Poems

Mortality has always been a topic that has caused discomfort when it is discussed. Humans are right to feel discomfort after all the idea of death as whole is something we naturally tend to avoid unti…

Upon receiving and skimming the poem "Early Cascade" by Lucia Perillo, I was unsure of what the poem was trying to convey. The ambiguity of the poem's simple language and lack of context blurred my ge…

A dramatic monologue is a conversation a speaker has with himself/herself, or the conversation is directed at a listener or reader that doesn't respond. After reading many dramatic monologue pieces th…

Both Enkidu and Gilgamesh grow throughout the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and find what it means to be human. They learn the power of friendship and how to overcome obstacles. Gilgamesh becomes more human whe…

In the poem Beowulf, there are three specific battles that tell a major story and is a major test to Beowulf's manhood. They are the battle with Grendel, Grendel's mother and a dragon. The battle with…

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an intriguingly relevant work of fiction whose message has persisted throughout 4,000 years of history. David Robson the author of "Our Fiction Addiction" writes about this an…

Structured in the form of an opening rhetorical question, the poet marks his status as a loving 'slave.' However, he immediately betrays his subservient persona by his own choice of diction when he wr…

There are two types of men in this world; men who want sex without a relationship and men who want sex to mean forever. While Snodgrass's "Leaving the Motel" and Dickey's "Adultery" depicts these two …

What makes someone an Epic Hero? Is it fighting off evil, saving cities from destruction, or having remarkable superpowers? In the story Beowulf is an Epic Hero because he is: a demi-god, he isn't add…

The Poem 'First Love' by John Clare was published in the year 1820 which is the same year he married his wife Martha Turner. John Clare's poem 'First Love' was not influenced by his late wife Martha T…