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of striving to attain immortality, just as Jesus himself did. Over and over again in our lives we are tested, and each choice we ...

sexually anxious and shy. The whole poem, then, is a testimonial to his incapacity to act on his desire to meet someone with whom ...

has overtaken their owners" (Bartleby.com). In many ways "The poem throws an interesting light on the close nature of the relation...

the speaker--and the reader -- know that the answer is God. By using a question, Blake is questioning why a benevolent deity would...

as opposed to being naturally inherited. This poem typifies the poems that are included in Blakes, Songs of Innocence, in...

about war. It is about this soldiers experience when he began to shoot at an enemy soldier--who was of course shooting back--and ...

A relevant phrase in literature that relates to the overall concept of good versus evil in Blakes work is that of the human...

to have a relationship. The narrator tells us that he loves his father, and indicates that he cant handle his alcohol either (hint...

song of the ocean and the song of the woman. A comparison is offered of the songs, that both make a...

the title is clearly a powerful statement and use of words. Another critic dissects Dickinsons poem and offers the following: "The...

implication is that anything signed by the hand of the king carries the weight of law. Sir Spence has to obey. The letter arrives ...

"Mending Wall" we have a very powerful look at what self reliance can do to an individual. It presents us with a picture of what s...

that Beowulf meets Grendel, but out of family ties and vows of allegiance to the Queen. Even Grendels mother gets into the act. T...

sooner will his race be run, / And nearer hes to setting" (lines 7-8). In this manner, Herrick sets up an ever-increasing sense of...

viewing this painting this particular writer feels and thinks many things. There is a powerful boldness to the strokes, which are ...

was such time as it was appropriate to say goodbye and release them to adult life as defined by that society. In this poem, Sapp...

seemed inseparable. A true friend, in other words, wishes for another person the highest possible good. This sort of friendship i...

of the word I is that the decision for anyones life is their own. This decision was not reached by conferring with any other soul ...

emphasis on "mind-forged" shows that these are mental attitudes rather than physical chains, but their effect on human freedom is ...

so strong, that Browning anticipates that it will follow her after death (line 14). Scottish poet Robert Burns also relied...

understand our world and as we seek to communicate with that world. As the poem progresses we surely see elements that speak of...

hilltop is now shown as much as it is suggested by two rounded green shapes in the lower half of the painting. The dancers barely ...

that his novel is not fictitious, but, on the other hand, he also states that everything only happened more or less thus restricti...

enjoying the fact that many people have bleeding hearts from love. The narrator is clearly an individual who has been harmed by...

he mocks. It is after all a story of a lock of hair stolen while a young woman sleeps. What can be simpler? What can be less impo...

But, Frost never treats it as an overpowering tragedy for the participants, who still live, continue without looking back it seems...

An analytic interpretation of this poem is presented in five pages with a discussion of loneliness and home themes that are featur...

renewal [is] not exercised" (Harding 42). Blake wrote, "Earth raisd up her head / From the darkness dread and drear. / Her light...

talk that he had "hastened his wifes death to write the poem" (Allen 3). There can be little doubt that the poem itself is obvi...

her sister as "buddies in wartime" and the stairwell is described as a "shell hole." Like soldiers, Olds states that she and her ...