By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ... The poem is structured to...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. ... Raines tenderness for the written word is apparent in his descriptive illustration of books, implying the pages are 'wings', connotes them as delicate, and though 'they cannot' fly, they allow us to soar. ... The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader reacts to the effects of books "eyes to melt" (cry) and the "body to shriek without pain" (laugh). ... The poem is structured to...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Surface-Level Reading The poem, Morning Song, comes from the pages of one of Sylvia Plath's most famous books entitled, Ariel. ... The child tries a "handful of notes" and Plath relates the sounds of the vowels to a group of balloons rising. ... Lines seventeen and eighteen read, "Your handful of notes;/ The clear vowels rise like balloons.... Not to mention the beautiful simile that ends the poem, "Your handful of notes; The clear vowels rise like balloons....

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

It is thought-provoking to note that a wealthy individual is often envied by other people. ... When asked about an autobiography in an interview, Angelou stated that she thinks about what she writes and derives it off her experiences: I have an idea that the books are very much like the Everyman stories so that there is greed and kindness and generosity and cruelty, oppression, and sloth. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Best known for bringing the Imagist Movement to America during the age of Jazz, Amy Lowell also brought forth an undeclared sexual revolution for poetry in America. Born into a wealthy family of scholars in Brookline, Massacusetts she resided on 200 acres of land and was home schooled. In fac...

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