Many factors influenced why Bradstreet wrote poems and what she wrote about. ... " (Wendy, Martin Poems & Poets- Anne Bradstreet on The Tenth Muse poetry foundation.org). ... There is also many poems to her husband, children, and deceased family members. ... The Tenth Muse is Bradstreet's most important book of poems because it gives her confidence in her writing. ... In summary, Bradstreet was a colonial key figure that inspired women to not "go with the flow" but to take on men's roles and not settle for less. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Before modern times, Homer, a blind poet, wrote an epic poem called the Odyssey. ... These two poems cover the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his twenty years away from home. ... A brief summary of this event states, Odysseus" plan was to build an enormous wooden horse and hide a few Greek soldiers inside its hollow belly. ... The summary before the Cyclops section affirms his lack of supernatural powers: "Odysseus is the cleverest of the Ancient Greek heroes because his divine guardian is the goddess of wisdom, Athena" (898). ...

• Word Count: 1091
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Summary Angrily, the speaker accuses the modern age of having lost its connection to nature and to everything meaningful: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!" ... (Sparknotes.com, 2003) Form This poem consists of: • Fourteen lines • Written in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet • The octave follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA • The sestet follows a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD • The octave proposes a question or an idea that the sestet answers, comments upon, ...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School