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| poetry themes | 7/17/2008 |
Q: I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of any "classic" American/British poetry that ...
A: Christina, Emily Dickinson's "After great pain" is one of the best poems about grief: ...
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| line from a poem | 6/28/2008 |
Q: Recently, my wife passed away. She had placed the words, "safely home," on her father's monument. ...
A: My condolences on your wife's passing. The poem, "Beannacht" by Irish poet John O'Donohue ...
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| Hyena by Edwin Morgan | 6/25/2008 |
Q: "It is said I am a good match / for a dead lion" Could you please explain the irony of this ...
A: The word "match" adds the irony to the line. In a match, for example a wrestling match, there are ...
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| villanelle vs. versanelle | 5/30/2008 |
Q: What is the difference between a villanelle and a versanelle. Thanks in advance. Jane Ivey
A: The traditional villanelle has a very specific structure. For a thorough description of that form, ...
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| English Literature | 4/18/2008 |
Q: Where do I get the poem summaries for Robert Browning's The Last Ride Together and Prospice?? Any ...
A: The following site has a note on "The Last Ride Together": ...
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| Line from a poem Little Orphan Annie (I think) | 4/15/2008 |
Q: Please help. This has been haunting me for years. I am trying to find a poem with the line "And then ...
A: Here's copy of James Whitcomb Riley's "Little Orphant Annie": ...
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| Mark Twain Poetry | 4/10/2008 |
Q: I am reading Ode to Stephen Bowling Dots, Dec'd. And I don't get why the title is Stephen Bowling ...
A: I venture to guess that Twain was just fooling around; he probably thought it a happy coincidence ...
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| A.E. Houseman | 4/3/2008 |
Q: Compare A.E. Houseman's treatment of death and loss in these 3 poems: "To An Athlete dying young", ...
A: The following articles should help you with your study of Housman's poems: ...
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| Name of poem | 3/25/2008 |
Q: Can you tell me the name of the poem that has the line,"Ah that my love is in my arms and I in my ...
A: That poem is variously called "Western Wind" and "The Lover in Winter Plaineth for the Spring"; it ...
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| marianne moore | 3/24/2008 |
Q: How are you? Im having difficulty understanding Marianne Moore's poems since its so complicated and ...
A: To determine the theme of a poem, you need to follow two steps: first, read carefully and write a ...
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| safely home | 3/3/2008 |
Q: I would like to know who the autor is or where i can find this poem to purchase.It supposely starts ...
A: The following sites have a copy of the poem, "I am safely home in heaven": ...
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| Charles Harpur | 3/1/2008 |
Q: Just wondering, do you know WHY Charles Harpur wrote the Battle Of life and what year he wrote it? ...
A: Harpur's "The Battle of Life" does not seem to be an occasional poem; therefore, it is impossible to ...
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| emily dickinson | 1/12/2008 |
Q: what is emily dickinson's most famous poem about death, and what is is about? thanks. jane
A: An often anthologized Dickinson poem about death is "Because I could not stop for Death." The ...
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| poetry | 12/13/2007 |
Q: I need to know what the poem The Murdered Traveller by William Cullen Bryant is about
A: The following article should help you with your study of William Cullen Bryant's "The Murdered ...
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| finishing and poem and its author | 12/11/2007 |
Q: Can you please tell me who wrote this poem and what the final verse is? Oh, would some power the ...
A: The poem is "To a Louse" by Robert Burns. Your quotation contains the first three lines from the ...
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| WW2 poetry | 11/18/2007 |
Q: Can you please direct me to the text of the WW2 poem whose first line is..."Will came home from ...
A: The poem is "Dunkirk: A Ballad" by Robert Nathan, and it was published in Harper's Magazine in 1941. ...
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| Irish composer and poet | 11/10/2007 |
Q: I've been asked to translate the following short poem by Turlough O'Carolan into Chinese, but I need ...
A: Yearning is wound with anticipation. New hope is newly harbored... "boundary line" refers to both ...
