Spirit speaks next, and her words are far stronger. It is clear that the conflict between the two will never be reconciled. Spirit lashes out against her sister: "For I have vow'd (and so will do) / thee as a foe still to pursue, / And combat with thee will and must / Until I...
The Raven is the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1845 and collected in The Raven and Other Poems the same year. Poe achieved instant national fame with the publication of this melancholy evocation of lost love.
THE SUNDAY POEM: Eurydice Speaks by John HegleyHegley, JohnIndependent on Sunday
This sentiment might feel familiar to readers who've encountered the famous first words of Keats's later book-length poem Endymion: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." The "voice" that speaks of the "poetry of earth," too, is a thing of beauty that doesn't stop giving joy even...
” Yet in the very next sentence he speaks of “the virtue of Agathocles,” who did all these things. Virtue, according to Machiavelli, aims to reduce the power of fortune over human affairs because fortune keeps men from relying on themselves. At first Machiavelli admits that fortune rules...
This elfchen was inspired by@fleurdelisspeaks. What is weighing you down this holiday season? Where can you find strength? Please join me today in writing a small poem by sharing in the comments. Encourage other writers with your responses. ...
The New Year brings an earth afraid … But then Auden addresses a particular friend who has been for him a shelter from the storm: We fall down in the dance, we make The old ridiculous mistake, But always there are such as you, ...
This poem gives a fuller portrait of Lucy. She was a beautiful and solitary maiden who resided in the remote English countryside near the River Dove. She had few suitors and generally went unnoticed by the world. Her presence on earth was short and isolated enough to impact few, but she ...
The resulting steady sound reflects the steadiness of Aengus's lifelong quest. At times it's almost too steady—as if the spellbound Aengus is trapped within the poem's form just as he's driven to wander the earth. “The Song of Wandering Aengus” Speaker The poem is a dramatic monologue...
“rows of catalogued debris . . . taking shape as pews, the stones themselves heads bowed in worship … / / … the great golden cross, which once / topped the dome that pummeled the earth / like a six-thousand pound stormcloud breaking.” In the same poem, the speaker notices a ...