Realism Hughes poem "Mother to Son" was written during the Harlem Renaissance. ... In "Mother to Son" he lets the readers know that everything in life is not going to be easy and that there are going to be trials that everyone will face in life. Biographical Theory of Criticism "Mother to Son" Closely parallels the life of Hughes. ... The theme of "Mother to Son" is that life is not easy. ... Wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, the purpose of "Mother to Son" was mostly to inspire African American men and women to achieve their goals in life. ...

• Word Count: 532
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

At the beginning of his career, he was surrounded by the Harlem Renaissance. ... At this point in his life, Hughes was enjoying the culture and excitement of the Harlem renaissance. ... This poem shows the growing bitterness in Hughes' life. ... For Hughes, it would appear that his life ended on a dejected note. ... For his entire life he had been writing about racism, slavery, and inequality. ...

• Word Count: 1313
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His piece "The Flea," written in 1633, depicts a typical renaissance love poem (Kelly, The Seagull Reader Poems, page 50). Fleas were a staple of conventional renaissance love poetry. ... "Just so much honor when thou yield'st to me, Will waste, as this flea's death took life from thee (lines 25-26)" explains that the physical act of love between the speaker and his love will not hurt her honor. ... The reader's personal response comes from previous experiences in life or from other literature. ...

• Word Count: 1016
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It is fair to say that John Donne is acknowledged for his explorations beyond physical aspects in life during the period of the Renaissance. ... Techniques are just one of the elements that make up Donne's unique style in Renaissance poetry. ...

• Word Count: 994
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Poets say that poetry is a way to look at the individual and collective experience of life. ... In "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes, it seems as if he is writing from the perspective of a local during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, who finally has the ability to dream of a better life, but does not achieve it. ... Perhaps the dream brings you down like a heavy load, never letting a person accept their duties of life. ... He helped shape the Harlem Renaissance, an eruption of African-American cultural expression in that section of New York City in the 1920s. ... In the play the chara...

• Word Count: 1645
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

McKay also spent time writing a variety of subjects inluding love and went in detail about his past life living in Jamaica. ... His viewpoints and achievements set the tone for Harlem Renaissance and earned him a lot of respect from the younger black poets of the time (poets.org). ... McKay stresses the fact that he feels African Americans should be educated and be sucessful in life. An example of this is in the quote "I knew her self was not in that strange place," implying that he knows she can make something better of her life. ... "The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by Claude McKay ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

McKay also spent time writing a variety of subjects inluding love and went in detail about his past life living in Jamaica. ... His viewpoints and achievements set the tone for Harlem Renaissance and earned him a lot of respect from the younger black poets of the time (poets.org). ... McKay stresses the fact that he feels African Americans should be educated and be sucessful in life. An example of this is in the quote "I knew her self was not in that strange place," implying that he knows she can make something better of her life. ... "The Harlem Dancer" is a poem written by Claude McKay ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Second, the glosa form of the poem (an early Renaissance form first developed by poets of the Spanish court), with its opening quatrain written by another poet, followed by four ten-line stanzas, their concluding lines taken consecutively from the quatrain, and the sixth and ninth lines rhyming with the borrowed tenth, is in itself a dialogue between two poets: the poet who wrote the quatrain, and the poet writing the glosa. ... The Winter 1996 number of The Malahat Review is a tribute to her life and work. ...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The poet uses repetition of the words numberless, life, age, and renew throughout the poem to provide emphasis on each word. ... From modern poetry to poetry from the Renaissance, love still encompasses the same emotions. ...

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

A group of artists and poets, the pre-Raphaelites shared a conviction that art had become corrupt during the Renaissance, beginning with Raphael, and was in decline there after. ... Personal and professional movements in his life were much the cause. ... Yeats became heavily focussed on new occult speculations, his personal life resolved by marriage, he began writing exceedingly metaphysical poetry. ... Caught in the "sensual music" of life, they ignore "Monuments of unaging intellect" art work, philosophy and religion, all the non-physical imaginative products of man. ... It stands for th...

• Word Count: 2111
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. ... In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. ... His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. ...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. ... In order to better analyze this poem, it is necessary to know a little about the author because his work is pretty much close to his life and own experiences. ... Hughes, who claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman as his primary influences, is particularly known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. ... His life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Poets during the English Renaissance of the 14th century began to construct poems referred to as sonnets. ... On May 22, 1938 Ginsberg reflected upon his life. ... Upon entering high school, Ginsberg escaped his decaying home life by diving into his studies. ... However his life lacked direction. ... It was not until Ginsberg reached the age of thirteen that his mother illness would take hold of Ginsberg's life. ...

• Word Count: 4095
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School