Spenserian stanza

Because I could not stop for Death: A TPCASTT Essay In the blank verse, first-person poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” by Emily Dickinson, the speaker pensively describes her carriage ride with Death to the realm of eternity, hinting at a deeper meaning of spirituality using visual imagery of a schoolhouse, a field of grain, and a setting sun to represent her mortality and the symbolism of the daylight fading, representing the woman’s transition into the next world, and additionally…

When I first read each of these poem I notice a very interesting difference between the two. While both of the poems are about relationships the major difference between the two are the specific type of relationship they each portray. In Your Hands by Gevorg Emin the relationship Gevorg portrays is a very loving and passionate one between the two people. While in The Clothespin by Rhonda Bower the feeling we get about the relationship is that the two people don’t really love each other and force…

Puritans seem to have unrealistic beliefs compared to those of today. Edward Taylor and Anne Bradstreet share how they got through rough times in the form of poetry with the help of their beliefs in God. Taylor’s formal poem “Upon Wedlock, And Death of Children” tells a story about the time he loses his children. Bradstreet’s “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House” is a story when she loses her house due to a fire. Each author gets through their individual problems by…

The word “rage” is used to encourage one to roar and battle during the final hours of one’s life. The stanza ends with Thomas comparing death, to the “dying of a light”. The second stanza brings in the mindset of a perceptive man, where he knows that “dark is right”, however they do not heed their words because they have “forked no lighting”, and they too fight “that good night.” (Thomas 4-6)…

Explication Prior to writing the poem Lost in Place, I read multiple stories that comment on flaws in society, and are applicable to multiple aspects of life. I chose to incorporate lessons from Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, Ursula Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, and Homer’s The Iliad. The lessons that I chose to use are the lessons that stick with me the most from all the readings: proximity, societal thought, and the power to change the fate of others. I knew I wanted to…

Progressing By Going Backwards During the seventeenth century, a poet named Henry Vaughan influences another poet named William Wordsworth because of his metaphysical poem “Retreat” which has multiple conceits. This classification in poetry discusses the seriousness in the afterlife and God. In Bartleby’s artice, a poem named “The Ode on the Imitations of Immense” is the poem that Vaughan influences Wordsworth to write and he states, “From God, who is our home:/ Heaven lies about us in our…

after coming back from war. The overall aim of this poem is to make readers more aware to the effect war has on an ordinary soldier and how they feel abandoned and isolated after fighting a courageous war for their country. The first stanza opens with the depressing description of a retired…

Karen Hesse wrote a poetic story by weaving 11 different characters together to share this tale, based on real events. By having 11 different distinct voices, Hesse is able to represent America in the 1920’s as well as modern-day life. By representing in both time periods, Hesse’s story resonates with the young, modern reader. Every reader can find a character they can relate to. Whether it is Leanora, who is struggling to find her way. Or Reynard Alexander, who speaks his opinion in hopes of a…

In his ode to the paintbrush, Góngora describes this tool as “nature’s valiant rival” (3), as it sets out to recreate it. He attributes various functions to the creation of the paintbrush—the painting: it fulfills a didactic role, serving as “the feet, the guide, / by which the world’s law bends” (23-24). Painting also establishes a dialogue between generations: “Through you, arranged by you, / the living converse with the dead;” (17-18). But perhaps one of the most important roles it fulfills,…

Poet’s have different views on different sets of things. 3 poets in particular, express their different opinions on what nature’s role in providing for humanity is. Christopher Marlowe, the author of “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love”, has a different opinion from Walter Raleigh, the author of “The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd”, and William Carlos Williams, the author of “Raleigh was Right”. Despite the differences, these 2 poets do have similar things in common with each other. Marlowe…