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| Two poems, 1 serious, 1 humorous | 10/29/2007 |
Q: I have a poem memory--it ends with "And their eyes are burning." and it's about soldiers coming to ...
A: The Auden poem is "The Quarry": http://www.themediadrome.com/content/poetry/auden_the_quarry.htm ...
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| Rudyard Kipling | 10/21/2007 |
Q: Could you tell me the general meaning of the poem "Helen All Alone" by Rudyard Kipling please. I was ...
A: The following article should help with your reading of Kipling's "Helen All Alone": ...
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| Poem Identification | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I would like the words to a poem I ran across around 1983 went something like this: People ...
A: I found the following that might be what you're looking for on the site ...
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| Re: EXAMPLE OF POETRY WITH SAME THEMES | 4/28/2007 |
Q: I just wanted to know if you can please help me with or direct me to examples of poems that share ...
A: W. H. Auden’s "Musée des Beaux Arts" and William Carlos Williams'"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" ...
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| Abortion Poem | 4/4/2007 |
Q: I found this poem years ago, like over 20. It is about a baby growing inside it's mother. Goes ...
A: I do not recognize the poem you describe, but I would recommend your friend use Gwendolyn Brook's ...
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| Poems for Children about Equality | 4/3/2007 |
Q: What is the name of the poem either by Shel Silverstein or Langston Hughes about ..."we all look the ...
A: Langston Hughes' "Theme for English B" might work for your presentation: ...
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| Trying to Find Poem | 4/2/2007 |
Q: I am looking for the poem that was quoted for the intro for a syndicated show years ago emanating ...
A: That quotation is apparently from a longer one by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: ...
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| help! | 3/28/2007 |
Q: my name is Ceci I'm studying the 10th semester in BA in English and as a final project i need to ...
A: It does not matter if a poem has already been translated, and there is no way of knowing which ones ...
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| yeats | 3/22/2007 |
Q: I have a few questions on Yeats pome "Easter 1916" here is the pome....... its kind of long :-) I ...
A: The lines, "Too long a sacrifice / Can make a stone of the heart," indicate a certain ...
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| Night of Iquana Grandfathers poem | 3/19/2007 |
Q: In this great movie the grand father wrote a poem before he died that began How calmly does the ...
A: Tennessee Williams wrote the play Night of the Iguana, and he used some of his poems in it: ...
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| HDT | 3/4/2007 |
Q: So, what it might be if not fish. What they may be looking for? thanxHello Linda! There is a quote ...
A: It might be helpful to find the quotation to determine the context from which it was taken. What ...
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| robyn c. in need of help | 3/3/2007 |
Q: “Dubbel zoet” by J. Rhodes i can't seem to get the total meaning and the meter for this poem if you ...
A: Here are the web site and the email address of the poet, J Rhodes, who wrote "DUBBEL ZOET": ...
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| literature | 2/23/2007 |
Q: Last time, I was reading Henry David Thoreau's quotes. there are some I don't quite understand, ...
A: 1. "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." Dreams are visions from the subconscious, which ...
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| unknow poem? | 2/3/2007 |
Q: a line within the poem is: Spend all your kisses
A: There is a book called 'Spend All Your Kisses, Mr. Smith' by Jack Clifford Smith, but I do not think ...
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| can you help me? | 2/1/2007 |
Q: I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in ...
A: Langston Hughes' "Life is Fine," is influenced by blues-style lyrics. The speaker has been hurt by ...
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| poetry | 1/31/2007 |
Q: I have to interpret the poem "Boy Breaking Glass" by Gwendolyn Brooks, and to be honest I have no ...
A: "Boy Breaking Glass" focuses on a boy in a poor neighborhood. Because of his poverty, he is unable ...
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| poetry reading | 1/21/2007 |
Q: How do I convey proper emphasis or meaning for text in quotes while reading a piece? For example: ...
A: Here are some possibilites: When you come the quoted material, you can pause just briefly and then ...
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| Ulysses | 1/11/2007 |
Q: Tennyson's Ulysses starts: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these ...
