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Joe Trev
February 6th, 2021
Thoughts on "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
I read this poem in high school and found it very eerie; I didn't understand it at the time; therefore, it overlooked why the poem is so great. To me, the poem symbolizes the amount of self-destruction that haunts people every day. In the poem, fire represents desire, and I find it very intriguing because desire could be for ...
they start as a baby, they start as baby leaves. the baby grows into adolescence, the baby leaves grow into adolescence too. the child turns into a mature and stronger adult, the leaves mature into greener and stronger leaves. the adult turns old and grey, the leaves turn old and brown. both the leaves and the adults die as the slowly fall to t...
Write an account of a poem which deals with an unusual or unpleasant aspect of life. Show clearly how the poet uses such elements as effective words and vivid images to create something memorable. The poem "Gunpowder Plot" was interesting as its title holds three meanings. The author could have meant an allotment where gunpowder or firewor...
"We Wear the Mask," by Paul Laurence Dunbar and "Richard Cory" by an anonymous writer are two poems that illustrate how people hide their feelings from others. They have different voices, or are coming from different views, but they have the same theme. We can not see how people are feeling by their actions or facial expressions. What they feel...
In Auden's lengthy poem, "The Age of Anxiety", he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war. Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves. The themes and ideas that Auden's "The Age of Anxiety" co...
I just wanted to say that I apologize for drinking your delicious glass of milk behind your back. I had just pruned the roses in the hot summer sun when I began craving a tall cold glass of milk. No coaster in sight as beads of water threatened to inch closer and closer to the surface of the wood. I'm sorry for not telling you but now you know...
