Essays on Poetry

How does ‘absence’ affect meaning? In order to answer this question, we must look closely at the relationship between vision and absence. Vision is determined by the presence of an object being viewed and the physical distance of the viewed from the viewer. When an...

Writers use poetic tools to evoke specific emotions which can allow for personal connections. The poem, The Hammer by John Reibetanz from The Essential John Reibetanz, portrays the sacrifices a mother makes for her son who eventually seeks independency, abandoning the moral values she instilled...

An officer and their mentor are eating out at a local restaurant and the manager says that “lunch in on the house. ” Although it may seem like a wonderful opportunity and a blessing on both of their wallets, is it truly the right thing...

Are students changing from Humanities major? Is it too expensive to fund the Humanities department? Does it mean that the Humanities department is in crisis? Most of these answers are a bit complex. Many would argue that the Humanities department is in crisis; however, according...

‘On My First Daughter’ by Ben Jonson, a poet, essayist and playwright is a tragic epitaph structured as a hybrid sonnet consisting of twelve lines. The poem consistently explores and probes concepts that paint themes of loss, infant mortality, and parental love as it reveals...

It is safe to say that the greatest kind of poetry makes the reader feel something, whether those feelings are good or bad. If written properly, a poem can empathetically convey a poet’s emotions onto its readers through the poem’s form, theme, and content. While...

“Rider’s Song” is an excellent specimen of one of Federico Garcia Lorca’s poems. It is originally a Spanish poem which has been translated into English. He was a Spanish Poet and is considered to be one of the finest poets of the 20th century. The...