Category: Poems

The theme of amazement is central to the poems “We are going to see the Rabbit” and “The Discovery” although the poets express the theme in very different ways. Alan Brownjohn uses amazement to pass judgement on the way mankind currently treats nature and J.C. Squire uses amazement to tell the story of the discovery of the New World from the perspective of the American Indians. In “We are going to see the Rabbit”, Brownjohn writes about a dystopian future where only one rabbit remains in England. This is ironic because rabbits are very abundant, especially to England, because of their […]

The first SeamusHeaney poem I will look at in this essay is, “Mid-Termbreak,” the most emotional of the three poems and the one peoplewho have been to a funeral can relate to.”Mid-term break”,is a poem about one of Seamus Heaney’s most upsetting anddisturbing memories of his childhood, going to his first ever funeraland it being his only bother who was just 4 years old you had justbecome what do you call them these days err…oh that’s it, aninfant would not have made it any better for Seamus, plus the factthe room was full of strangers shaking his hand and telling […]

William Shakespeare wrote one of his most famous sonnets Sonnet 18, about someone who was madly in love with a someone. The speaker begins his sonnet by asking if he should compare “thee” to a summer’s day. He says that his beloved is far more lovely and even-tempered than a summer’s day. He begins to give us a list of many reasons why the summer isn’t as great as his beloved. He continues to say that everything beautiful in our world eventually fades by nature’s inevitable changes or as simply as chance. But returning to his beloved, he argues that […]

The poems “Nothing’s Changed” by Tatamkhulu Afrika and “Vultures” by Chinua Achebe both tells a story about racism. Both poets wanted to express their displeasures under the injustice and cruel society led by racists. Tatamkhulu Afrika talks about the rampant apartheid system in District Six and scrutinizes the racism. Chinua Achebe talks about his considerations of the coexistence of evil and love through comparison of evil vultures and Nazi commandant.The poems “Nothing’s Changed” by Tatamkhulu Afrika and “Vultures” by Chinua Achebe both tell a story about racism. Both poets wanted to express their displeasures under the injustice and cruel society […]

Mary Oliver is an amazing american poet. She is the inventor of many courageous poems, one of those poems is “The Journey”. One main idea of this poems is to tell us to listen to hear to ourselves. Throughout the entire poem Mary implies that we need to follow our own destiny. This poem uses Attitude, Figurative Language and Shift to create the theme stick to your journey and don’t give up.The attitude of this poem is serious or strike. Mary Oliver stated things like “… determined to do the only thing you could do…” This statement show that this […]

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Reader Response Criticism Reader response criticism is a critical theory that came up to explain the ways of formally interpreting literature. Unlike the previous way, which used to stress the point of primacy of a text and its interpretation, based on already established criteria, the reader response advocates the importance of the reader and their individual response to the text. As I have learned, Reader Response Criticism of literature work depends on how I interpret the text that I read. It is impossible for any two readers reading the same text of literature to interpret it […]

The poems “Nothing’s Changed” by Tatamkhulu Afrika and “Vultures” by Chinua Achebe both tells a story about racism. Both poets wanted to express their displeasures under the injustice and cruel society led by racists. Tatamkhulu Afrika talks about the rampant apartheid system in District Six and scrutinizes the racism. Chinua Achebe talks about his considerations of the coexistence of evil and love through comparison of evil vultures and Nazi commandant. Tatamkhulu Afrika describes what life was like in District Six near Cape Town in South Africa while apartheid was in place. On his return, he expected to see some changes […]

Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: “Before the Mirror” by John Updike Introduction John Updike was an American poet, short-story writer and novelist, who was born in 1932. He wrote the poem “Before the mirror”. His works were ordinary and he expressed his thoughts through poems. The poem was parody, meaning it was written to help promote a greater understanding of the painting “Girl before a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso done in 1932. The poem is described in two settings, the past and the present. Past The poem starts through the realm of flashback; it reminds the reader of the painting that […]

Name: Lecturer: Course: Date: Before 1700 – 1820 Part 1 1. In the era of 1700 – 1820, there were many changes concerning the rule of law. Many countries embraced religion more than in previous years. There were also changes in terms of ruling dynasties. This made more people turn on a higher power with their problems. This is with the hopes of a better life. After the invention of the printing press, more written material was available. The writing in this era clearly shows the importance of divine authority. Authors were able to point out the existence of a […]

WilliamBlake was known to be a mystic poet who was curious about the unknowns in theworld, and strived to find all the answers. Does God create both gentle and fearful creatures?  As a questioned asked in the poem “The Tyger”William Blake pondered on why an all-powerful, loving God would create avicious predator, the Tiger, after he created a sweet, timid, harmless animal,the lamb.   The theme of this poemsurrounds this idea of why the same creator would create both a destructive andgentle animal.  This issue is brought upand discussed through rhyme, repetition, allusion, and symbolism.  The poemopens up with the words, […]