A: I think we are to read the first line as if it had the word "as" before the "an": "It little ...
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| Sir Philip Sidney. Astrophel and Stella | 12/26/2006 |
Q: i need paraphrase for this poem please or tell me about any site explian it Sir Philip Sidney. ...
A: To paraphrase you restate the lines in your own words, making sure you keep the same tense, person, ...
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| please help me find poem | 12/16/2006 |
Q: I know I do not remember all of the poem, it was very dear to me and I am in need of it again. ...
A: The following site has the poem and also some discussion about its author and the various versions ...
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| The Neo Classical Urn | 12/11/2006 |
Q: I am to write an essay on this poem and I do not understand the symbolism used in this poem.
A: A symbol is an object that stands for itself and something else. For exampe, the flag of a nation ...
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| richard cory | 12/11/2006 |
Q: I guess i was right. Still, i find reading poems a puzzle. I think i understand W.W. Yeats' "Sailing ...
A: W. B. Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium" dramatizes the speaker's feelings about aging. In the last ...
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| "berry picking" by irving layton | 12/8/2006 |
Q: i am an AP english student and we had to read poems and find the theme and supporting points of it. ...
A: The speaker seems to envy his wife's simple relationship with nature and children, but perhaps he is ...
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| Emily Dickinson | 12/7/2006 |
Q: Do you know what the poem is called by Emily Dickinson where she talks about how she wishes she ...
A: It's #326 in Johnson's Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson: I cannot dance upon my Toes - No Man ...
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| richard cory | 12/4/2006 |
Q: When I was in high school, I used to write "poems" without even understanding what a poem is! ...
A: The focus of Richard Cory is not on why he killed himself. The focus is on the mystery of it. They ...
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| Question about "When I Was One-and-Twenty" by A.E. Housman | 11/28/2006 |
Q: I was given the assignment to write an analysis on a poem of my choosing, and I decided on "When I ...
A: Housman's "When I Was One-and-Twenty" metaphorically contrasts giving love to giving away items of ...
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| poem or saying? | 11/11/2006 |
Q: Is this a poem or just a contemporary piece of poetic zen philosophy? "Do not walk in front of me, ...
A: One web site attributes the saying to the Utes: "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk ...
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| song lyric | 10/29/2006 |
Q: could you help me to analyze this lyric? I don't get what lyric is trying to express, especially the ...
A: The lyric, "Sounds of Silence," expresses the speaker's dissatisfaction with people and his ...
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| old children's poem | 10/23/2006 |
Q: My mother is 89 and when she was a child she recited a poem that from her memory goes ....I stooped ...
A: The title of the poem is "Nothing to Laugh At" by Edgar Guest from his book When Day is Done. You ...
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| hiii | 10/18/2006 |
Q: I liked your picture^^ Anyways, to my question,, I was wondering if you would know any site on to ...
A: Here is a site with a useful analysis of Keats' "Bright Star": ...
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| John Keats' Poem | 10/13/2006 |
Q: Finally, I am able to ask you a question, expecting an expertise-like answer and point-of-view. ...
A: "Unchangeable" and "swell" are near-rimes. Actually, the final sound "l" is the only rime for those ...
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| themes of poems written by walt whitman | 10/7/2006 |
Q: i would like to know the themes of poems written by walt whitman thank you, sadhav
A: Whitman's themes are varied. His most important work LEAVES OF GRASS, which he revised many times, ...
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| john keats | 9/1/2006 |
Q: after studying the major odes of keats, it seems that the allprevailing theme in it is the ...
A: Generally speaking, a poet is not restricted to only one approach to his work. However, if you ...
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| Term Paper - Walt Whitman | 6/6/2006 |
Q: Any advice on which poems to discuss (and what theme/idea ties them all together)?I have to write a ...
A: Whitman wrote in a cosmic voice, that it, a voice or persona that was all inclusive, as if his ...
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| Term Paper - Walt Whitman | 6/6/2006 |
Q: I have to write a term paper in the area of 15 pages on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, and/or ...
