Rumi’s poetry is exotic, didactic, and centers around love. Pick one of his poems from this selection and analyze it focusing on any one theme within the poem. […]
Poetry
Poetry Analysis
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47559/mother-to-son In the poem, “Mother to Son,” by the esteemed Langston Hughes, Hughes uses rich imagery and symbolism to portray a mother’s message to her son as well as […]
Analyzing the themes of travels
This paper is about analyzing the themes of travels, Nature and Space in her poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. Three of her poems are the center of this paper: 1) "Twelfth […]
“Pragmatist” by Edmund Conti.
Following is “Pragmatist” by Edmund Conti. What kind of poem is this (3 points)? Define this term (4 points). As you remember from our “Death” unit, we examined how different […]
Poetry analysis
The Romantics thought that people could turn to nature for comfort. They also identified another important role for nature in people’s lives—that of teacher. Now that you have read poems […]
The role ecphrasis play in Hellenistic poetry
What role does ecphrasis play in Hellenistic poetry? How does Hellenistic ecphrasis relate to that of earlier Greek literature?
Nightsong
Using “Nightsong: City,” identify the extended metaphor in the poem and provide an example in the form of aquotation of one of the extended metaphor. Explain what your example is […]
Diving in the Wreck Poem
Explain the extended metaphor of female oppression in “Diving in the Wreck.” Make sure to use as manyspecific examples and details as possible.
Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
. In the poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, how are the words on the pedestal of Ozymandias’s statue ironic? (At least one quote from the poem)
William Wordsworth’s poems
.In this unit, you read William Wordsworth’s poems “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” “The World is Too Much with Us,” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” […]