Literature
The Happy Prince and Federigo's Falcon In this article, I will be comparing and contrasting The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde) and Federigo's Falcon (Giovanni Boccaccio). I will find some differences (contrasting) and some similarities (comparing) in these two short stories. Similarities: * The theme of poor people
Poems
Faces is a poem which is about what Sara Teasdale is seeing in the faces of people while walking through the city; She sees many people's faces that she does not recognize. The author says to herself that she will never remember them again and that she could
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The Star is a poem written by the American author Sara Teasdale. This poem is about a star shining its light into a puddle because the sea is not calm enough for the star's reflection to shine back at it. The star in this poem "loves"
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By Elizabeth Jennings (1926 – 2001) The Enemies is a poem about how an army invaded a town without any violence. After they took over everyone was suspicious of each other and are less friendly than before. The mysterious men who invaded the city did not take it by force but
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By George MacDonald (1824 – 1905) Blind Bartimaeus is a poem about a blind man in the Bible who is healed by Jesus Who is on His way to Jericho. Bartimaeus and his friend who is also blind shout to Jesus "Have mercy, Son of David." Jesus then stops
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By Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910) The Wolves is a poem about how a few people who live in a small Russian town shoot some wolves that had sneaked in near the local ale house. The author tells us that he is scared and that he seeks the help of his
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By Alexander Pushkin (1799 – 1837) This poem is describing a winter day in a Russian forest. He describes the snow in the great expanse of Russia as a carpet, and he also says that the trees glow green through the frost that covers their dark bark. The author also says
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By Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892) This poem talks about how the sea monster named the Kraken is sleeping in the depths of the sea, and the sunlight "runs," away from him. The author uses personification in this stanza when he writes: "The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights
Reading
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) Christmas Bells is a poem about a Christmas in the American Civil War period when people who did not go to war could not enjoy this celebration at the thought of the constant peril in which their relatives/friends were in as they fought
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The Tiger is a poem written by William Blake. It is about a tiger and how God created all living creatures including the lamb which the tiger eats. I think that the poet calls the tiger's body fearful because it strikes fear into the hearts of all who
Literature
Some of Robert Frost's poems are The Pasture, Going for Water, Fire, and Ice, Good-by and make sure to Keep Cold, The Runaway, The Road Not Taken, A Patch of Old Snow, The Telephone, Hyla Brook, The Oven Bird, Birches, The Cow in Apple Time, A Girl’s
Literature
Some of Carl Sandburg's poems are: Under a Telephone Pole, Fog, Flux, Monotone, Back Yard, Child Moon, Baby Face, Goldwing Moth, Prayers of Steel, Improved Farmland, Primer Lesson, Baby Toes, Basket, Five Cent Balloons, Good Night, Harvest Sunset, Languages, Manual System, People Who Must, Potomac Town in February,