… by Sylvia Plath just months before she took her own life illustrates several facts of her life. On an obvious level, the poem represents Plath's struggle within her own life to overcome male domination and beocme an independent individual free…

… is a poem, which she had written for her eight children. The first two lines reveal that the speaker is leaving a book, which is unread, to her children to read when she dies. After the speaker has died, then this book she has left will contain…

… Painter On Seeing His Works" by Phyllis Wheatley, is one that contains angelic details and description. Upon seeing this young artist's work, Wheatley was so moved that she wrote this poem. She makes this clear in line five by saying, "How did those…

… much I love you, and I want to gouge out your eyeballs. A manic comparitive essay When the name Sylvia Plath is mentioned, the first thing that probably comes to mind is feminist literature, and when the name Mary Tyler Moore is mentioned,…

… this life, Happiness surrounds me, To share the joy a face created A mask that none will recognize. A spirit they all take for granted, Slowly drifting, separating, Situation stressful, want to end it all, Metal blade across the wrist, The only…

… of the West, not of the Indians primarily, and certainly not of the romantic West which the best-selling authors have exploited."(Page 154) This line comes from D'Arcy McNickle, the author of many short stories and poems based on understanding different…

… poets. He often put himself in the center of his poems, expressing very personal thoughts, emotions, and convictions. Such poetry, known as 'lyric,' became popular during Spenser's time where poems were more focused on the individual. In his…

… through all three of the poets work, I think that Sylvia Plath and Ethridge Knight are the two favorable poets. Both Ethridge knight and Sylvia Plath both maintain a considerably serious mood and some of Sylvia Plath work contains bitterness and hatred…

… hapits' by Phillip Larkin explores an indivduals capacity for self delusion. Larkin's persona changes his self delusion through out the poem which is divided into 3 stanzas. He delibreratly tries not to be himself and more like a charchter from one of…

… lost between their own traditional ethnicity and the modern world. The groups of minorities are commonly put in the mainstream contemporary society and are forced to assimilate to the major civilized cultural backgrounds. As an effect, communication…