Beowulf may be a hero from ancient literature, but he shares a lot in common with modern day literary characters like Superman and Batman. Learn about the similarities and differences between Beowulf, who used his strength, and many modern day heroes...
And never mind that poets have been comparing men and women to “objects” for as long as poetry has been written. I haven’t a clue as to what he reads if he’s offended by similes. Where does he draw the line? What comparisons are politically correct and which aren’t? The point...
Eerie as these comparisons might sound to the reader, Eurydice soon makes clear that she loves the silence! She especially treasures it in comparison to the rambling poetry of Orpheus. Alliteration ("dead and down," "a shade, / a shadow," "where the words") and repetition ("a black ...
But first, a bit more fun. I’ll admit that the first image that really hooked me into this poem was the comparison the speaker makes between her young self and a “lump of mozzarella” – it’s just brilliant and hilarious. The unreasonable pallor, the damp greasy glow of a pre-teen...
(1788-1824), Samuel T. Coleridge (1772-1834), William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Robert Browning (1812-1889), Mathew Arnold (1822-1888), Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) and some other poets of that era. Make any comments or comparisons you wish on my poems. I live in Mauritius, an island ...
Hartman’s repeated claims to a free verse prosody (equivalent to that of traditional poetry) are baseless. He does his argument no favors by making such comparisons. Besides that, there’s no reason to. I just don’t see why he feels the need to constantly compare free verse to tradition...
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