Poem Essay

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

In this essay I am going to compare and contrast ‘When we two parted’ a poem of George Gordon, Lord Byron’s written in 1815 and Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s ‘Love’s last lesson’ written in c1838, both poets are British and of the romantic period.

the soldiers . . . some well behaved persons asked me if the guns were charged [loaded] and I

Prompt: Read the following two poems very carefully, noting that the second includes an allusion to the first. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss their similarities and differences. In your essay, be sure to consider both theme and style.

Reflections Within is a non-traditional stanzaic poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four and five are oddly in that their number of lines which are five and nine.

14. More soldiers then took them to the basement under the pretext of being “protected from the impending chaos of advancing counterrevolutionaries” (Biography.com).

She lays there holding her head in pain, Her eyes wide open, fear covering her features. Time flies by and suddenly minutes later she slowly and

Mom was at the door. She swiftly raise her hand to mouth, a mother’s call for her child. Alice hugs me tightly, and runs into the house. Dad jumps at her. Alice screams and then beautiful laugh.

I hear yelling over the bombardment. I turn my head and see countless people staring at me, guns poised, ready to shoot. I try to shoot and retaliate, but realize there’s no ammo left. Frustrated, I leap over broken glass, now only able to dodge the oncoming rainstorm of rounds heading my way.

Poetry allows responders to explore universal issues which will shape their perceptions of the world.

The door bursts open, and a volley of bullets fly toward me. I notice that there are eight of them. I dive toward the desk,

He starts walking towards me, and unholsters his gun affixed with a suppressor, lifting it up and pointing it at me. Oh crap. My heart starts pounding. Then, I make a run for the door. Pifff. I feel the air escape my lungs as I hit the ground and my vision

Trying to stem the sobs that threatened to overflow, you looked at the gun in your hand. You had planned for this. You refused to be one of those things currently pounding against the door.

An arm appears out of nowhere, clotheslining me into the stone floor. I gasp, my lip throbbing and the wind knocked out of my precious lungs. A boot to my hand and my gun scatters away.

I am a tall girl with chestnut hair, forest green eyes and sun-tanned skin. My physique sets me apart from the 7.4 billion other people on our planet. If, however, I were an identical twin, physical characteristics alone would not suffice to distinguish between my sister and me. Even though we would look the same, we would clearly be two different people. Therefore, we can conclude that a mere description of our physique cannot be considered a universal and comprehensive response to the question at hand, as it neglects other aspects of our identity.