Writers often find significance in their work that others might not see. One can explore the same account written in different forms of literature. Often, there will be similarities found in the comparison of both works. The significance of the mother's painting, "Lot's Wife," in Amy Bloom's "...

Lincoln's assassination in the spring of 1865 had a violent impact on the lives of the nations people, and was a deep and personal tragedy for American poet Walt Whitman. Whitman shared several beliefs with the former president including those of equality and freedom, and felt that with Lincoln...

Walt Whitman and Humanity Walt Whitman was a transcendentalist poet, who was the first American to use free write. He puts to use imagery and creates numerous ideas and thoughts. He wrote various poems including: "Song of Myself" and "When Lilacs in the Dooryard Bloom'd&q...

Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", is a poem full of symbols of death, isolation, and light. He shows the Lady moving from a spiritual death and isolation to an awakening that is highlighted by his use of light. Ultimately, Tennyson's poem urges its readers to confront life rather t...

Darker side of Robert Frost Robert Frost is often referred to as a poet of nature. Words and phrases such as fire and ice, flowers in bloom, apple orchards and rolling hills, are all important elements of Frost's work. Remove them and something more than symbols are taken away. These '...

"Thomas at the Wheel" Rita Dove wrote "Thomas at the Wheel" and it is from the collection of poetry called "Thomas and Beulah." This poetry tells the story of the lives of Thomas and Beulah. The first part of the story is from Thomas's point of view, "Ma...

Robert Frost is often referred to as a poet of nature. Words and phrases such as fire and ice, flowers in bloom, apple orchards and rolling hills, are all important elements of Frost's work. Remove them and something more than symbols are taken away. These 'benign' objects provide an alt...

Planet Earth: Fate of The Earth was a powerful, informative, and inspirational documentary. The narrator, Richard Kiley, progressed through many points about our precious earth including her beginnings, her slow deterioration by man as well as other factors, and theories as to her what...

Birth is a natural process of creating a new life. Birth symbolizes life, giving future hope to people. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character, Victor Frankenstein, creates a being with his own hands; he has created something magnificent and terrible at the same time. Upon ...

William Bryant's poetry often leads to thoughts on nature, the meaning of life, and death. Meditation on death is the Greek translation for 'Thanatopsis' which is one of his poems. The body of the poem speaks of everything that lives must die but also of how death is natural. Thi...