Tulips and Chimneys presented readers with a collection of Cummings early poems. ... All in Green My Love Went Riding is a poem set at dawn in a mountain valley near a river. ... Cummings displays some of his famous non-traditional word play by using nonsensical words such as "mudluscious- and puddle-wonderful-, which heighten the readers sense of the playfulness in childhood. ... The rhythmic beat of this poem also alludes to the senses. ... The ambiguity of this poem allows the reader to draw his or her own conclusions. ...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Donne uses some very evocative imagery in this universally relevant poem. ... Donne's most famous conceit is then introduced. ... Batter My Heart is a very controversial poem about religion. ... Donne is writing this poem in desperation. ... The poems have a universality that seems to live on throughout time. ...

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Ezra Pounds poem "The Jewel Stairs' grievance" was a little confusing to me to be honest. ... The poem doesn't really give too much information referring that the poem isn't very detailed and lengthy. ... The poem seems to take place in the late autumn season in the cold where leaves begin to fall from trees. ... This language characterizes himself as a professional old English famous writer. ... The repetitions at the beginning of each part of the sonnet resemble a structure that Shakespeare seems to follow (along with other old English poem illustrators). ...

• Word Count: 1745
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Romeo and Juliet is undoubtedly the most famous love story in English literary history; love is the play's dominant and most important theme. ... This is traditionally a love poem about unrequited love, but it is obvious at this early point in the play in the way that the sonnet is shared between both Romeo and Juliet, that the spell that has been cast over Romeo has been cast over Juliet as well. ... What follows is the aptly named balcony scene, perhaps the most famous scene in the play. ...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School