He speaks directly to his beloved – praying, though not in a religious manner, that his sleeping beloved will fully experience life and never be troubled by life's unanswered questions. ... This implies that the beloved is the addressee in the poem. ... The speaker fully accepts the beloved's human flaws. He loves the weaknesses and strengths of his beloved. ... In stanzas two and three the speaker was addressing someone else than his beloved, but in the last stanza he returns to directly addressing his sleeping beauty, his beloved. ...

• Word Count: 1813
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The speaker is (here) in this world and his beloved is (there) far away in the world beyond. ... In this stanza, Neruda recalls memories of a time and place with his beloved. Pablo Neruda remembers a time with his beloved possibly playing or dancing in the snow. ... In the fourth stanza Neruda describes how much he loves his beloved. ... When the big stars look at him, he feels that his beloved is looking at him. ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

These poems tell of love and the depths of love the speakers has for their beloved even if the love is not given back in return. ... " (l. 1-2) The speaker tries to differentiate his beloved and the summer. ... The speakers tell how they want to be with their beloved forever and how no one else can compare. ...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John Betjeman's " On a Portrait of a Deaf Man" portrays a beloved father through an elegy constructed of disquieting contrasts, creating a poignant but incongruous tribute to a dead, deaf father. ...

• Word Count: 1321
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Life of Emily Dickinson After getting my midterm prospectus back and reading all the feedback given to me, I realized the original topic I chose was too broad. There is no way I would be able to compare the lives of Toni Morrison and Emily Dickinson. So now I will try an...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

During the Tang era, the developed economy and frequently culture intercommunion by the Silk Road made great contribution to the grand cosmopolitan culture at Tang Dynast. Therefore, as the strongest and most advanced country in the world the culture and civilization has become grew very fast. The p...

• Word Count: 1790
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Although defined differently by many, poetry can be viewed as a form of "literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm." (Britannica poetry) Poetry is a vast subject t...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

English poetry of the early 20th century The end of the 19th century witnessed unprecedented outbreak of drastic changes caused by the intensifying contradictions between the antiquated social order and the demands of the time. Those contradictions touched upon practically every sphere of social life and only deepened in the early 20th century. The new progressive age admitted no compromises with the antiquated social existence. In poetry it demanded new verse, new structures and revolutionary new views and visions. As a result, Europe saw a cultural and artistic hey-day, as symbolism and m...

• Word Count: 1915
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate