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In Blake's "London" the speaker connects various characters and socio/political institutions in order to critique the injustices perpetrated in England. The busy, commercial city of London functions as a space in which the speaker can imagine the inescapable interconnections of English institution and citizens. Although separated by differences o...
"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...
The horror in war and young soldiers sacrifice their lives for nothing is the central theme in this poem. The speaker is angrily speaking about how these young soldiers are dying and being slaughtered like animals. Also, he is mad by the fact that they are not being respected or honored for sacrificing their youths while fighting in the war. In t...
In this poem, Booth teaches his young daughter a lesson about life. At the beginning he tells her to put her faith in someone she can trust, whether that person is him, (her earthly father), a mentor (a coach or teacher), or her Heavenly Father for support. He tells her to 'Spread your arms wide,' to open herself to all she can be; to set her goa...
Stevie Smith's "Not Waving but Drowning" and Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" are similar in that both poems' characters have lived their lives with regret and sorrow. Neither of their lives were lived to the fullest and as death approaches, the question of, "what could have been?" remains forever unanswered. Upon first reading, Stevie...
