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…An Explication of the poem "If" written by: Alan Ware Tuesday, November 2, 1999 English II (H) If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt…

…Often therer are poems that touch our lives and leave a lasting impression with us. "The Fish," by Elizabeth Bishop, is one of these poems. A critic has said that it is one "of the most calmly beautiful, deeply sympathetic poems for our time." Why…

…The poems “Pontiac” and “My ’48 Pontiac” contained a numerous amount of fascinating parallels between each other. Each Poem involves a man who uses their Pontiac as a source, were they could reflect upon their issues. Alone with their car they could feel…

…emotions makes poetry the perfect medium for expressing romantic love. This type of poetry is so popular; it has become a separate genre called 'Love Poems.' Traditionally, love poems render the beloved as an ideal of perfection, placing the lover…

…Analysis of a Poem When You are Old, by William Butler Yeats, represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically, Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older…

…I believe that Arthur Nortje’s poem, “Waiting”, is about the speaker’s struggle to find meaning and purpose in his life when confronted by “a hole in the mind’s foundation”- the possible decimation of all that he believed to be true about the anti…

…this essay to show people her point of view in World War II. The third selection of mine was a poem called "The sun is Burning Gases (Loss of a Good Friend)" by Cathleen McFarland. This poem is about a 17 year old girl that talks about when she was young…

…All That You Are by Steven Duke Poem No. 41993 Everything that you are, Makes me wonder how it's true, That I’ve found everything I have, And I’ve found it all in you, Cause your all I feel inside, All the love I’ve ever known, All…

…of solitude, she was able to focus on her world more sharply than other authors of her time were. Her poems, carefully tied in packets, were discovered only after she had died. They reveal an unusual awareness of herself and her world, a shy but determined mind…

…The poem "Sympathy", by Paul Laurence Dunbar suggests to the reader a comparison between the lifestyle of the caged bird, and the African American in the nineteenth century. Paul Laurence Dunbar's focus of "Sympathy" is how the African American…