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This essay compares and contrasts Pablo Neruda’s sonnet ‘I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You’ with Edmund Spenser’s ‘My Love is Like to Ice’.

“When one thinks of Emily Dickinson, one thinks of just the two or three poems that are published in anthologies, but she deserves more recognition,” argues the author. “She is perhaps, next to Walt Whitman, the quintessential American poet… more

A detailed analysis of one of Thomas’s most well-known poems.

Alan Moore, the idiosyncratic, controversial and often shocking writer of such works as Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and V for Vendetta, remains a benchmark for readers of comics and graphic novels. This collection inves… more

A 1500 word critical analysis of Wilfred Owen’s most famous poem.

En El eclipse del Sueño de Sor Juana Américo Larralde estudia los referentes astronómicos que se encuentran en el Primero Sueño de Sor Juana partiendo de la hipótesis en la cual señala que la monja jerónima se inspiró para su poema en la ob… more

Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. In 1950 Larkin moved to Belfast, and thence to H… more

An analysis of the modern poem about the effects of warfare on relationships.

An analysis of this well-loved Betjeman poem about his relationship with his father.

A study of Seamus Heaney’s early work and a contrast with his recent ‘Human Chain.’

“For decades, scholars have been making the connection between thedesign of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Moving beyond simple comparisons and common explanations, this volumedetails how the workings of the … more

Over the course of more than four decades, contemporary American poet Jean Valentine has written eleven books of stunning, spirit-inflected poetry. This collection of essays, assembled over several years by Kazim Ali and John Hoppenthaler, … more

A close analysis of this famous poem by Simon Armitage.

In a probing philosophical exploration of the act of literary creation, Sartre asks: “What is writing?,” “Why write?,” and “For whom does one write?” After discussing existentialism as it pertains to art, human emotions, and psychology, Fre… more

Much has been written about the tragic life of Sylvia Plath; less about her poetry. This popular book is an introduction to the work of perhaps last century’s greatest woman poet. Elaine Connell also examines some of the continual questions… more

Il vero titolo di questa raccolta avrebbe dovuto essere il suo sottotitolo, ovvero “scritti occasionali”. La virtù di uno scrittooccasionale è data dal fatto che di solito l’autore non pensava affatto di doversi occupare di un certo argomen… more

A detailed analysis of this modern British poem.

A 1300 word essay on E E Cummings which is based around three poems: ‘I sing of olaf glad and big’, ‘Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town’ and ‘I Carry Your Heart’. Cummings’ place in the modernist tradition is also considered.

These essays, written over a thirty year period, bring together the strands of a career as a poet, writer, and teacher. Individually, they look closely at subjects as varied as metaphysical poetry, writing workshops, poetry online, and the … more

A detailed analysis of this famous modern English poem.