At first, it seems really confusing because it's very contradictory for "water" to be "thirsty" since it's supposed to quench a human being and it'd be weird for "bread loaf" to be "stone.... Humans tend to hold many connections to nature, so when Maya Angelou uses nature imagery towards the end of her poem, she is able to remind the readers that are alone of their true misery. ... By employing this comparison to nature, the readers are more likely to reflect upon their own life. ... " in human beings and make them feel or relate to her e...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar was an African American writer of sixteen collections of poetry, four collections of short stories, and four novels (Miller 393). ... He speaks or slavery, rebellion, misery, and freedom in his poems and short stories. ... He got a job, which bored him enough, that he began to write poems and short stories. ... Within these two poems he is able to bring people closer to the heart of primitive human nature in his race than anyone ever before (Laryea 109). ... It is said that Dunbar played an important role in the evolution of the African - America...

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• Grade Level: High School

In "A Critical Survey of Poetry," we find that some critics today do not feel that Lowell was an adequate writer: "Lowell's work... often faulted for being focused on externalities and devoid of human emotion... ... Each poem or story is written differently and contains a different subject matter. ... The use of natural words - the sites and sounds of nature - remain the main focus of this poem, as they often did with Amy Lowell. With the idea of nature around her, she makes comparisons - (metaphors and similes) - between that and large, important, but elegant buildings. ...

• Word Count: 2108
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: High School