Seamus Heaney is a famous Ireland writer who has written many award winning poems. ... He implores the idea hat he is happy to be holding a pen, "It rests; snug as a gun" The quote "snug as a gun" gives the impression that the pen fits naturally in his hand. ... The quote is used in the context so that Heaney seems to be disappointed he also cannot wield a spade. ...
Other famous poetry belonging to the same era also qualify as Romantic poetry based on the same definition, but none quite so fully as The World Is Too Much With Us. ... By way of the following quote, Wordsworth criticizes conventional religious orders as well as scientific thinking: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers, little we see in Nature that is ours: we have given our hearts away a sordid boon!... In yet another quote, Wordsworth expresses his disgust for controlled and limited thinking brought on by religious dogma: "Great God! ... The verses quoted clearly reflect...
This famous quote from Keats' "Endymion"" perfectly describes what he loved to pen: works on beauty, and beauty is one of the main themes in his work "Ode on a Grecian Urn". ... Joseph Pearce analyzes Keats' famous quote and determines that "It is Christ Himself who is truth. ...
This is evident in the quote "I was 12 going on 13 when I first saw a dead human being". ... We can interpret this poem in many ways, that a dream should be pursued no matter how long it takes to accomplish it, that a physical journey is a reward in itself, that a journey may not lead to a destination, which links all the way back to Lao Tzu's famous quote,"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving". ...
The quote "gauze stockings" symbolizes her as a royal queen or someone among high ranking. While the quote tends to describe her as a royal queen, she lives inside a palace or some expensive building where "the jeweled steps" resembles a staircase full of jewels. ... The quote where she describes the "crystal curtain" could resemble the luxurious curtain fabric she has within her home or the tears running down her face outside as she weeps her partner. ... The quote "that time of year" trees losing their leaves, and the fire and the ashes all relate to h...
Robinson has a famous triptych that is set to music, which portrays three Tillbury men living their lives in silent misery. ... The poem reminds me of how kids and teens idolize movie stars and famous singers. ... The above quote shows that the last line of the poem ends with a period, which isn't a necessity when writing poetry. ...
The New York Times Book Review gave this quote "new poem after new poem makes clear how deeply each Frost poem bears on all Frost poems, and how surely all are a constant symbol of his life's commitment to making metaphors that clarify the dark paradoxes they contain. Probably the most famous quote was given by President Kennedy "his death impoverishes us all; but he has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding. ...
The Romantic value for this poem is, The "Common People" have as much or more integrity, wisdom, and strength as famous Democracy. ... This quote shows that he believes in the value that says, cultures that are closer to nature, or "less civilized" are better off spiritually. ...
In discussing that famous elegy it is interesting to begin by asking what remains unsaid in the poem. ... It is apparent that he has got to progress from the one to the other, namely, to reconcile a love of life, to quote James Miller, with a love of death, death as representing rebirth onto spiritual life. ...
Stages of Acceptance in T. S. Eliot's "Burnt Norton" The Four Quartets were written over a period of eight years, from 1935 to 1942. These years span World War II and they also follow Eliot's conversion to the Church of England and his naturalization as a British subject. These poems are the work...
Robert Frost is famous for his ability to ask the reader about their life with the use of simplistic words. ... In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" the quotes "The woods are lovely, dark, and deep" add to the darkness of the poem. ...
Not even the famous Biblical interpreter of dreams, Joseph, who read dreams for Pharaoh (see Genesis, Book 41), nor Macrobius, the late Roman author who wrote a famous (in Chaucer's day) commentary on Cicero's Dream of Scipio, would have the skill to read the fantastic dream the narrator had that night. ...
