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of Satan is unconventional in that it is sympathetic towards him, the same cannot be said for his portrayal of hell. His descriptions, made up of incomparable metaphors, are striking and forceful, yet the interruptions of Satan's speeches of determinatio…

death in her poetry. She considers the physical, the psychological and the emotional aspects of this unknowable experience. She looks at death from the perspective of both the living and the dying, even imagining her own death. In 'I felt a Funeral,…

Ohio. While Dunbar was not the first African American poet and writer, he was the first to gain such respect and to be accepted by both white and black audiences. Dunbar attended schools with many whites. So many of his friends were white, and…

two-stanza poem. This poem gave the readers a vision of Frost's character. Reading this poem, I get the feeling that Frost really loves the country. I think the pasture spring in the phrase "I'm going out to clean the pasture spring" symbolizes the…

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. in The Poet at the Breakfast Table, strongly epitomizes the significance of people that transcends in their roles as being a servant to assist in another's greater cause. Their heroism usually goes unnoticed until the greatest…

Lover" are two poems that are dramatic monologues that depict a disturbing story. Even though the speaker's attitude between the husband and wife were different in each poem, both the duke and the lover are unable to deal with their feelings realistical…

very voice can not be heard, and the sight of her people was best viewed in the fields. The choices of one's expression was extremely limited, and the essence of what a person was about was nullified by the harsh conditions of the present day culture.…

emotions, to celebrate nature, to praise God, to celebrate in rhyme, to argue and judge, to seduce, to attack, and as a means of self-presentation in the hierarchical structure of the court in sixteenth century England, by the use of witty lyrics and…

poetry, was originally a ceremonious poem written to celebrate public accasions or exalted subjects. Among the many classical authors of the odes, Pindar and Horace have exercised the greatest influence on later writers. Pindar's odes were written…

never what you wanted, I was not one to conform to the rules and boundaries of the square in which you imprison yourselves. I was no ordinary child, I am what is known as an indigo child, but thanks to your continued oppression of my soul, I find myself…