Plath states, "The mirror is not cruel, only truthful"" (4) "It considered itself a four-cornered eye of a god" (5), therefore sees everything for what it is. ... She wasted her youth with constant self-evaluation and she never reached an understanding of who she really is. ... "(12-13) When she looked away she did not want the truth - she wanted lies. ... She had grown accustomed to people telling her that she was perfect and a beautiful person, when in reality she is not. ... "Mirror" reflects her old age as a dark and separated life from others, in comparison to her youth which is reflect...

• Word Count: 559
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Having open access to a library full of books quickly made reading one of her favorite past times and she took an interest in the poets of the past. ... Anne Bradstreet uses "The Prologue" to talk about the way society viewed women in the public eye. ... If what I do prove well, it won't advance; They"ll say it's stol"n, or else it was by chance" (26-30) Bradstreet is saying that she will prove everyone that thinks she cannot write that they are wrong and being a woman does not mean she is lucky when she writes something good or that she has stolen it. ... Most times, she is simpl...

• Word Count: 800
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

She uses words that incite emotion and metaphors that mirror the acts she describes. ... We know she is young by the phrase "full new breast" this enhances the horrifying image innocence being violated. ... "now hand is the hard bottom of the girl, Now hand is full of the full new breast. ... This causes the reader to come to a full stop. ... "No one can take this from him now ever though she is for years a mother and worn, and he is too old to force any again. ...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

From the time her parents died, she had lived in their home with the women she loved, Ada Russell. ... Some even claimed that she could not know the full pleasure of love because she was a lesbian and an obese woman. ... I watch the spire sweeping the sky, I am dizzy with the movement of the sky, I might be watching a mast With its royals set full Straining before a two-reef breeze. I might be sighting a tea-clipper, Tacking into the bay, Just back from Canton With her hold full of green and blue porcelain, And a Chinese coolie leaning over the rail Gazing at the white spire Wit...

• Word Count: 2108
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She finally clarifies that her father is the Nazi by using imagery. "And your neat mustache/And your Aryan eye, bright blue" (line 43-44). ... She moves away from her confrontation with her childhood projections. ... When she tries to commit suicide she reconnects with the "sack" again, relating to the "a bag full of God". This demonstrates that she still loved him; she wanted her idealistic perception of him to be real. ...

• Word Count: 1113
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It stands out immensely and catches the reader's eye. After the first stanza the reader is in full knowledge of the death of the poet. ... The buzzing fly blocks her view though of where she is heading and the light that was once there is now gone. ... The speaker mentions children at the beginning of the stanza because she is reflecting back to a time in her life when she once played at the school. ... Death plays a large part in Dickinson's poetry and it greatly shapes the way she writes and the way readers perceive her. ...

• Word Count: 949
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The audience is smiling, but she does not share that emotion with them because she is "not herself in that strange place." ... Towards the middle of the poem, the narrator describes the dancer as "swaying", implying that she can change with things around her if she wants to be sucessful. ... McKay explains that the males were "wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys," which means that they are under the influence of alcohol, causing them to be bold beyond their years. ... She does not like this "flattery" and does not enjoy the fact that she feels very out of place in this "strange environme...

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

The audience is smiling, but she does not share that emotion with them because she is "not herself in that strange place." ... Towards the middle of the poem, the narrator describes the dancer as 3 "swaying", implying that she can change with things around her if she wants to be sucessful. ... McKay explains that the males were "wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys," which means that they are under the influence of alcohol, causing them to be bold beyond their years. ... She does not like this "flattery" and does not enjoy the fact that she feels very out of place in this "strange enviro...

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

In this poem England is like a mother to the soldier; she gave birth to him, nourished him, made him who he is. ... His heaven apparently will be chock full of memories of England-her "sights and sounds," and a whole lot of other good stuff. ... Any time a pattern is established, then broken, those breaks are designed to catch a reader's eye for emphasis (or catch their ear, as in this case). ...

• Word Count: 3268
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Thus, to full understand the significance of nature in all lives told through " Lines Composed A few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" one must understand the setting and mood, as well as comprehend the rhyme scheme, and use of many diverse poetic devices that interact within the poem the poem. ... There was a time when he saw nature with just the naked eye but now he views nature with all his senses so he can grasp it's true beauty. ... The scenery all around him is new and green; everything is starting over, full of life and the anticipation to grow. ...

• Word Count: 2680
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Until she knows the king's fate, she will not eat bread. Distraught, she prays to  Juno  to send her a dream that would tell her of the fate of Seys. ... He adds that she was his true love in life. ... The Black Knight and  Lady White, as she is called, were married and lived in harmony for some years. ... Finally, after the full explanation of the lady's worth, the knight, under questioning from the narrator, blurts out that she has died. ...

• Word Count: 5753
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School