Today I’m going to talk to you about Henry Tudor. He was born in Wales at Pembrokeshire Castle in 1457 but he grew up in France. His father Edmund Tudor died shortly after his birth. His mother at the time…
Category: Poems
The Glass Castle Quotes Essay
A woman on the street Quote 1 : want to help me change my life? Mom asked. ‘I’m fine. You’re the one who needs help. Your values are all confused” (Walls 5). I think that this quote is significant because…
To Conform or not to Conform, do we really have a Choice! Essay
To Conform or not to Conform; do we really have a Choice! W. H. Auden’s “The unknown Citizen” and Robert Lowell’s “Skunk Hour” are an expressions of the way they perceive the world. Both poets are portraying there thoughts on…
Stopping Gang Violence Essay
There are many young people whom seek for a sense of protection and unfortunately gangs even though they are violent do indeed give them a sense of protection. Even when school and community officials come out of denial and acknowledge…
Compare the Two Poets’ Representations of and Attitudes to Nature in ‘the Way Through the Woods’ and ‘Binsey Poplars’ Essay
These two poems, by Gerald Manley Hopkins and Rudyard Kipling respectively, are both concerned with how humans and how their presence among nature can have a negative effect. Both of these poems seem to agree that humans do have an…
What Connections Have You Found Between the Ways in Which Larkin and Abse Write About Death? Essay
Both Larkin and Abse write about death in a way which suggests to the reader that it’s an overriding concern in their life. Although this is more explicitly expressed through Larkin’s poems, the fact it is a dominant theme in…
Comparative Paragraphs: to Autumn/Blackberry Picking Essay
‘To Autumn’ by John Keats and ‘Blackberry Picking’ by Seamus Heaney are at a glance are just vaguely similar, being poems about nature, but when you look deeper into the meanings behind the poems there are many intricate similarities, that…
Les Murray Poetry Essay
From the volume of Australian volume of poems Taller than Prone, As Country was Slow, written by well known Australian poet Les Murray, conveys an extremely effective perspective on the concrete jungle our modern world has become. His use of…
Optimism and Pessimism in Writing During the Civil War Era Essay
During the Civil War unit, we discussed many different types of authors. Some were cynical and pessimistic, while others were very optimistic, almost to the point of Transcendentalist. Three Civil War era writers that varied from pessimism to optimism included…
Dulce Et Decorum Est Essay
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Q1) Explain the setting of the poem and the overall subject matter. The setting for this poem is in the battlefields of the First World War. Seeing through the “misty panes and thick…
