Although such an obsessive dwelling on the subject of mortality could easily be seen as morbid, there is an undercurrent of hope as the speaker insists that death does not have to result in unhappiness for those who are left behind. ... Irrespective of the nature of the death of the speaker, it's results will be completely irrevocably, and the reader can sympathise with the lover, who has suddenly found himself alone. ...

• Word Count: 2526
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These surroundings easily engulfed Wordsworth and made him in a sense drunk on nature. The Wye Valley is said to be a place of great beauty in which one could easily begin to question themselves about what they know and understand about the awesome tranquility and peacefulness of nature. ...

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

Plath's Powerful use of Imagery and Metaphors In the poem "Daddy,"" the speaker, Sylvia Plath confesses her true feelings about her deceased father. Throughout the poem, many instances illustrate a great feeling of hatred toward Plath's father. She uses strong imagery and powerful speech to show her attitudes towards her late father and her husband. Plath describes her relationship and feelings of guilt, fear, and pain that her dad's death had caused her. The tone of this poem is that of an adult engulfed in outrage and who often changes into childlike dialect; this is e...

• Word Count: 2858
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Being protected by God it preaches the gospel in a way that is only possible for innocent minds- easily, straight and doubtlessly - and hurries to share the comfort he gets in relationship with God. ...

• Word Count: 2918
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This point is described as surrounded by flowers and birds, perhaps it can be found in the rose garden of the first section. ... His meditations on time and being are stated fairly explicitly and can be easily traced in the poem. ...

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

What is literature? We have to answer some basic questions when we study theory of literature. What is literature? What is literary study? Are they both different? What is the distinction? These questions are followed by the questions about the nature of literature, its functions, etc. Theory of lit...

• Word Count: 5585
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Keats's Odes of May 1819 articulate a Profoundly Divided Self." Discuss. The poetry of John Keats articulates an astonishing literary liturgy, which has influenced much of the study of nineteenth century literature; though during his short lifetime he was deemed to be a "lower class cockney," and an ignorant, unsettled "pretender" to a higher culture. Barnard (1999) asserts that Keats is one of the great English romantic poets, whose prime belief was in art and beauty. The most famous of Keats's poems, the Odes, can be seen to reflect the notion that he was a poet preoccupied by...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publica...

• Word Count: 10566
• Approx Pages: 42

During the 19th century a movement began that ultimately would change the syntax and them of poetry. in his 1802 preface to the Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth railed against the artificial poetic diction found in the sonnets and declared his intentions to write "in a selection of language really used by men"(qtd in Where the Arts live n. pag.). ... He easily differentiated himself from his peers as a result of his scholastic abilities. ...

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