From the time her parents died, she had lived in their home with the women she loved, Ada Russell. ... Some even claimed that she could not know the full pleasure of love because she was a lesbian and an obese woman. ... I watch the spire sweeping the sky, I am dizzy with the movement of the sky, I might be watching a mast With its royals set full Straining before a two-reef breeze. I might be sighting a tea-clipper, Tacking into the bay, Just back from Canton With her hold full of green and blue porcelain, And a Chinese coolie leaning over the rail Gazing at the white spire Wit...

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

The audience is smiling, but she does not share that emotion with them because she is "not herself in that strange place." ... Towards the middle of the poem, the narrator describes the dancer as "swaying", implying that she can change with things around her if she wants to be sucessful. ... McKay explains that the males were "wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys," which means that they are under the influence of alcohol, causing them to be bold beyond their years. ... She does not like this "flattery" and does not enjoy the fact that she feels very out of place in this "strange environme...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The audience is smiling, but she does not share that emotion with them because she is "not herself in that strange place." ... Towards the middle of the poem, the narrator describes the dancer as 3 "swaying", implying that she can change with things around her if she wants to be sucessful. ... McKay explains that the males were "wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys," which means that they are under the influence of alcohol, causing them to be bold beyond their years. ... She does not like this "flattery" and does not enjoy the fact that she feels very out of place in this "strange enviro...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His purpose for this came about for the reason that William Wordsworth believed that the world was "too fast paced, too noisy, to full of mindless entertainment". ... Another poem by William Wordsworth is "She was a phantom of delight" which describes his wife and his reaction towards her. ... After William Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson get married, the poet finds that she is an excellent house wife because she works hard and does household work. The poem" She was a phantom of delight" consist of three stanzas each having three lines and its rhyming scheme is AAB...

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She is also condescending about that which she does not condone yet, her language remains eloquent and not insulting as she expresses her views on the matter. ... She is addressing all men who have the opportunity to be in the situations that she presents during the course of her instruction. ... She is never outright derogatory, yet she makes her opinion clear through her rationale, and suggestions. ... Essentially, the poet believes that all men want wealth, power, and happiness and in general they obtain these things by becoming grand in the public eye. ... The "splendid palaces" the...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8