literary argument, argument - a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem" capitulation - a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic compendium - a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work abridgement...
First, it might help to think of "mind" in a very general, historical sense, as in "the late eighteenth century mind" or something like that. In a way, "mind" refers to the larger set of historical circumstances—intellectual, political, and the like—that collectively make up "London"...
The poem is part of his famous collection Songs of Innocence and Experience, which was first published in 1789. “The Garden of Love” Summary Upon going to a place called the Garden of Love, the speaker sees something that he or she has never seen before. A new chapel has been built ...
The poem suggests that tragedy is a natural, unchanging part of history and the human experience. Human sorrow, the speaker claims, remains basically constant from era to era. "All men" throughout history "have aimed at, found and lost"; this is "Tragedy wrought to its uttermost." In oth...
The solitary reaper is the young woman who is cutting grain in the valley of the Highland Mountains of Scotland. The poet is walking through when he hears her singing and becomes enchanted. What is the conclusion of the poem ''The Solitary Reaper''? The conclusion of "The Solitary Reaper...
'A Description of a City Shower' is a Horatian satire. Rather than a heavy, exceptionally pointed critique, Swift's poem is mainly a comedic description of London's filth and a light commentary on its immorality. When was A Description of a City Shower written? 'A Description of a City...
The poem Harlem by Langston Hughes reflects the post-World War II mood of many African Americans. The Great Depression was over, the war was over, but for African Americans the dream, whatever particular form it took, was still being deferred. Whethe ...More ...
(the Party uses twenty-four hour time), and a picture of an old London church, St. Clement's Dane. Mr. Charrington taught him the first lines of an old poem about the church, "Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clement's," and Julia knows a few more lines that her ...
It is clear that Armstrong uses the theme of history to portray the destruction that the first European settlers had on the Indigenous way of life through various points in history. Armstrong imbeds the theme of history throughout her poem to further emphasize her stance on the assimilation of...
His use of imagery in this poem is very touching. He makes the reader relate to the death of the dog by showing through his words the emotions of what the dog is going through as well as what his owners are feeling. This paper will show how I think the author was trying to use ...