Effectively, the poems "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus" are some of Plath's most famous creations that portray her life very well and defined what she had been through throughout her life. ... One of the most famous poems that she wrote in October 1962, just before her death, is the poem "Daddy.... In fact, the poem "Lady Lazarus," is also influenced by her life experiences. ... Wagner says in her article: While Sylvia Plath's "Lady Lazarus" is a poem "about" attempted suicide, it is perhaps more centrally a poem about the forces tha...

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It is a poem of praise to the actions of the nephew of a friend of Johnson. ... In doing so he writes in the poem that his death is a release from a life spent in service. ... The most famous of Johnson's poems, The Vanity of Human Wishes, covers a deeper meaning of reality and his applications of reality, specifically religious reality. ... In Vanity of Human Wishes, Johnson's most famous poem, he discusses in depth his views of what we know as reality, and the reality we need to know and understand. ... In shorter poems he utilized different techniques for a momentary escape from r...

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"Because I could Not Stop for Death" is one of Emily Dickinson's most discussed and famous poems due to its ambiguous, and unique view on the popular subject of death. ... The poem is written in five quatrains. ... This is reflected clearly at the end of the poem. ... The word "finished" is emphasized like other words throughout the poem, but the use of "finished" at the end of this poem fits accordingly. ... Emily Dickinson's views on death changed from poem to poem depending on her mood. ...

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Despite his uncertainty Agee writes his most masterful work, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, during these times (74). ... Agee's Elizabethan poem, Permit Me Voyage, received its title from Crane's "Voyages III" (23). There are also many prevalent qualities that you could find in Crane's works that are easy to find in many of Agee's poems such as the constant theme of the ecstasy and omnipotence of love (23). ...

• Word Count: 1898
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