Essays on Poetry

This poem begins with Hughes wanting America to be as great as the American Dream made it once seem and describing the basic freedoms everybody deserves, such as liberty and equality. He then answers the question of ‘who is asking for this?’ by describing the…

When first reading this poem the first line alone seemed to mean to work hard or maybe the author is too busy to stop for anything. But upon further reading, it takes another meaning. Is death meaning the personified meaning as in like a grim…

Death is a theme often explored by writers for its dueling mystery and commonality. Its mystery being that no one living can experice death, and its commonality being that everyone living will experience death in the end. It is an untouched inevitability that all of…

Emily Dickinson view on death was one that showed that people do not need to fear death, because death is something that all people should accept if they want to live a full life.How is death seen as an old friend to those who accepted…

“Living fast” is something every kid wants. In the poem We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks, one main message is conveyed. One interpretation of We Real Cool is kids wanting to live fast and, sadly, end up dying at a young age. Gwendolyn Brooks was…

William Blake infused themes of revenge and honesty into his poem “A Poison Tree” to depict a strong story with powerful messages. The poem begins with the narrator contrasting how he is able to handle issues with his friends and those with his enemies. With…

Andrew Marvell’s “Ametas and Thestylis Making Hay Ropes” is an entertaining critique of the limitations in the 16th century. The oppression applied by the those who occupied power on literature had deeply influenced the characteristic of classic literature that is still being analyzed and as…

In The Fish, Elizabeth Bishop uses metaphors to describe the human condition and obtain an appreciation for the quality of life lived. The human condition is defined as the aspects and stages through which a human is born, grows, struggles, and eventually dies. The human…

Throughout our lives, day in and day out, we seem to lose something. The idea of losing material things or loved ones is an idea that we try to avoid thinking of. How we recover from these losses is what defines who we are. In…

“All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper just running down the edges of different countries and continents, looking for something.” – Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop’s works stir up those parts of reader’s hearts which lay hidden even from itself….