YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Holdfast Poem by George Herbert
Essays 541 - 570
In three pages an explication of William Blake's 1789 poem 'The Angel' is presented in three pages. There are no other sources li...
and his first brush with death came at the age of eight, when his father, a livery-stableman by trade, died of a fractured skull a...
amount in various funds and insurance company assets (2000). Julian Robertsons flagship hedge fund did grow a great deal between ...
criticism points toward a different orientation, as she accuses previous writers of materialism, and explains this accusation by ...
fact that the book was originally rejected by publisher T.S. Eliot presumably because of the grim and hopeless picture which was p...
In her novels, Eliot seems to rail against the fact that a woman must be a certain type of person and act a certain way...
Robinsons poem, Marie Antoinettes Lamentation, the language and the way in which she uses it conveys more than mere description, i...
this woman is not pushy, but rather has very definite feelings for this man. She feels a connection with him that his self-possess...
seems to address in her works include that of lost culture and a sense of longing to return to a time which is perceived to be mor...
of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...
Eliot provides us with a very intricate look at the aristocracy from these various perspectives. At first we are given the useless...
American women's social roles are considered in William Carlos Williams' poems 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'The Young Housewife' in a...
going to equal seven. He states in his Mediations on First Philosophy: "SEVERAL years have now elapsed since I first became awar...
had fulfilled his 1980 campaign pledge to restore "the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism" (Past P...
that instead of continued efforts toward gender equality, the social "pendulum" might actually carry society backward in regards t...
bureaucracy, and thus opportunities for constituent service, while, at the same time, avoiding any blame" (OKeefe et al PG). Maki...
woods, peopled with the wild creatures of the forest, witches and all sort of magical folk, including Satan, himself. Tam stops to...
their ultimate dream. And, the reference to the show indicates an imaginative perspective of life in general. There is an imaginat...
the title. The alliteration between "caffeinated" and "concrete" emphasizes the rolling rhythm of the line. The reference to caffe...
with open galleries and porticoes. Bottles of milk were grouped on the steps, and occasionally light flickered from the kitchens w...
the Right Bank, this traditional barrier had to be extended by another structural wall in the fourteenth century (Diefendorf, 1991...
contributions that people are better able to understand politics and better able to base future decision. Fortunately, there is a...
on justice that even the welfare of society cannot override" (Rawls PG). When examining the impact of Rawls theories with regard ...
this indicates, in this poem, Larkin perfectly catches the nature of a society that has no idea what awaits it. Previous battles w...
Syllable from Sound --" (2509-2510). This poem considers the origin of reality, and true to her Transcendentalist beliefs, spec...
much of his writings, including The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Orwell, a self-described socialist, was al...
told reporters last Friday, although he added that he understood it is "very hard to fight a guerrilla war with conventional force...
played slightly louder, i.e. piano. The rhythm of the piece would be uniform 4/4 time, but the overall effect of the rhythm would...
yourself with your atom bomb" (line 5). Even though it is easy to agree with Ginsbergs anti-war sentiment -- the consensus even...
calling him to "say good-bye" (line 10 Acquainted with the Night). The overall effect of the poem is one of stark loneliness and a...