Robert Boyle

“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a poem written in the form of a dramatic monologue. In it, the speaker describes the portrait of his late wife to the servant of a prospective bride’s father. Throughout the description, the speaker’s sociopathy is made increasingly clear, with the heavily implication that he was the actual cause of the wife’s demise. Browning reveals the prideful, control-obsessed, and sociopathic character of the speaker through self-boasting, caesuras in the monologue,…

An Application for Slavery In Sylvia Plath's poem "The Applicant", a male marriage applicant is being interviewed for his quality as a suitor and his willingness to accept the girl being offered for marriage by the narrator. While the young man is being grilled by the narrator, he does not near experience the harsh narrative treatment that the prospective bride receives, being purposefully deprived of both gendered pronouns and choice of action as part of the arrangement. Plath uses metaphor…

In his poetry, Auden uses Time to illustrate his emotions and his feelings about life and his society. According to him, Time represents a mysterious and unquestionable force that pulls humans ever since they are born. But Time remains a concept set up by humans, who still have a minimum of power to change the present and the future. In his poems, Auden often uses Time as a reminder of our human condition : there is an end to life, nothing will last forever. For exemple, in Lay your…

Loneliness and isolation are both factors of depression, ironically with this story in The Great Depression. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, set in The Great Depression, George and Lennie get a job at a ranch after previous failed attempts at other jobs due to Lennie’s childlike disorder. They start to get used to their jobs alongside with Crooks, Candy, and Curley and his wife. Lennie’s childlike disorder, however, caused him to accidentally murder Curley’s wife, which ultimately led to…

In “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, a variety of colorful characters are introduced. Lennie, a vital character from the beginning, is George’s childish complement. He’s known for having behavioral issues and being obsessed with the dreams of his rabbits. Candy is the swamper at the ranch they arrive at. He’s older, doesn’t have a right hand, and has a gnarled old dog that he is later forced to give up. He wishes to have his own life where he can choose his fate. Though it seems like Lennie…

himself that one-day he will return to try again, although it is very unlikely. The speaker anticipates his future with a sigh saying that he took the one less travelled by road making all the difference. Mostly acknowledged as the poet of nature, Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California, only to become one of the most respected American poets of the twentieth century. While living in Gloucestershire, England in 1914, Frost was inspired to write The Road Not Taken…

How far would two men go to accomplish their dream? Of Mice and Men, a novel about two men, George and Lennie an unusual friendship brings them together and their journey to reach their long awaited dream. Their dream, to have their own piece of land and have to answer to no one. The timelessness in Of Mice and Men due to is controversial and still relevant topics that appear in the book including; racism, discrimination against women and the importance of being hopeful when in situations that…

In 1831, at the age of twelve, Walt Whitman began working for his local newspaper. He soon fell in love with the written word and started writing his own poetry (“Poet Walt Whitman”). Fast forward to the turn of the 20th century, and Whitman has already made a name for himself as one of America’s most influential poets. Two of Whitman’s most esteemed works are “O Captain! My Captain!”, written in 1865 to reflect on Abraham Lincoln's death, and “O Me! O Life!”, written in 1891 to contemplate…

In the movie, McFarland, one of the main characters, Damacio, wrote a poem about his passion: running. His poem brought people to tears and was a powerful way to express his feelings toward his hobby. Similarly, Walt Whitman wrote the poems “O Me! O Life!” and “O Captain! My Captain!” to express how he was feeling when he wrote each poem. “O Captain! My Captain!” is an elegy written in remembrance of Abraham Lincoln. However, according to Shenandoah Literary, “O Me! O Life!” represents how…

The narrative poem, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost has long been a well-received favorite. This story is based on the idea of things hidden from view. Two roads lie before the poet, but the poet is clueless as to where these roads will lead. In order to convey Frost’s message, “The Road Not Taken” relies heavily on the use of imagery, metaphorical language and metrical devices to bring to life this actual and figurative road. Through the use of these literary devices, the theme is set,…