It will focus on the diction, figures of speech and rhetoric, tone and form that appear in the poem and how Donne used these tools to convey his intended message. ... By using diction, figures of speech and rhetoric, tone and form Donne conveyed his intended message to the reader successfully. ...
Defining Respect In reading "A Respectable Woman" by Kate Chopin it is apparent that she is very much a realist. Her works are all fictional stories but they represent the stark realities of life. She does not dramatize or make her characters appear heroic, but simply portrays them as everyday peop...
"Mirror" by Sylvia Plath shows the shallowness and superficial concerns of women through the personification and the description of a mirror reflecting a woman's life and her character. The poem is narrated by the mirror, which doesn't provide an unbiased and impartial view on its character contrar...
Although it is less well-known than some of her other works, Anne Bradstreet's seemingly" less ambitious poem "The Prologue,"" is actually a tense and skilled exploration of the Puritan desire to relate spirituality to everyday life. Bradstreet's use of poetic techniques in "The Prologue"" shows a m...
To be a womanist is to have or express a belief in, or have a respect for women and their talents and abilities beyond the boundaries of race and class. A womanist should not be confused with the term feminist. A feminist is a belief in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes and in ...
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson tells of a woman cut off from society and human interactions - the simplicities of life. A feminist reading can be applied to this poem, as Tennyson explores ideas of deprivation, passivity and male dominance through diction, symbolism and characterisatio...
Imagine, for a moment, love without gender. Is it possible? Some see love as sexual feelings attached to sexual attributes. For these people, love is very much dependent on gender. It is the driving force which sparks an initial interest and paves the way for love to develop. For others, tho...
The poem "The Choosing" by Liz Lochhead tells the story of young woman who runs into her childhood best friend. Seeing her best friend, Mary, causes the speaker to question her decisions in life. The speaker chose to attend high school and then college, while Mary married young and is pregnant. A...
