Essays on Poems

Roland, The Martyr Sophocles, an ancient Greek tragedian, said, “It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.” The Song of Roland is admired as a “chansons de geste” the French term for song of deeds. In this…

The Song of Roland is a poem that was written at around 1000-1200 CE, and is still considered to be one of the most grandiose and masterful poems of its genre ever written. It’s a primary source of information about how people lived in Western…

The song of Roland is a poem based on the French literature. It is about the battle of Roncevaux in 778 during the reign of Charlemagne. The composition of this poem derives major references to the early medieval society in Western Europe. This paper will…

Explore the dream-like qualities in Kubla Khan. In your answer, explore the author’s use of language, imagery and verse form. Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are two very distinctive poems by Coleridge: Kubla Khan, a shorter poem in comparison to The…

The poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a poem about an ancient mariner who is repenting what he did one time. This man was on a voyage to Antarctica with many other sailors when one day they become…

The Correlations Between Frankenstein and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner As a child, Mary Shelley stayed up late listening to Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s horrific poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” This may be why Shelley’s Frankenstein parallels Coleridge’s poem in character choice, theme,…

A literary analysis examines the literal techniques of a story. The authenticated methods that will be a review in this research will be exposition the rising action of the problem or the conflict, as well as the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. With…

Unforeseen Consequences “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates and “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie are short tales of two different kinds of journeys, one emotional and the other physical. The protagonist of Oates’s story, Connie,…

The definition of chivalry from dictionary.com is the sum of the ideal qualification of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms. Another definition of chivalry is related to the medieval institution of knighthood which has an aristocratic military origin of individual training…

Throughout the history of British Literature, there have always been issues centered on the themes of loneliness, desolation, or exile. Often time’s authors speak from their own experiences that describe their conflicts with misery and discomfort. During the Anglo-Saxon era, times were not always blissful…