A: The Walt Whilman Archive is very good at http://www.whitmanarchive.org/index.html You could discuss ...
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| antipoesia | 5/25/2006 |
Q: can you please define antipoesia for me? I am writing a paper on Jose Emilio Pacheco and don t even ...
A: "Antipoesía" is Spanish for "antipoetry." Here is a site that might help you. Caution: it has been ...
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| Maya Angelou | 5/5/2006 |
Q: I've changed my topic to entrapment verses freedom in Maya Angelou's poetry, and I started writing a ...
A: I suggest you just focus on freedom. You're using the word "entrapment" inaccurately, and actually, ...
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| John Greenleaf Whittier | 5/3/2006 |
Q: John Greenleaf Whittier is purported to have been a mentor for many women poets and artists. Do you ...
A: Whittier encourged Celia Thaxter, Sarah Orne Jewett, Annie Fields, and others. Probably the best ...
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| Fiminist poetry - Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou | 5/3/2006 |
Q: I am writing a research paper on any literary topic of my choice for the final assignment of a ...
A: For a paper only 5 pages long, you are trying to take on too many issues. Plus you admit that you ...
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| poetry | 5/2/2006 |
Q: i need analysis on this poem VII. O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, O SOLITUDE! if I must ...
A: The poem is quite simple. In the octave of the sonnet the speaker addresses "solitude" telling it ...
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| Leverson? | 4/28/2006 |
Q: I was recently at a poetry reading where someone read a poem about peace/war. I wrote down the name ...
A: I think you're referring to Denise Levertov. Here is a site with links to information about her and ...
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| Poem name | 3/23/2006 |
Q: I am sorry if this question is out of the "norm." A while back, I came across this poem that I ...
A: The quotation goes, "Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think"; it is ...
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| Poem | 3/22/2006 |
Q: Do you know an appropriate poem to be read by a family member (sister) of her twin sister at the ...
A: My condolence to the family members for their loss. Here are three possibilities: The poem "In His ...
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Ode to Beauty | 3/20/2006 |
Q: I am doing a project on Emily Dickinson, and we were asked to choose a peice of literature that ...
A: Emerson's "Ode to Beauty" is about beauty. The speaker considers what beauty means and how it ...
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| Poem recommendation | 3/7/2006 |
Q: Grimes, I was hoping you might offer a handfull of poems about birds--particulary about bird ...
A: A Wordsworth poem "UPON SEEING A COLOURED DRAWING OF THE BIRD OF PARADISE IN AN ALBUM" might work: ...
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| 'The Raven ' by Poe | 2/19/2006 |
Q: Do you know who 'the lost Lenore' was supposed to be? Is there any specific information?
A: I don't think that "the lost Lenore" represents an actual person. Poe's wife became a virtual ...
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| finding a poem | 2/17/2006 |
Q: I'm trying to find a poem that an eldery friend of mine use to know.I know this is a shot in the ...
A: I'm not sure if this is the exact poem you want, but it seems to present a similar theme about ...
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| War Poetry | 2/10/2006 |
Q: I've been looking at the poetry of the First World War. Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon, Ruper ...
A: The following sites offer a lot of information about World War I poetry: ...
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| Quote from e.e. cummings | 2/9/2006 |
Q: I would like to use the following quote attributed to e.e. cummings in a paper: "We can risk ...
A: It seems likely that the quotation "Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, ...
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| Identify a poem | 2/8/2006 |
Q: Grimes: I am trying to find a poem that I was required to memorize back in grade school in the ...
A: I don't recognize the poem from your description. The verse you remember was probably not ...
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| english language | 2/2/2006 |
Q: Ms. Grimes, Could you refer me to an expert on the english lexicon- word usage and such? My ...
A: Here's the URL for dictionary.com where you'll find some definitions and usage examples for ...
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| Poem by Archibald Macleish | 1/26/2006 |
Q: When I was in high school in the mid 60's, I found a poem by Archibald MacLeish I liked so much that ...
A: There is an anonymous quotation containing the same sentiment as the one you describe: "If you ...
