Essays on Poems

The noun “invention,” – stemming from the Latin word; invenire and inventio- indicates a sense of creative license that is withheld by writers, in any form of literature. However definitively, “invention” also implies fabrication and fictionalisation, within poetry and sonnet writing, the poet my use…

According to Meyer, “an extended metaphor is a sustained comparison in which part or all of a poem consists of a series of related metaphors” (Meyer 926). In William Shakespeare’s sonnet 73 “That time of the year thou mayst in me behold”, the speaker uses…

Despite standing out through the dramatic genre, Shakespeare also turned to the lyric and produced 154 sonnets that are among the most beautiful in all world literature, with diverse themes such as love, time, beauty. The poetic self in the sonnet 73, is described as…

William Shakspere ‘s Sonnet s were first collected in Book volt-ampere. in 1609. Among the most famous of the 154 sonnet s is Sonnet XVIII, which includes the logical argument, ‘Shall I comparison thee to a summer time ‘s day light ?’ With three exception,…

The Dark Ages was a time of immense violence and corruption, but it is also a time that very little is known. It started around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D During these five hundred years, very little information…

During the time of the Anglo-Saxons, many virtues and characteristics that were expected of great leaders and heroes were created. The most known of these virtues are generosity, loyalty, friendliness, and bravery few could meet and surpass these requirements. In the epic poem Beowulf, translated…

Emily Dickinson was born December 10, 1830 in Massachusetts. As she grew up, she surrounded herself with very few people and seldom left her house. By the1860s, she had completely isolated herself from the outside world. This had a huge impact on her poetry and…

Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 in Massachusetts, where she lived until her death in 1886. Her poetry was heavily influenced by both poets of seventeeth-century England, especially the metaphysical movement, and the fact that she lived in a Puritan New England town. This, in…

Writing is not aimed at those who are afraid of exploring the limits of their imagination. It can only be attributed to those open-minded people who are willing enough to break boundaries and expect nothing else than to create a delightful masterpiece of writing. Although…

Sonnets are known by their structure. A sonnet is a 14 lined poem that most of the time has a rhyme scheme. William Shakespeare wrote over 100 sonnets, but they are not known for their sonnet-like structure, they are known for their moving themes or…