Sonnet 130

William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) was an eminent English Romantic Poet, hose Lyrical Ballad, as a result of joint efforts, co-authoring with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Contributed to launch the Romantic Age in English Literature. He is known as the poet of Nature, reflecting his inner feelings while appreciating the wonderings and beauty of it. (Norton, 543-45) The poem ‘We Are Seven’, as Wordsworth says, has been “written an Alfoxden in the spring of 1798. The little girl who is the heroine I met…

The relationship between human beings and animals is always a complex one. In the poems “Travelling through the Dark” by William Stafford and “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin, the two writers establish scenes in which the speakers face the death of animals but capture their speakers’ opinions on animal lives from different perspectives. While the gloomy and serious tone in Stafford’s work stands a stark contrast with the light-hearted one in the “Woodchucks” as the speakers’ inner feelings differ,…

William Shakespeare is a writer from the 16th century and is to this day still seen as the greatest English poet of all time. His play Othello was written between 1601 and 1604, it was first performed by the King’s Men in 1604. Othello is a play about a general, named Othello, who is being manipulated into thinking that his wife, Desdemona, is unfaithful. The way that women are represented in this play, differs from the way women were viewed during Shakespeare’s time. During the Elizabethan era…

“The most painful goodbyes are the ones that are never said and never explained”-Unknown Quote. In ‘Cold In the Earth’ by Emily Brontë and ‘Because I Could Not Stop For Death’ by Emily Dickinson, both of the authors approach the theme of death differently. For instance, Brontë portrayed death in a melancholy way, whereas Dickinson portrayed death as calm and not frightening. Although both poems are juxtaposed, they both share similar literary devices such as: symbolism, imagery and mood.…

Despite the simplicity of Tupac Shakur’s peom, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete,” it holds several symbolic pieces that contribute to a theme of perseverance over all else. The first symbol presented to us is probably also the one with the deepest meaning. The rose. A rose has heavy connotative layers on both the positive and negative ends of the spectrum. For instance, it is typically considered the most beautiful of flowers and is often used as a gift, just as Tupac is the most beautiful of…

108-109). Meg Schoerke in her essay in Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage brings up phrases in both “Rain Towards Morning” and “O Breath” which “suggest the tension between passion and reticence” that she then claims is only broken by Bishop’s poem “Sonnet” (Summers, 100). Lombardi offers the most in-depth analysis of “Four Poem,” yet still focuses mostly on “O Breath.” However, it is important to examine her discussion with the poem and its parts because of how thoroughly she delves into “O…

1, What do you think of when you hear the word poetry? Dan Davis and Len Newey think of a way to send a powerful message that means something to you. They did this through their power and meaning full poems that they have shared to send a message to us of what they believe in or what they want to share about what’s it’s like being an Australian. The first poem is an incredible poem written perfectly and changes the way you see an Australian after you read it. It is so perfect because of its way…

The first half of “Death be not proud” by John Donne is a viewpoint of death being perceived as “mighty and dreadful” (2) and then transitions into the speaker taunting death to counter those perspectives. The speaker sounds confident and arrogant when he says, “death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die”. His use of personifying death as a person and his choice of diction makes death seem peaceful and the opposite of powerful. When closely observed many literary devices and comparisons are…

E. E. Cummings is not the traditional poet who follows in the footsteps of others. Experimentation with grammatical and linguistic rules enticed him to create his own distinctive writing style. “somewhere I have never travlled,gladly beyond” is written in response to two of his brief marriages which left him in a state of having experienced the highs and lows of love. Throughout the poem, E. E. Cummings utilizes imagery that relates to the senses and unconventional syntax. This enables him to…

commonwealth instead of the current monarchy; Milton was called the “voice of the English Revolution.” Milton wrote his poem, “When I Consider How My Light is Spent,” about what it would be like trying to serve God without his sight. Milton wrote this sonnet using a Petrarchan rhyming scheme in iambic pentameter. 14 lines, the common way of the time period. It was written in 1655; Milton had begun to lose his sight and would be completely blind for the last 20 years of his life. This is a…