Ancient Greek literature became the model for all later literature. ... Hesiod, who was a farmer, also praised the farmer's for enduring in a long silent struggle with the earth and its elements. ... With its elements of political and social satire, government leaders no longer permitted Old Comedy. ... Literature in ancient Greece set the stage for a whole new era of literature. Literature has come a very long way since those days. ...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The most important elements in Greek literature were harmony, nature, simplicity, beauty and truth, which were considered as equal and necessary important. ... The Simplicity is called a nymph, it was a popular motif in classic literature. ... The metaphor "thy green retreat" means Athens, a place, which was a cradle of simple classical literature. There is no other literature which would be as equal in simplicity as Greek literature, which is expressed in the poem by means of metaphor: "When holy Freedom died, No equal haunt allured thy future feet." ... T...

• Word Count: 908
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Lawrence was seen as eccentric as a young man due to his lack of work and love for literature. ... "Elemental" has many references to the "elements" (line 4) and how they act. He uses nature to criticise society he poses questions on why society cannot act more natural like the elements, "Since man is made up of the elements, Fire, and rain, and air and live loam, And none of these are lovable, But elemental" (lines 4-7) Lawrence names the elements and says they are not "lovable" (line 6). ... Lawrence has kept the endings of each line non-rhyming and has repeated many of the words at the en...

• Word Count: 926
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Often times, when a person reads a work of literature, there are many details of the text that are difficult to understand. ... In any work of literature, a reader may be unsure of how to perceive the characters and certain events of the text. ... Because poetry does not contain many similar elements of other genres of literature, it is often hard for readers to understand what the speaker of the poem is trying to convey. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Walt Whitman was and still is a very influential poet and one of the most famous writers of poetry in American Literature. ... Present in "Song of Myself" are several important themes: the idea of the self, democracy, and the self's relationship with the elements of nature and the universe. ... "Song of Myself" was written in several sections/parts and contains more than just the idea of the self, democracy, and the self's relationship with the elements of nature and the universe. ...

• Word Count: 1606
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Vincent Millay, who wrote during the Jazz Age, created pieces that changed the way society approached literature. ... However, in order to appreciate the passion and energy of a writer such as Millay, it is necessary to understand the thematic elements of bittersweet love in her poetry, which reflect the changing attitudes of audiences during the Jazz Age. ...

• Word Count: 1063
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The two poems being compared are both love poems. Poem one is On My First Son by Ben Jonson . The next one, poem two, is called Unending Love by Rabindranath Tagore. Both poems are well written love poems that have similar subjects (love) but differ dramatically because of their structures, ...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Book of Job vs Aristotle's Poetics Aristotle was, arguably, the greatest single thinker that has ever walked the earth. His thoughts and writings covered all aspects of life. So important were his works that to not know them was, until not too long ago, considered uncivilized. He composed a set o...

• Word Count: 1240
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Helen of Troy Helen of Troy has been revived through literature during the past centuries. Contrasting views such as the ones of Edgar Allan Poe or H.D. are contrasted through literary elements such as speaker, diction, and imagery. ...

• Word Count: 1220
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As a child Dove was always interested in literature, "...the young Dove had a particular fondness and passion for books, and said that her parents encouraged her to read anything that she pleased.""... Dove mixes biographical, historical, and social elements to create a journey of love, marriage, life and death in 1920's Middle America."" ... "[The position] offers someone as a spokesperson for literature and poetry..."" ...

• Word Count: 1934
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall the speaker.These phrases, found in the first stanza of the poem, show how Cummings uses diction, color symbolism, and imagery to relate to the idea of rebirth.The spirit of a group is the essential nature of that group, the basic feelings and ideas that it holds.Trees are one of the most basic symbols representing nature.Therefore, by thanking God for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees,"" the speaker is showing how much he appreci...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The first stanza is centered on the fact that men will die in many ways and places and their bodies will return to the elements and be scattered. ... "Fern Hill" is considered one of the most beautiful and reminiscent recollections of childhood in all of English literature. ...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The four locales also stand for the four elements. ... A place of unattainable peace (and in this case insight) that is normally forbidden to mere mortals but that exists in memory and in literature as a standard to which everyday existence must be unfavorably compared. ...

• Word Count: 2598
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Poe made many contributions to Western Literature. ... There are no extra elements in Poe- no sub-plots, no minor characters, and no distractions (except those that show the madness of deranged first- person narrators). ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

First of all, it is necessary to introduce the Victorian four elements in the total situation of a work of art: the artistic product itself, the universe representing nature, the audience and the artist. ...

• Word Count: 5237
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School