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| looking for a poem... | 12/17/2005 |
Q: I am twenty three years old and my best friend became an orphan today. I was wondering if you knew ...
A: Here's a poem that might work for your situation: A Friend's Greeting by Edgar A. Guest I'd ...
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| 20th century poetry | 12/12/2005 |
Q: I am looking for the name of what I think is a spanish, portugese, italian or other similar romantic ...
A: The poet's name is Pablo Neruda, and he was born in Chile. For a biographical sketch of the poet, ...
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| Poem | 12/8/2005 |
Q: I am looking for a poem titled "A Boob in Autumn". The author is unknown, and my husband remembers ...
A: I think the title you want is "Abou Ben Adhem" by James Leigh Hunt: Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe ...
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| Christmas Gift Advice About Poetry | 11/26/2005 |
Q: I am working on a gift for my fiance for Christmas...and I need some direction. She has had a ...
A: Here's a site with a poem that offers hope: ...
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| Hello!
It's a passage by... | 11/20/2005 |
Q: It's a passage by Yeats: "The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of ...
A: To paraphrase Yeats' lines, "If a man chooses to perfect his work instead of his life, he loses all ...
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| Poems about cancer | 11/17/2005 |
Q: Grimes, Could you provide a list--just a handfull would suffice--of poems about cancer written by ...
A: Ted Kooser, the current U.S. poet laureate, has a poem called "At the Cancer Clinic": ...
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| Poetry explication | 11/13/2005 |
Q: William Carolos Williams "complete Destruction" It was an icy day. We buried the cat, then took her ...
A: Williams' "Complete Destruction" is just a simple little poem saying "the cat died and after we ...
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| Grade 10 Poetry | 11/9/2005 |
Q: I was wondering if I can get help for highschool poetry What kind of poetic styple has been used in ...
A: I'm not acquainted with M. W. Field's "At the Bus Stop, One Autumn Morning," but what I gather from ...
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| english techniques | 11/9/2005 |
Q: hey my names josh i was wondering if you could help me with finding what does this text say about ...
A: The following quotations from the Guardian Unlimited tells something about Australia and the song: ...
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| Finding a poem | 10/23/2005 |
Q: I am looking for a poem and not sure where to start as I understand there are several books that ...
A: I couldn't find a Milne poem called "Before Ten," but he has a poem called "Before Tea" which is in ...
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| finding poem | 10/19/2005 |
Q: my grandmother asked me to search for a poem called, AD CAELUM CHAYLUM by Hrry Romaine. The poem is ...
A: I think the following is what you are looking for: Ad Coelum At the muezzin's call for prayer, ...
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| Figure of speech & Literary Devices | 10/18/2005 |
Q: Help! Can you make the the distinction between figures of speech and literary devices, and give ...
A: The terms "figure of speech" and "literary device" are used interchangeably, but there are ...
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| TRANSLATION | 9/30/2005 |
Q: Spoon River Anthology 41 Mrs. Charles Bliss reverend wiley advised ...
A: The speaker of the poem is complaining that because of the advice of preachers and judges she stayed ...
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| Chinua Achebe's Refugee Mother and Child | 7/19/2005 |
Q: I am a student teacher and am not sure as to which areas of this poem I need to highlight and focus ...
A: You will want to discuss the speaker of the poem, the speaker's attitude, and the language or poetic ...
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| Poem Interpretation | 7/18/2005 |
Q: Here is a poem: Bonsai (Edith L. Tiempo) All that I love I fold over once And once again And keep ...
A: The speaker in the poem "Bonsai" is dramatizing her love for small things, especially things written ...
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| Donne's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | 7/6/2005 |
Q: "Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." I understand the poem, but ...
A: Yes, basically that's what "send not" means. But confusion arises from the form. This passages is ...
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| Williams Carlos Williams | 7/1/2005 |
Q: In Williams' poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow," what does he mean by "so much depends upon a red ...
A: On a farm a wheelbarrow is used for transporting many items like chicken feed, wood, vegetables, ...
