Many people had enjoyed reading Lowell's early poetry, but disliked her later poetry because they believed it was too erotic and open. Others found her early works to be quite mundane, but felt that her later works consisting of imagery brought new life to poetry. ... The diversity of Amy Lowell's poetry keeps the reader waiting for more. ... Some consider this to be a fault in Lowell's poetry, but I find it to a magnificent quality in a poet. After reading poetry by the same author, in the same style, only with different words tends to make me bored. ...

• Word Count: 2108
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Robert Frost has always been noted for his incredible poetry that is full of imagery, symbolism, tone, and depth. ... Frost once said, "Poetry permits the one possible way to say one thing and mean another."" ... (Frost and Nature, www.frostfriends.org) Frost believed that poetry should introduce ideas, but not takes sides. ... "He saw nature and human nature as different aspects of reality which could still be embraced in poetry."" ... Frost's struggle with the traditional faith-based view of the world and the rise of science can also be linked to his poetry. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of the more difficult aspects of understanding poetry is that of the metaphor. ... While this is an unconventional display of Sylvia Path poetry, it still leaves a lasting impression just the same....

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Wallace Stevens attempts to write in an emotionless and literal point of view in his poem "The Snowman", whereas William Wordsworth's poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" displays quite the opposite, with countless metaphors and exaggerations of the reality. But which poem exhibits a more honest appr...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Owen's depiction of war is always negative, and the impact of his poetry is reduced by that persistent criticism. ... Although Owen's depiction of war is always negative, his persistent criticism increases the impact of his poetry. ...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5

Poetry is organized by the division of each line of verse into "feet," metric units which each consist of a particular arrangement of strong and weak stresses. ... A line with five feet is called pentameter; thus, a line of five iambs is known as "iambic pentameter" (the most common metrical form in English poetry). ...

• Word Count: 1599
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain. I have never seen one fly, but sometimes they perch on the hand. Mist is when the sky is tired o...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings and some are treasured for their markings - They cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain. I have never seen one fly, but sometimes they perch on the hand. Mist is when the sky is tired o...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Consciousness" by Joanie Mackowski is a free verse poem that appeared in the February 2012 edition of Poetry Magazine. In this poem, Mackowski explains the awareness and response of human beings to their surroundings by presenting the workings of our mind. The poem appears to be like any other free...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An appraisal of Peter Skrzynecki's poetry and other relevant texts illustrates that Changing Perspective is a dynamic and evolutionary process, culminating in the transformation or modification of one's own outlook. ...

• Word Count: 1749
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

GCSE English Literature: War Poems Compare two poems from the selection which make you feel sympathy for the people involved in war. Which do you find more effective? "Do they matter? -those dreams from the pit? ... ...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate