Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), while living a life of seclusion, was very audacious mentally, revealing a complex psyche struggling to press her inner conflicts, which she interprets through the creative and reflective act of language. ... The title is the first element showing how grass is a fundamental symbol in Whitman's poetry: 'leaves' refers both to leaves of plants and leaves of paper, thus, to each of his own poems, which sprout forming a whole, green and luxuriant. ... In fact, the title highlights his love for individuals: each leaf of grass possesses its own distinct ...

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The initial short sound of the first vowel (i) in the word "in" repeated throughout the first stanza and in the name of the poem (A Castle In Lynn) emphasizes to the reader the act of intercourse; a man putting his penis in a woman over and over. ... The poet then metaphorically compares the hand of the father to a digging tool that recreates the violent act. ... Again using pauses created by punctuation (comas and dashes) the lines of the stanza produces the sensation of the act taking place, a hand moving in and out. ...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Education Act of 1870 made elementary education compulsory for everyone between the ages of 5 and 13. ... But as literacy increased after the 1870 Education Act and, asa result, many more people could read and write, the effect on literature was to expand its range, to fragment its solidity, to enlarge and profoundly change its audience, its forms and its subject matter. ...

• Word Count: 10566
• Approx Pages: 42