Poetry Explication Essay

Borys Khodan Dr. John Rodrigue English 241 28 October 2014 Learned Lesson From Life of Mollusk: Explication of Holmes’s "The Chambered Nautilus” In my opinion the best poems are those where author finds a connection between things that usually do not connect. Edward Taylor, a poet that we have covered in this class, was one of those guys that would take two things that are not related at all and find a perfect relationship. This extreme wit and extended metaphor makes his poems very emotional, sophisticated

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Poetry Explication: “Dreams” By Langston Hughes In “Dreams” by Langston Hughes, metaphors and personification help convey the meaning of the poem and add to the free form of the poem. Hughes starts off by stressing that one should hold on to their dreams (line 1). The word choice of using “fast” suggest that Hughes believes one should hold tightly to their dreams, which is a connotation of an inspiration, rather than the denotation of a series of events that occur in the mind while sleeping. Then

Poetry Explication of Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” In Dylan Thomas’s poem “ Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, Thomas views death as a war that can be overcome but, to overcome this war, one must “rage” against death, which is seen frequently through his work. When first reading this poem, I understood the rebellious tone in Thomas’s work but only when I read it a second time and began to analyze the poem line by line is when I made an emotional connection to Thomas’s

For my poetry explication, I chose to write about a poem entitled, “Her Kind,” by Anne Sexton. This personal poem has three stanzas, and each stanza is connected to a different stage in the speaker’s life through the use of an extended metaphor. At the end of each stanza it repeats, “I have been her kind” (Line 7, 14, 21). From this we can see that the speaker relates to the qualities of each chapter represented in the poem. This poem is written in first person and it also tells a story. I interpreted

Explication of “She Walks in Beauty” Lord George Gordon Byron was born on the 22nd of January 1788, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest British poets. Byron was one of the leading figures of the Romantic Movement in early 19th century England, which resulted in the Byron’s sexual antics becoming just as notable as his poetry. In 1813 Byron wrote one of his most famous pieces work She Walks in Beauty. It is widely accepted that Byron wrote this poem after he met Anne Beatrix Wilmot, who was

Langston Hughes: A Poet Supreme Black poetry is poetry that (1) is grounded in the black experience; (2) utilizes black music as a structural or emulative model; and (3) "consciously" transforms the prevailing standards of poetry through and inconoclastic and innovative use of language. No poet better carries the mantle of model and innovator the Langston Hughes, the prolific Duke Ellington of black poetry. Hughes's output alone is staggering. During his lifetime, he published over eight

which he found by reading and listening to fantasy stories (Fagan). “Frost's childhood was not idyllic, but Frost’s love of Mother Goose, of his family, and of nature, baseball, and language would set the stage for his character and his poetry”(Fagan). His poetry would start to consist of nature, death, and acceptance. These themes were further explored following his secret wedding with his wife Elinor White and their children. They together had six children, Elliott, Lesley, Carol, Irna, Marjorie

The critical work of T.S. Eliot provides an extensive explication of those qualities which he deems worthy or unworthy of successful poets and of successful poetry. In a series of essays in The Sacred Wood, Eliot assesses many artists and how the features of their poetry contribute to either their poems’ worth or inadequacy. Eliot’s own poem, “The Waste Land,” demonstrates a compelling use of roots, sounds, and monosyllables in order to achieve his desired third-dimensionality; this confirms that

Tara T. Stoffa Instructor: Mary Wallace ENGL 102:23 14 Sep 17 Explication of Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death” Ms. Dickinson may have had a clairvoyance and comfort about death. She definitely has an inventiveness for such a morbid topic, which everyone will universally experience in their own unique way. According to Biography.com, Emily and her sister Lavinia cared for their ill mother