... He was not interested in the conventional modes of address, instead seeing the potential of language and thought. The "of his poetry reflects a tough reasoning mind attempting to pinpoint and show emotions as frankly as possible: the unhappiness of parting, death, disloyalty and unfulfilled love. Donne had a habitual ... into the s soul. While Kensinger believes that Donne's intention was for the reader to think of a vagina seems unlikely she insists that the line does have sexual insinuations. However, I feel that the lines should be taken at face value. The speaker is asking God to batt...

• Word Count: 7662
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School

... (Alvarez Interview 6). "Dusting" tells the story of watching her mother dust pieces of furniture, erasing all of her carefully placed signatures and fingerprints, with an innocent wonder. However, the last line is angry and disturbing: "But I refused with every mark / to be like her, anonymous (Homecoming 9)." Throughout the housekeeping section, there are numerous hostile references to her mother, and "Hairwashing" proves ... more successful in its representation and reasoning for such emotion. "I was growing up / even as she scrubbed for dirt, / horns, anything that looked like sin." ...

• Word Count: 2799
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School