Question: Discuss two poets" treatment of similar and different theme(s) in the poems you have studied in the course. ... This essay will analyse the treatment of language and style by both poets in conveying theme for each poem. Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are two Modern American Poets who consistently wrote about the theme of death. ... Dickinson is a free spirited writer, who expresses her thoughts through her own literary work. ... From the discussion, we can see few similarities and differences between both poets" perspectives and writing style in conveying the theme. ...

• Word Count: 1463
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

War has long figured as a theme in literature, some of the world's greatest works are about armies and battles. ... The wars affected people and their everyday lives because many of their loved ones were fighting and dying .In three different literary works and by three different authors the topic of war is presented in a variety of styles. ... Owen uses other literary device such as smile to describe the soldiers for instance when he describes them struggling to put on their gas masks. ... The use of literary devices by authors in "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner","Dulce et De...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In poetry, it is common for writers to use death as a major theme for their creations to express their fears, questions or experiences about this subject. The American woman, Sylvia Plath, is one of the well-known poets who used a lot of the theme of death in her literary works. ... Wagner also describes it, the poem: Expresses several themes that Plath used in other late poems–the antagonistic relationship between female and male, the social pressure on a woman to conform, the physical supremacy of the male, the sacrifice demanded by art, the eventual power of the strong and wily female...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Solaris, directed by Steven Soderbergh, is arguably the cinematic incarnation of the Pearl poet's literary poem, albeit with a more existential twist. The film takes the conventions of the dream vision employed by the Pearl poet, and gives them an existential slant by applying the poem's "if clause" and its religious themes to notions of reality, existence, and the consequences that manifest themselves as alternatives to both. ... Ultimately, the exact kind of dream vision each work represents is not as important as how they both utilize conventions of the dream vision and present ...

• Word Count: 2477
• Approx Pages: 10

As American literature is merely a reflection of American society, it can be concluded through reading several works that this constant, rudimentary fixation on death or dying is an unequivocally American theme. ...

• Word Count: 1596
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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). ... Probably the most influential person in Agee's life that affected his whole literary career would be Father Flye. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School