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Essays 61 - 90
make him a man, he must forego running in the fields and playing in the meadows. "How can the bird that is born for joy/Sit in a c...
Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand For many poets the overall purpose of the poem has...
a world of what might have been is not healthy. Therefore, he is suggesting that when one determines a course of action, that one ...
16-18). In this we again see an imagery that allows us to perhaps comprehend the composition of a scene. We can all but envision t...
into the woods on such a cold, dark night. Is it merely to look at the scenery, or is there another more profound reason? In the...
poet of nature. For example, "The instinct of Wordsworth was to interpret all the operations of nature by those of his own strenuo...
sun, "a ribbon at a time" (35). By displaying one "ribbon" after another, Dickinson presented not just a story, but a complete cov...
tragedy; there may be without character" (Aristotle Poetics Part VI). At this point Aristotle indicates that more often than not p...
Plato's Apology and Aristotle's Poetics are both considered masterpieces of ancient Greek philosophy. This report compares the two...
for repetition and free flowing verse to express his ideas and was considered not only exceptional because of these elements but a...
than they preserve" (Killam and Rowe). The poem "Homecoming" which is among his collection which show the corruptive greed ...
depict the changing of the seasons not only as they relate to nature but as they relate to humans as mortals as well (Nelson). Poe...
Its clear this feminist perspective seeks no harm, but merely wishes to illuminate her celebration of women. Specificall...
of art that lives forever and offers youth and vitality and passion. One critic indicates that, "This contrasts the sensual world...
even to the edge of doom" (Shakespeare 9-12). In the end he claims that if he is wrong then he never wrote and no man ever loved. ...
In Sonnet 72, it becomes evident that the initial sexual flush is still very much in evidence, but the references to the distant h...
the tale of Icarus. We do know that Auden visited the sixteenth century painting by Peter Breughel when it was displayed in the M...
scared woman. While she is now grown and teetering on the brink of emotional despair, she recalls both the idolatry and anger of ...
and spiritual war is evident in the quote, "Faith is a fine invention for gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent in an eme...
is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods...
that its bizarre poetic form could also be attributed to Ginsbergs love of jazz music. The coffeehouses which reached their popul...
seems to be making a statement about independence of spirit, but an involvement with mankind. "I markd where on a little promontor...
the trees brings back an plethora of memories for the poet, images of himself as a "swinger of birches," when life was not so comp...
stresses and also spondaic emphasis on the phrase "this years snow." Still other lines mix and match rhythm patterns so that the o...
Indeed, it is these characteristics which may account for Yeats continuing appeal to readers who dont normally pay much attention ...
see their beauty, and youth, start to fade. This idea is reiterated and emphasized in the second verse, which speaks of the suns q...
("Deconstruction"). For this reason, deconstructionists focus on very close and careful readings of particular texts, and can also...
to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...
Lord once of shed, garage and garden, Each with its proper compliment of tackle"...
The urn it seems, inanimate or not, is alive in some peculiar sense. In...