Robert Blake

The primary imagery in “The Snow-Storm” is how the snow interacts with everything it touches. In the beginning of the poem it begins with a light tone, explaining how the snow covers everything with light words such as “hides”, and “veils.” It creates the imagine of the snow acting almost like a blanket that lays upon everything. Near the end of the first stanza the tone changes after the word “tumultuous” is used, creating the image of a disorderly snow storm. “Fills up the farmer's lane from…

William Butler Yates insists in the poem that he is miserable in the city lights. He states many facts that give the reader reasons to believe that the city is not for him. The poem gives the reader a visual of the city and the country where he is trying to get. He wants us to see the country as a place of happiness and somewhere he can live out the rest of his life. Yates uses symbols of lake water, crickets singing, and the thought of being trapped in the city wanting to go back to the…

Robert Browning was a genius when it came to his poetry, many thought him brilliant, yet they were also skeptical of his work because of how dark and disturbing some found it to be. Browning’s work was found to earry and sketchy by many because the treatment of women in multiple of his poems. Some of these poems include “My Last Duchess,” “Life in a Love,” and “Porphyria’s Lover.” Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is found disturbing because of the finale statements made by the speaker and even more…

there to be a positive outcome. Robert Frost shows how choices could change our lifestyle with the poems created by him. In Robert Frost poetry, Robert Frost uses multiple literary devices to describe that life has multiple outcomes in order to illustrate that people have responsibility for choices and actions made. Metaphors are descriptively seen throughout the many poems written by Frost to help show the different paths of life that could be taken. In Robert Frost's poem “The…

Robert Browning who although born in England in 1812, has had his name and poetry revered throughout the centuries. Renowned for his unprecedented, grotesque comments on the more sinister side of human nature with his added mastery of the dramatic monologue used to give an in-depth look into the mind of the insane; has created a distinct tone characteristically his. This unique style paved way for the iconic poems, ‘Porphyria’s lover’ and ‘My last Duchess’ in which Browning defied traditional…

and whichever family receives the black piece of paper has to re-enter each of their papers, including the black one, and draw again. The family member that draws the black paper the next time must be stoned to death. However, the “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost focuses more on a family…

Comparison of “Last Duchess,” and “Lover.” (An analysis of Robert Browning’s poems, “Last Duchess,” and “Porphyria's Lover.”) Robert Browning was a victorian poet, who had a complex way of explicating the different types of love. There are many similarities betwixt the two poems. Firstly, in both poems, the man kills the woman, obviously with different motivations, but the outcome was similar. Secondly, he clarifies that both poems surround the fact that the women are victims of the man’s…

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States of America. President Wilson was born on December 28, 1856. When President Wilson was 16, and when he passed college he was the only president to get a diploma. His first job was the governor of New Jersey it was a steady stroll until the railroad rebelled against him and drove him out of the position governor. After that, he met a girl named Ellen Louise after a couple of years of dating they got married. Before Wilson was president…

Imagine that it’s late at night. You have only a horse to ride. There are no lights, and you’re challenged to warn villagers about the British coming. This was some of the difficult tasks Revere had to overcome in 1775.There are many similarities and differences between the poem and the historical account. One of the similarities was the meanings of the lanterns. One of the differences was that the number of messengers differed. Longfellow used and altered history by making it informative and…

Jennifer Jimenez Mrs. Reyer 4th block 6 February 2017 Jimenez 1 Shulman and Leutze Patriotic Work David Shulman and Emanuel Leutze mark the significance of Washington crossing the Delaware through literature and imagery, but both men have many comparisons and contrasts in their work. On December 25, 1776 George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River in hopes of surprising the Hessians. This event has been turned into a piece of literature by David Shulman for the poetic enthusiasts.…