William Wordsworth

In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

For example, William Blake sought to understand God through spirit and imagination, in contrast to the typical theological view of God 'as an old man', a rational being who controlled the order of things. Blake wanted to break this unyielding portrayal of God. Blake was religious and interested in divine inspiration. In his epic poems he writes about visions of heaven and hell. Coleridge once suggested of Blake that his poetry and paintings enabled people to 'dig deeper' or understand more…

William Wordsworth once said, “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. All authors follow this; they pour their sorrows, happiness and everything in between into their writings. A book that exemplifies this is the fantastic flying books of Morris Lessmore, written by William Joyce. Another author who applies this quote is J.R.R Tolkien who wrote the award-winning book The Hobbit. Tolkien was extremely influenced by fate and this is reflected in the book by the protagonist, Bilbo…

Literature Review: Imagery is used very effectively in literary works of Rome, Greece and England. William Shakespeare, John Keats, T.S Eliot, Shelley, WordsWorth, Thomas Moore, Charles Lamb, Walter Scott and Coleridge are only a few literary figures in the realm of English literature. Cultures all around the world have used imagery in their folklores, poems and literatures for thousands of years. Renaissance poets enjoyed using visual imagery of birds especially in their love poetry and…

example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and not consider important things as Bergmann pointed in her “Apology” poem these ideas connect to political…

This essay for first year writing students shows how a simple man made huge waves in the world of the arts with his beliefs of poetry. This simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces…

poetry, authors often switch between the two throughout their bodies of work. William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…

Introduction Among all the famous contemporary children’s poets, Shel Silverstein is hailed as one of the most popular authors of children’s books in the twentieth century and is dubbed “Poet laureate of kids” by the critic Megan Rosenfeld. His poems are not only embraced by children but by people of all ages; one of the solid proof is that they have been translated into over 30 languages and some of them have been adopted for animations. In some of his reputed poems he depicted the alienation…

Ballard explains the importance of these three topics in Julius Caesar, one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Although the article only focuses on a single play, it does an excellent job explaining the rhetoric used by William Shakespeare. The article explains the background of William Shakespeare and the importance of literature during his time in school. During the Elizabeth Era there was a large focus on bringing back powerful aspects of linguistic devices that were used in Ancient Greek…