Poems

In Robert Frost's poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay, he describes nature as being gold. The nature he is writing about represents humanity and the world. Frost says gold is the hardest hue to hold; "Nature'…

Maya Angelou is a strong, self-respecting, and self-assured woman who will conquer any barrier with her self-esteem. "But nonetheless, like dust, I'll rise," she says, emphasizing that she is the most…

Literary devices are powerful tools that help describe/contribute the meaning behind the poem. John Donne used literary elements like assonance, imagery, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, etc. With…

In his epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer shows the Greek culture's virtues of cleverness, hospitality, and justice, and how if the virtues are abused, the character gets punished. Homer depicts how all th…

Passers-by helped me move past old memories and relationships to push forward for the better. I couldn't move past the mixed feelings that I experienced after the heartbreaks, but the poem gave me so…

Edwin Arlington Robinson is a very notorious name when it comes to nineteenth century American literature. While having lived a hard and gruesome life, Robinson also suffered the loss of his lover to …

Dante's The Inferno is an epic that takes readers on a journey in his version of the nine circles of hell. Each circle has its own unique punishment that specifically correlates to the sin that was co…

In centuries past, women were seen as housewives and property. Before being given the same rights as men, a woman's status was dependent on their partner's. In the poem, "In an Artist's Studio", Chris…

Is the man who helped win the Trojan War a hero? A man named Odysseus helped the Greek army take down the Trojan army, but was he the hero in this? The answer is yes. My first example is that he saved…

The poem "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes is a very empowering poem. This poem was published back in 1922, during a time when black people were being mistreated in a racist society. This poem allude…