An evaluation of a literary poem is advised.

How would I undertake an evaluation of a literary poem, analysing in particular its theme, mood, tone, form and style using an example? Example poem is "Four of the Belt" Jenkins, all too clearly it is time For some ritual physical humiliation And if you cry, boy, you will prove What I suspect, you are not a man. As they say, Jenkins, this hurts me More than it hurts you. But I show you I am a man; by doing this to you. When you are a man, Jenkins, you may hear That physical humiliation and ritual Are concerned with strange adult matters - like rape, or masochistic fantasies. You will not accept such stories. Rather, you will recall with pride, Perhaps even affecti... click for more

Thematic and formal connections and differences between two of Frost's works

I am writing a 1,200 word essay discussing the thematic and formal connections and differences between "The Road not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods One Snowy Evening". I understand some thematic connections (seasons, pastoral images, woods, what the narrator sees and what the narrator feels, traditional poetic form with the naturalness of common speech, darker "underlying world" in the poems, how the narrator is alone and burdened with choice, rseistence to time and change...) can you help me name any more, perhaps more important themes I may have overlooked? I am having a bit of an issue with the differences of the two poems. Again, I understand a bit (one is in fall (yellow wood) and... click for more

A glossary of common poetic terms.

A list of definitions of terms useful for writing or discussing poetry. Includes alliteration, assonance, end-stopped, enjambment, foot, free verse, metaphor, meter, nonce form, prose poem, rhyme, scansion, sestina, simile, sonnet, stanza, stress, tone, villanelle, and more.

Desert Places" by Robert Frost is examined.

What is the meaning that Frost is trying to convey in the poem? What is the purpose of the line," but a few weeds and stubble showing last?" What connotation does benighted have in this poem? What does is the meaning of the final stanza and how does Frost achieve it?

Dylan Thomas

Identify the point of view of Dylan Thomas' "The Hunchback in the Park". What do the details of the poem tell us about the speaker? Should be a somewhat brief essay. Dylan Thomas - The Hunchback In The Park The hunchback in the park A solitary mister Propped between trees and water From the opening of the garden lock That lets the trees and water enter Until the Sunday sombre bell at dark Eating bread from a newspaper Drinking water from the chained cup That the children filled with gravel In the fountain basin where I sailed my ship Slept at night in a dog kennel But nobody chained him up. Like the park birds he came early Like the water he sat down ... click for more