A mid-autumn night's dream of Love: a critical commentary on one of Carol Anne Duffy's most notable works William Shakespeare once wrote "The course of true love never did run smooth." (I.i. 134) Earnestly professed by Lysander in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the character assertively articulates one of the play's most crucial themes: the complexities of love. ... The language of love is coaxingly peppered with scintillating imagery and profound symbolism, and love's tender and heartfelt pretext, a convention of many love poems, is contrasted...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At night when all the colours die, they hide in pairs and read about themselves in colour, with their eyelids shut. -- Craig Raine Craig Raine Born in 1945 in County Durham located North of England. ... 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. ...

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

At night when all the colours die, they hide in pairs and read about themselves in colour, with their eyelids shut. -- Craig Raine Craig Raine Born in 1945 in County Durham located North of England. ... 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. ...

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