonely having his mom die at a young age and his dad soon after abandon him. After Poe lost both his parents, he was adopted and attended boarding school when he was 6 and 11. He then ended up moving to Boston and wrote his first poems. In Poe's later years, he moved in with his aunt Marie and his cousin Virginia in Baltimore. While in Baltimore he wrote to his foster dad, Allan, fearing that he was going to…

An old man sits with his legs crossed, his back resting against a bare cold wall. He is illuminated by an overcast sky shining through a large window at his back. His hair is white and thin with age, and his skin is wrinkled and worn down into a rough texture. He wears no shoes, and his clothes are tattered and torn. His body is skinny and long with hands whose thin flesh reveals the shape of every bone. He hunches his shoulders so that he curls around his only possession, his guitar. He is…

Louis Nowra (known as Mark Doyle) was born in the December 12th 1950 in Melbourne, Australia. Nowra is currently known for his incredible writing capacities whilst his previous work has been featured in screenplays, newspaper articles, novels and his most success descends from being a playwright for onstage productions. Before becoming a playwright he previously studied at La Trobe University without taking a degree whilst working several different types of jobs during the mid 1970’s as his…

This excerpt is from a ballad poem in which the persona, a man in love, is on his death bed trying to capture his lovers attention. In this poem, he is begging for someone to get a hold of Barbara Allan so that he can openly express his love for her before he dies. The mood and tone of the poem convey a sense of urgency. The man is in need of expressing his feelings before his time runs out. However, when he finally does state how he feels Barbara Allan moves slow and does not have any pity for…

Great question! It is a little daunting to confront all at once like that, though. Time and Death are gigantic themes... and The Flowers of Evil is a rich and very moody work. (His emotions shift a lot, as do his perceptions and impressions). So, perhaps it'd be best to look at a poem ("The Swan"-- a very well-known one) and just think about it... keep in mind that your themes here have strong ties with memory and ideals, change and stasis (the death of ideals with time, for instance; everything…

After graduating from Yale in 1810, Samuel Morse wished to pursue a career as a painter, despite his father’s dissent. He studied art in England, and upon his return to America in 1815, set up a studio in Boston. It was shortly after, in 1818, that he married Lucretia Walker. In February 1825, after giving birth to their third child, Lucretia died. The next year Morse’s father died, and his mother passed away three years later. Deep in grief, in 1829 Morse traveled to Europe. While returning…