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| identify a poem | 6/28/2005 |
Q: I need help finding the whole poem from which the following is a part: "Few push such ultimates. ...
A: I think you're right that the poet is probably Anne Stanford, but I cannot find the poem from which ...
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| abortion poem | 6/18/2005 |
Q: i am searching for a particular poem. i believe but could be wrong that it waas written by an ...
A: I don't recognize the poem, and I would need more specific information to look for it. If you have ...
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| *** Looking for ... *** | 6/14/2005 |
Q: I am Azar,25 from Iran. My first language is Farsi and I am studying English . Maybe here is not a ...
A: You are welome to ask me questions about English any time. From your writing I can tell you are ...
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| Dramatic Monologues | 6/13/2005 |
Q: I am not sure if you are the right person to ask, but I hope you are. What are some typical topics ...
A: The topic can be about anything, with anyone speaking. Here is a list of possible ideas: 1. a ...
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| song script | 6/9/2005 |
Q: i hope you can find some answer to my question.i wonder if there is any book or publication that i ...
A: Many CD's have the lyric to songs on the album. Also you can find online the words to many songs. ...
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| Re: Poetry | 5/29/2005 |
Q: Grimes, how are you? I was wondering if you can tell me, who wrote the poem: Benorie, Benorie? I ...
A: I don't recognize "Benorie, Benorie" as a poem title. Do you mean Henry Wadsworth Longfellow or ...
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| rhetoric in poetry | 5/17/2005 |
Q: In relation to T.S Eliot and modernist poets, what was rhetoric and how is it used?
A: Rhetoric is the study of discourse or the study of the use of language. So rhetoric vis-a-vis T. S. ...
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| new poetry reader | 5/15/2005 |
Q: Good evening, I have never really attempting reading poetry before (am 33 years old now) and would ...
A: I offer a free 8 lesson course for beginners of poetry at ...
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| to the man i married poem | 5/12/2005 |
Q: Grimes! Could you perhaps help me in my paper? I have to make a paper about this poem. It's somewhat ...
A: The poem is a sonnet, so you can discuss how it coforms to the requirements of a sonnet. You can ...
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| beat poetry | 5/4/2005 |
Q: what makes beat poetry different than regular poetry?
A: There are movements in poetry; Beat is a moverment, like the Romantic Movement, the Fugitive ...
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| research paper | 4/20/2005 |
Q: I'm in a high school Concurrent English class that is doing a research project over poetry. My poem ...
A: Here are my responses to your questions about Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz": 1. Do you think ...
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| AE Housman | 4/19/2005 |
Q: I am writing a research paper and I required to ask an expert some questions about AE Housman and ...
A: Q Why does AE Housman view life as such a negative existence? A Some people look on the bright ...
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| Poem analysis | 4/1/2005 |
Q: I am a student in high school, and I have an assignment to analyze a poem. I get the basic idea, but ...
A: My research of this poem turned up Nils Clausson as the poet who wrote "In the Garden." The ...
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| poem | 3/18/2005 |
Q: when you answered my question you said that in the second stanza, she merely reveals non-activity. I ...
A: In the second stanza the speaker claims that books "talk endlessly" but without purpose. They do ...
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| Epic poetry | 3/5/2005 |
Q: Linda: Thank you for your answer. I would have never thought of that. But now I have a second ...
A: I offer a free, quick, very basic course in Understanding Poetry at ...
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| Epic poetry | 3/3/2005 |
Q: Much of acient literature was written in the style of epic poetry. Do we know why these writers ...
A: Most epic poetry, including The Iliad, The Mahabharata, was originally passed on orally, and only ...
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| interpreting a poem | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I need help analysing/interpreting this poem. I cannot get past the first stanza. Any help, ...
A: The speaker in "Books Are" metaphorically compares books to people. In the second stanza, she ...
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| Re: Poetry | 2/23/2005 |
Q: Grimes. Rememember me? I was wondering can you tell me where to find a summary of T.S. Eliots ...
A: Here's a little bit of commentary on the "Preludes": ...
