Essays on Poems

Odysseus’s Craft in Phaiakia Just like a sculpture, Odysseus is chiseled and defined, and one could get lost within the intricacies of his mind. But how does he take a situation, and make it so refined, that he may observe, plan, and contrive? How does…

Have you ever listened to a man singing the blues?For this assignment our job was to do a critical analysis of certain required poems, of the required poems I chose “The Weary Blues.”This poem is all bout a man singing the blues and his feelings…

I chose to construct my essay on the poem “The theme for English B” by one of the best known African-American poet Langston Hughes. I picked this specific poem because it was as if I was reading one of my own work that I had…

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…