Benjamin Alire Saenz's "To the Desert" has been long debated whether it was written as a love poem, or one of a religious connotation. ... This can be seen through the writer's history and the symbolic words chosen In the poem, the speaker is Saenz, and he is symbolically speaking to God, as the desert is used in place of God. ... This New Mexican native also wrote a book, called Dark and Perfect Angels, which contains poems describing his priesthood and the landscape of the Southwest territory of the United States. ... One can also see the religious aspect in this poem through...

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Many people write things like poems, lyrics, and even scripts for plays. ... He wrote a well written poem called, "Song of Napalm". The poem showed a shocking scene in the form of poetry. ... The next poem that I feel was a well representation of literature changing was, "Rice Will Grow Again" by Frank A. ... In this poem, a group of people are walking on a dike. ...

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What inspired him to write poems? When was his first poems published? What did his poems mean and how did his poems affect his life? ... He published his first poem. ... I compared the poems "Harlem" and "English B." ...

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This poem, "The Exile's Departure," was the first Whittier poem ever printed (Myerson). ... He wrote many antislavery poems during the Civil War. ... "Snow-Bound" is the poem that made Whittier famous. It is a poem about rural life (Leary 70). ... It is a poem of remembrance (Myerson). ...

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The Horses The poem " The Horses " by Edwin Muir opens with the devastation of a nuclear war. ... The poem is about a nuclear war which has lasted for seven days and has 'put the world to sleep'. ... In the first few verses of the poem the writer uses a variety of interesting word choices. ... The theme of the poem is the effect war and technology has had on our lives. The structure of the poem is in free verse. ...

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Robert Frost would just walk around looking at things and a poem would come into his head. He would write the entire inspirational poems in his head and didn't even think that it was unusual. ... Frost uses many effects that allow the poem's theme to be more easily understood. ... Another technique he uses is the informal manner in which he writes his poems. He also wrote many of his poems in continuous form rather than dividing it into traditional stanzas which allows the poem to be presented in a less formal form. ...

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For Adrienne Rich's life and poems this is true. ... Each poem is reflective of the era of its conception. The poems evolve as Rich's education and culture change. ... Rich was still in college when she wrote this poem. ... The woman in the poem thinks that she is going crazy. ...

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For Adrienne Rich's life and poems this is true. Three of her poems,Aunt Jennifer's Tigers?... Each poem is reflective of the era of its conception. ... In this poem, thesplit? ... , the third poem, was written around 1968. ...

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There is a significant pattern of change in her work, and things she put into her poems that she did not yet know in her conscious, and the things that the poems reveal about the evolution of Adrienn Rich as a writer and as a woman. ... This means her poems will go on being read by people, even long after she is dead. ... In the poem "Orion" she is not afraid to use words as "cold" and "egotistical". ... In the poem "Orion" she to substitute the pronoun she, as and begins to use the word I. Rich is not worried to be related to the characters in her poems. ...

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This journal will answer the question: "How does the use of language enhance the theme of the poem?". ... Second, I will identify the theme of the poem and answer the above noted question. ... In the poem there are two languages used, Cree and English. This enhances the poem, making the reader believe it is coming from a Cree perspective. ... In conclusion, I personally think the poem "My Ledders" was good, and educational. ...

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The poem On Imagination displays Phyllis's faith in God. ... See him with hands out-stretcht upon the cross: Immense compassion in his bosom glows- Phyllis" faith is flagrant when reading such poems as the latter. ... She later went on to publish her poems in England, and was also baptized during her stay. Many of her poems show that she has a desire to write in elegant style, as did the Greek poet Virgil. ... Again in the poem On Imagination, lines 24-31, Phyllis expresses her hatred of slavery, and hopes condemnation of slavery continues. ...

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Whitman's poem, "Leaves of Grass," is considered a masterpiece of American literature. ... The first poem in "Leaves of Grass" is titled "Song of Myself (Norton)." ... He begins many lines of his poem with I, and he uses references to nature to symbolize his thoughts. ... After reading this poem, one can conclude Whitman is not interested in conventional thought. ... His poem "Leaves of Grass," will continue to spark heated discussions about free verse poetry as compared to more conventional poetry, and the controversial topic of the poem will continue to evolve for years to come. ...

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The poem "Your Dog Dies," explains Carver's relation with poetry: "while you're writing you hear a woman scream your name, your first name, both syllables, and your heart stops. ... The word "There" in the poem "No Need," part of the symphony and melody made by punctuation, marks a division between saying goodbye and letting go. ... He also uses single, repeated words to change the direction of his stories, like in the poem "Your Dog Dies." The words, "Deep, deep," separate the poem about the dog's death and the poem about writing a poem. ... in the poem, "What the Doctor Said,...