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| E.A.Poe | 2/10/2005 |
Q: Can you give me a brief idea of what the Poemn Tamerline by E.A. Poe is all about. I am not a ...
A: To understand Poe's Tamerlane, you need to understand something of the legend to which the poem ...
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| Hello, I was wondering if... | 2/7/2005 |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me interpret the poem "A Late Aubade" by Richard Wilbur. I'm ...
A: Unlike many carpe diem seduction poems such as "To His Coy Mistress," "A Late Aubade" has the ...
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| POEM IDENTIFICATION | 2/2/2005 |
Q: WHO WROTE THE POEM ENTITLED , "SEVEN SECONDS" ? HOW CAN I FIND IT ?
A: Falk Richter, a German playwright, has written a satirical piece called Seven Seconds/In God We ...
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| I'm Looking for an Older Poem | 1/27/2005 |
Q: I'm looking for a Poem that my dad, a minister, uses as an example sometimes when he's ...
A: James Whitcomb Riley's "When the Frost is on the Punkin" sounds a bit like the excerpt you sent. I ...
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| Two lines | 1/1/2005 |
Q: Greetings, Can you please identify the following two lines and tell me the name of the poem they ...
A: Sorry, I do not recognize those lines, and I can't find them on the net. If you could give me more ...
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| Your expertise | 12/17/2004 |
Q: You may consider me dense, but what exacrly is a "classic poetry aide?"
A: As a Classic Poetry Aide, I offer assistance in the following areas: (1) poetry from ancient to ...
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| Metaphor's in Adrienne Rich's "Moving in Winter" | 12/9/2004 |
Q: i am having difficulty analyzing Rich's use of metaphor in "Moving in Winter." this is what i have ...
A: I don't see any fresh start in this poem. Metaphor consists of their life (lousy marriage) being ...
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| Miltonic blank verse | 12/3/2004 |
Q: I wonder if you could explain the effect of Miltonic blank verse on the poem's meaning. How it ...
A: Since blank verse requires no rhyme scheme, the poet is more likely to choose words because of ...
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| Homer | 11/13/2004 |
Q: I am writing a paper regarding the role of the God's and their interplay with the fate of humans in ...
A: Here's an essay that might get you stated with that topic: ...
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| Robert Frost | 10/20/2004 |
Q: bonjour,j'ai une dissertation à faire sur les poèmes de Robert Frost:The road not taken et de Robert ...
A: For Frost's "The Road Not Taken" you will find the following site useful: ...
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| studying different types of poetry | 10/8/2004 |
Q: I like to study different types of poetry and try them out for myself. I found this has greatly ...
A: Here is a list of types of poetry: Acrostic Ballad Cinquain Clarity Pyramid Clerihew ...
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| Poetry | 10/7/2004 |
Q: I was wondering what the poem "Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day" by Delmore Schwartz was ...
A: The speaker is a person observing the scene around him as he takes a walk. He remembers things in ...
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| poem | 10/3/2004 |
Q: My Wicked Uncle By Derek Mahon It was my first funeral. Some loss of status as a nephew since ...
A: The moustache has been shaved off by the mortician apparently, or perhaps the moustache was fake, ...
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| Robert Frost | 10/1/2004 |
Q: I am trying to do a research paper on the poem "The Fear" by Robert Frost, my internet searches ...
A: The following sites offer some discussion of Frost's poems: ...
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| roy croft | 9/30/2004 |
Q: Do you happen to know Mari Nichols-Haining's date of birth and whether she's still alive? i have ...
A: I see "Why Marriage" all over the web, but no dates for Mari Nichols-Haining. Why not use "How Do I ...
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| my poetry | 9/18/2004 |
Q: I have Bi-polar disorder. I only get sick once every 5 years. The rest of the time I only suffer ...
A: You should keep writing your poetry, if you want to write it. If you want to seek criticism of its ...
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| William Wordsworth poem | 9/5/2004 |
Q: I have a quote from a William Wordsworth poem and I want to know what poem this is from. "When from ...
