E. E. Cummings was known for his experimentation with form, punctuation, spelling and syntax, abandoning traditional techniques and structures to create a new, highly distinctive means of poetic expression that was all his own. In the poem "Spring is like a perhaps hand", the use of irregu...

E. E. Cummings A New System of Writing Poetry E. E. Cummings created a new system of writing poetry. It is difficult to analyze his style, for he consistently looked for ways to change the meaning of his expression and was known to break the defined rules of grammar. Cummings not only sha...

Elizabeth Bishop and Her Poem "Filling Station" Elizabeth Bishop's skill as a poet can be clearly seen in the thought- provoking poem entitled Filling Station. She paints the different language levels of poetry with the skill of an artist-- she seems to have an eye for detail as she contrasts the da...

The Pessimist Benjamin Franklin King, Jr. (1857-1894) was an American poet and humorist. His poem The Pessimist is full of verses that illustrate how a pessimist would view life; the irony is that through King's comic wit and play on words, he is also allowing for the optimist to read th...

Six commonly used cliches 2 The term cliche is defined as an overused expression or idea. In our society cliches have become common expressions we take for granted everyday. Never knowing the meaning of the expression, its origin, or its use, past or present. In this paper,...

Ben Collins English Mr. Bruce Passed On The first point about the poem is the title, Passed On. This has a few different meanings the first of which is to do with the death of the mother of the poet, Carole Satymurti. This ties in with the main theme of the poem. The second meaning of...

William Blake "Man, born free, is everywhere in chains." (Pg. 328) This was the basis for William Blake's poetry. Blake may have written dreams of sunny days, angels, "wise guardians," "songs of pleasant glee," little ones leaping, shouting, and laughing, but to Blake these were all "Songs of ...