All posts tagged Poetry

Literary Criticisms of Emily Dickinson’s Poetry-1-Throughout Emily Dickinson’s poetry there are three main themes that she addresses: death, love, and nature; as well as the impact of “the word”. When discussing these themes she followed her lifestyle and broke away from traditional forms of writing and wrote with an intense . . . Read more

LONDON- WILLIAM BLAKE I wanderthro’ eachcharter’dstreet, Near where thecharter’dThames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban, The mind-forg’dmanacles I hear How the Chimney-sweepers cry . . . Read more

The Tension Displayed in W.B Yeats’ PoetryWhen one hears the name ‘Yeats’, one most likely thinks of the man many consider to be Ireland’s greatest ever poet. However, if you were to ask these poets to discuss their favourite aspects of his poetry, I am sure that the response would . . . Read more

Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden – Poetry Commentary Keith Douglas’s “The Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden” is a poem describing an extended metaphor comparing a beautiful woman (presumably in an Egyptian tea garden, as suggested by the title) to an attractive white stone and . . . Read more

Poetry and drama have a few key features that emphasize their per formative nature. One is the use of rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration, and other types of sound symbolism. For example, in Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We real cool”, the poet uses a strong rhyme scheme, a consistent meter, and an almost . . . Read more

Another one is the significance of the poem for the author. In this poem, the author expressed his silent anger toward human beings and his feeling for the pathos of the sensual world by the use of simile and metaphor. From the beginning, “a lonely wolf lonelier than the angels” . . . Read more