A: That quotation is from The Prelude, Book Fourth, Summer Vacation. You'll find that section at ...
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| Speeches | 7/25/2004 |
Q: help with finding info. You said you could help me find information and stuff, so could you list ...
A: Any of Shakespeare's plays will provide useful dramatic poetry. Check out the following site for ...
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| I don't understand what the speaker is talking about | 7/4/2004 |
Q: I am suppose to write an essay about how I feel ,and the messege behinds Roo Borson poem called Save ...
A: The speaker of "Save Us From" seems confused. She seems to show a distaste for the world, yet she ...
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| Mother to Son | 6/30/2004 |
Q: I have a few questions about the poem "Mother to son" by Hughes. I was wondering about the literary ...
A: Langston Hughes'"Mother to Son" employs the extended metaphor of life being a stairway. The theme ...
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| Rhyme and syntax | 6/30/2004 |
Q: I write both free form and traditional forms of poetry. I am getting criticized for forced rhyme on ...
A: I don't think one can usefully focus on whether one is given "slack" because the job was difficult. ...
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| Oscar Wilde analysis | 6/3/2004 |
Q: I am doing a poetry presentation on Oscar Wilde for a high school english class. The poem i'm going ...
A: Here is a bit of interesting info about Wilde and the stanza you asked about: ...
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| The Lyrical Subject | 5/18/2004 |
Q: I'm an undergraduate studying for a BA in creative writing. One of my subjects is Theory of Genres ...
A: There are two speakers because the speaker of the poem quotes the mouse; however, the speaker in ...
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| How would you interpret? | 5/14/2004 |
Q: How would you interpret these two sentences? I reached for sleep and drew it around me like a ...
A: "I reached for sleep and drew it around me like a blanket muffling pain." I tried to go to sleep to ...
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| MacKinlay Kantor | 5/1/2004 |
Q: I am working on a project with a local editor, found a poem in a published local history book. The ...
A: I think the MacKinlay Kantor who wrote that poem is the same Kantor of book/movies/television, but ...
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| poetry critiques | 4/22/2004 |
Q: I teach 7th through 12th grade English at a private school. I am really struggling to teach my ...
A: On my Classic Poetry web site, I offer an exercise in writing essays about poems. You might look at ...
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| two Wallace Stevens poems | 4/20/2004 |
Q: I am analyzing two poems by Wallace Stevens from Ideas of Order. One is "A Fading of the Sun" and ...
A: Here is a site with some links to Wallace Stevens info: ...
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| Poetry Search | 3/28/2004 |
Q: I am looking for a poen that was quoted on an episode of "Touched By An Angel." The episode was ...
A: Walt Whitman is credited with this quotation: "Oh, to be alive in such an age when miracles are ...
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| Kentucky 1833 | 3/24/2004 |
Q: I am beginning an essay on Rita Dove's "Kentucky 1833". While doing some initial research I found ...
A: In the poem, the slaves are enjoying a scheduled day of recreation; one could hardly call that ...
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| Grandchildren | 3/21/2004 |
Q: I am looking for a poem or poems regarding grandchildren?
A: The poems I found on the web regarding grandchildren are of the sappy, sentimental verse variety. ...
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| Real author, | 3/11/2004 |
Q: 2nd Question--Dear Linda,Can you suggest what copr.1923 No.248 by,The House of Art,N.Y.means? If ...
A: "copr.1923 No.248 by,The House of Art,N.Y." This means that the work was copyrighted in 1923 by The ...
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| Real author,"Thinking" | 3/11/2004 |
Q: I understand that the poem,"Thinking" is credited to a man named Walter D.Windle who published it ...
A: I read Ted Nesbitt's answer to this question, (http://experts.about.com/q/678/3083664.htm), and I ...
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| poetry interpretation | 3/10/2004 |
Q: My eighth grade daughter is studying poetry. Right now she is studying Joaquin Miller. Is there any ...
A: I maintain a web site called Classic Poetry at http://www.geocities.com/classicpoetry/ devoted to ...
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