Essays on Poems

Paul Celan’s “With a Variable Key” shows that Celan tries to overcome his memories using hopeful languages in his poem; yet, instead of forgetting about the past, the more he writes, the closer he is leaning towards death. Celan’s journey in “With a Variable Key”…

Living a life with meaning is a goal shared amongst many individual’s. No one has quite figured out a single solution in how to accomplish this, however we are all seeking a way. Many factors contribute to a meaningful life, and influence our state of…

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, as a class we conducted a study using the New Critical approach for interpreting literature. Our group consisted of 4 members which I honestly remember one name which is matt. We interpreted Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson. The poem…

W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming” is a bold, modernist commentary on a changed society following the end of World War I. Through his use of imagery, as well as harsh wording, Yeats breaks down the social depictions that were once ordinary during the Romantic period…

A poem about night life in the 1920s, on one of Harlem’s main streets, may sound full of drama, high class society and scandal. Langston Hughes’ poem “Lenox Avenue: Midnight” however, combines none of those thing. Hughes’ poem combines the rhythm of life, the sounds…

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…