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- 15551: Frost's “Desert Places”: Inner Darkness
- Frost's “Desert Places”: Inner Darkness C.K. Williams said, “poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wished to slide by,” and in “Desert Places” Robert Frost makes the reader not ... as though he has paused in his walking, as if to stop and ponder his own vacancy and loneliness. In lines five and six, Frost alludes to what may be the cause of the speaker’s inner vacancy: “The woods around it have it – it is theirs/All animals are smothered in their lairs” (lines 5-6). “It” stands for the spirit that in line seven Frost states the speaker is ... to feel his emotions as they grow within him. In the fourth and final stanza the poem takes a dramatic turn, taking the reader to the very “desert places” at the root of the speaker’s desolance: “They cannot scare me with their empty spaces/ Between stars – on stars where no human race is” (lines 13-14). “They” are almost certainly the spirits of desolation which actively attempt to terrify ...
- 15552: Haughton: Am I A Gryphon Or A Queen?
- Haughton: Am I A Gryphon Or A Queen? Hmm, what do I consider myself? A Gryphon or a Queen? I slightly agree with Hugh Haughton's view on the two categories. Hold up, but first I have a question. What is the deal with this Gryphon and Queen nonsense? A reference to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland maybe? Or is it just a Critic's random word choice? OK back to my point. Of course there are many types of readers in this world, and my opinion is that there are probably too many types of readers to even ...
- 15553: Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"
- Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime with his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Frost ... farmhouse near". He admits that just stopping does seem odd. He is also somewhat concerned about the man who owns the woods. The man almost feels guilty for looking so lovingly at this other man's woods. "He will not see me stopping here/ To watch his woods fill up with snow". I think that the speakers life may be a little better off since he stopped to take a deep ... cold seems to chill to the very soul at times. Winter can also be very uplifting. It can wipe the slate clean with its pureness and it can be a time of starting over. Snow's whiteness can, in a way, blind you with its beauty and make you forget about your troubles. Winter for me is a time of silent reflection. I could sit for hours and gaze at ...
- 15554: Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"
- Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" Alexander Pope adds a little twist to the typical epic poem in his poem The Rape of the Lock. Pope uses the characteristics of the traditional epic poem. He uses ... epic poem. “This verse to Caryll, Muse! Is due:” is in the first paragraph of the poem. In this line Pope is calling for the help of a muse. Many poets ask for a muse’s help during the reading of a poem. This dates back to the times when all literature was spoken and passed on by word of mouth. The muse was invoked to help the poet or writer ... the battle. Pope uses both of these in a quite different manner in his poem. Baron is questing for the love of Belinda and his trophy a lock of her hair. This quest engulfs Baron’s life. All he can think about is conquering Belinda. Baron’s quest finally ended when he finally used a special weapon to achieve his goal. He used shears to cut a lock from the ...
- 15555: A Review of Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham”
- A Review of Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham” “Ballad of Birmingham” was written in 1969 by Dudley Randall. This poem was written in response to the 1963 bombing of a southern church in Birmingham, Alabama. Although it deals with an ... situation, the poem has a catchy sound and upbeat rhythm. It is a conversation between a mother and daughter during a period of serious upheaval and commotion in African American communities in the early 1960’s. The readers assume that the daughter is young, given the fact that the mother addresses her as “baby.” This assumption, however, may not be valid because of the culture. In the African American culture it ... poem is Birmingham, Alabama, and it is 1963. It is important for the readers of this poem to consider the time period during which this poem was composed. In the South, especially in the 1960’ s, relations were not good between African Americans and whites. African Americans were often the target of hate crimes and prejudice. The theme of the poem is not directly stated, it is to be understood ...
- 15556: Poet's Use of Mockery As Diction in Poem
- Poet's Use of Mockery As Diction in Poem The poet's use of mockery as diction conveys his disillusioned attitude toward the men that plan the battles without actually fighting in them. Using the words “If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,” to ... the reader to consider the majors as gluttons gathered at the table. When the reader completes his mental picture of the majors in the best hotel, the imagery of glory hogs is complete. The poet's diction choice, "Reading the Roll of Honor. `Poor young chap, ' I'd say - ` I used to know his father well; Yes, we've lost heavily in this last scrap.' " of casual language attempts to ...
- 15557: Blake's "The Fly"
- Blake's "The Fly" This poem is about life. The question this poem poses is "What is Life?" In order to find the answer, according to Blake, one must consider Nature and Thought. The poem itself is filled with emotion and leaves the reader thinking at the end as to what the poem is about, a true romantic fragment. Also, this poem was in Blake's "Songs of Experience," therefore, it was written out of an adult viewpoint. In order to answer the question posed by the author, one must turn to nature to find the answer. "Am not I thee ... structured in a set rhyming scheme: ABCB. This rhyming scheme causes the reader to put accent on the last words of lines two and four of each stanza. Due to this rhyme scheme the poem's tone is a sad and depressing one. For example, in stanza four the last word "death" is said with an accent giving it more emphasis over the other words. Same in stanza five the ...
- 15558: Beowulf: First Literary Superhero
- Beowulf: First Literary Superhero Beowulf was the first literary super hero. Like the common day superman, Beowulf has ordinary human characteristics, as well as superhuman powers. Like the Anglo-Saxons of Beowulf's time, he is boastful, manly, and willing to outdo his fellow neighbor. The only difference between him and the rest of the Anglo-Saxons is that he possesses extreme amounts of physical power. Grendel, the ... Many men had attempted to kill Grendel, but until Beowulf, no man had ever succeeded. “...so Grendel ruled, fought with the righteous, One against many and won...”(line 81,82). Despite the probability of Beowulf's death against Grendel, he still insists on attacking him and defeating him. Beowulf kills Grendel in an unusual way. Rather than attacking him with a sword like every other Geat, he grabs onto Grendel's arm and squeezes until the torture is unbearable. Grendel loses his strength, his body parts, and his blood in this violent scene. He later bleeds to death. “Saw that his strength was deserting him, ...
- 15559: "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodor Roethke
- "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodor Roethke In Theodor Roethke's "My Papa's waltz" the reader finds a horrid experiance, the beating of a child by his father, which is told in a way of a romantic and beutifull dance - the waltz. The feeling one get from ...
- 15560: History in Langston Hughes's "Negro"
- History in Langston Hughes's "Negro" The topic of Langston Hughes's "Negro" deals with an extremely general description of the history of African Americans or blacks from the pre-1922 era until 1922. Hughes lets the reader know about historic experiences of blacks to show us ... man living in America, he simply says that "I am a Negro" (1 and 17). He does not create a mysterious aura about blacks, but leaves that up to the reader. Thinking, on the reader's behalf, plays a major part in understanding "Negro." The different meanings that this poem has is entirely left for the reader to discern. The setting of "Negro" is 1922, the year in which it ...
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