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Many factors influenced why Bradstreet wrote poems and what she wrote about. ... Who helped her the most though was her dad Thomas Dudley, in return she paid homage by writing many poems about him. ... " (Wendy, Martin Poems & Poets- Anne Bradstreet on The Tenth Muse poetry foundation.org). ... There is also many poems to her husband, children, and deceased family members. ... The Tenth Muse is Bradstreet's most important book of poems because it gives her confidence in her writing. ...

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The layout of the poem reflects the writer's confusion. ... Both Pakistan and England are described in the poem. ... This intolerant attitude for a half-English person like the writer is significant in the poem because it is the root of the problem that the writer is expressing. It should be that the poem is one of celebration for the good fortune of having the opportunities and experience of two different cultures. ... The text shows us that despite the poem being a story of her life and the change between two countries and her development into an adult the story doesn't yet have a ...

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She wrote her poems while rearing eight children, functioning as a hostess, being a good wife, and performing other domestic duties. ... Bradstreet is very critical about her works and it shows in her poems. ... Bradstreet's ability to be too hard on her writings only led to her writing fantastic poems. Overall, Bradstreet's poem is a sharing of her desire to be recognized and respected as a writer during a time when the majority was male. ... As a very talented writer, she was sure to put her heart and soul into each poem she wrote. ...

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In the poem, was the same thing going on? Did the speaker of the poem really love her daughter? ... The first stanza of the poem really tells it all: In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed With linden, My daughter is writing a poem. ... Not only is the first stanza all about the daughter, the poem just happened to be named after her. ... Hello, it is hard enough trying to write a paper on this poem. ...

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In the poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est," Owen is trying to tell what the true meaning of war is. ... In the poem Owen demands that others walk behind the wagon, where there are dead bodies getting thrown in. ... The novel All Quite on the Western Front is very similar to the poem Owen wrote just in much more depth. ... This novel gives great description on how young people go to war and witness it and in the poem it shows how one person witness" it. ... The poem and novel have many comparisons on how war really is and how people should really act about it. ...

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Masters paternal grandmother had a great influence on his poem "Lucinda Matlock."" ... Masters used irony in the poem when he described the life of Lucinda Matlock in a humorous way. ... In the poem he demonstrated the simplicity of Lucinda Matlock's life when she talked about how her life was mostly cooking, cleaning, and sewing. ... This quote expresses the theme of the poem. Masters use of symbols was prevalent throughout the poem. ...

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Amoretti, whose title means little love poems, is composed of eighty-eight sonnets. ... Another poem Spenser wrote to show the power of love is Sonnet 75 from Amoretti. Spenser shows his love for a woman by telling her that she should want him because he will make her famous through his poems. ... He feels that their love is transferred from earth to heaven by his poem, and feels that they will be together forever. ...

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"The Going" by Thomas Hardy is one of many poems written by Hardy after his wife's death. Between 1912-13 Hardy wrote many poems addressing the loss of his wife with whom he seemingly had a tough and strained marriage. ... In the fourth stanza, the tone of the poem changes as Hardy remembers the time the two spent together. ... This contrasts from the earlier part of the poem which is very macabre. ... The poem is slowed by Hardy implementing an ellipsis; "To sink down soon". ...

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He not only wrote hundreds of poems and stories, but he also won many awards and helped spark a style of writing in the 20th century. ... In his prologue to Complete Poems, he said "All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write. ... He won another Pulitzer Prize in 1950 in poetry for his collection of poems called Complete Poems. ... He wrote many other great works such as Chicago Poems, which told about life in the streets of Chicago, The American Songbag, which is a collage of songs and fold tales that he had collected over the years, The People, Yes, whi...

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While he was at Columbia "The Crisis" printed several more of his poems, so his work was getting out to to public. ... He started writing poems and short stories before he was a teenager. ... Later on, however,his experiences as a black man growing up in that time period inspired many of his poems. ...

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One of his poems that gained much recognition was "Leaves of Grass," and he did not even get noticed right away. ... "Leaves of Grass" is a compilation of many poems that took and extensive time writing, and many experiences. ... "And chalked in large letters on a board, Be of good cheer, we will not desert you;" says from poem 33. When Whitman speaks through his poem he repeatedly uses the word "I," and in doing so he is referring to the American Public. ...

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This poem also expressed about a time of unfairness and discrimination in America against colored people. This poem was Hughes' first instance of being a leader and helping to inspire blacks when they were not respected by whites for what they could do. ... Aside from his essays and poems Langston was also a leader as a playwright and columnist. In the beginning of his playwright career Hughes wrote Mulatto, an amazing poem about a son and a father. ... He led the Harlem Renaissance with his poems, essays, plays, and columns, which proved to be very influential, and popular which was...

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