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Mother, any distance greater than a single span
requires a second pair of hands.
You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors,
the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.
You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recording
length, reporting metres, centimetres back to ...
Our love is not just strong feelings we share: It is also happiness and sadness, Which is brought by the loneliness I can't bear. It sometimes brings anger ( I must confess). I just feel there is nothing to do to help. When I am so far away, who will be There to ease your pain? I will be your help Whenever I can. You are there for me To sho...
"The Black Cat," which first appeared in the United States Saturday Post (The Saturday Evening Post) on August 19, 1843, serves as a reminder for all of us. The capacity for violence and horror lies within each of us, no matter how docile and humane our dispositions might appear. - By Martha Womack Martha Womack, better known to Internet users as...
John Milton, a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote "Sonnet XIX" in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his philosophical view on animism and God. Furthermore, "Sonnet XIX" explores Milton's faith and relationship with God. "Sonn...
"Dear Pinocchio" I watch as you stare, can't help blink then it's gone Like lightening that strikes to be there, then be gone I can't help to think of what we used to be But then I remember what split you and me The fake laugh, the fake smile O how could I not see? To be blind to be tied to the creature you had come to be Between us the strings tha...
In several literary works, there is an underlying tension between the parents and their children. One example of this parental conflict can be seen in Anne Sexton's '.' The poem details the sentiments of a child who has lost both of her parents within a very short period of time and who addresses her father in a sympathetic tone. As a result, the c...
Feelings that once were hidden Are now expressed to you. Days that once were stormy Are now the brightest blue Times that once were lonely Are now filled with pleasure. All that once was mine alone Are now things we both treasure Nights that once were cold Are now comforting and warm. Fears that once were very real Are now gone with the storm A...
The original sin that led to humanity's fall in the Garden of Eden is by far the worst sin committed by humankind. It is this sin that led to future sins. This original sin must be emphasized by writers to depict the evil involved in it. In writing Paradise Lost, John Milton recognizes this fact and uses a variety of literary techniques to stre...
What perspectives do Harrison's poems open up on his relationship with his parents and family background in general? Tony Harrison's family background and his relations with his parents is one that both confuses and overwhelms us. I use the present tense because I believe that Tony Harrison still has a relationship with his parents even though they...
Odysseus took many different trips and experienced many adventures before arriving home. Out of all his wanderings, his worst choice was the land of the Cyclops. This is where Odysseus and his men were trapped in a Cyclops' cave, Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. There, he lost a couple of his men by being eaten from Polyphemus. His plan to escape...
Poetry- Essay 1 New Criticism "Let me not to the marriage of true minds/ Admit impediments...," begins Shakespeare in his "Sonnet 116". This work is a potent discourse on the nature of love, not only because of the passion which Shakespeare spills forth onto the page, but also because it takes a bold stance concerning the most mysterious of emotio...
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as thought of hemlock I had drunk or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minnute past, and lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness- That thou, light--winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadow...
A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young," also known as Lyric XIX in A Shropshire Lad, holds as its main theme the premature death of a young athlete as told from the point of view of a friend serving as pall bearer. The poem reveals the concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are really quite lucky. The first few readings...
Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to everyone. In the poems, "Because I could not stop for Death," "First Death in Nova Scotia," and "War is kind" death is presented by each narrator as something different. To one it is a kind gentle stranger while to another it is a cold cruel being. A kind gentleman stranger...
