Donne's love poetry expresses a wide variety of changing views and attitudes towards love. Through his poetry Donne portrays love at times as physical, at other times as spiritual, and sometimes as a combination of both. Often times when Donne is speaking about physical love he describes it in terms of a religious experience, as in To His Mistress Going to Bed, this description of physical love would seem to imply that it holds great importance to Donne. ...

• Word Count: 1081
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Similes and metaphors flood angst filled teenage poetry, and the more reserved work of our elders. ... In terms of comparisons, love, to me is an unspoken understanding, known completely through actions. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing....The thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." ... Meaning of Title: The title of the novel Another Country stipulates two explicit terms: love and racism. ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School