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Teaching the Ape to Write Poems by James Tate They didn’t have much trouble teaching the ape to write poems: first they strapped him into the chair, then tied the pencil around his hand (the pap… more →
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Emily Dickinson – A poem analysis
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wrote 1 month ago: There are many different styles of poetry, and many different ways to enjoy and analyze them. The po … more →
the boy that lived or judaism
wrote 1 month ago: people around the world tell the story of a special boy, beaten by all, but defeated by none. the bo … more →
rage poems
wrote 2 months ago: To Morko, Aveled, Aichi, Melda, Darbar, Meishe, Aiel And All Other Accomplices In Pottery thi … more →
"The Strand at Lough Beg" by Seamus Heaney: Analysis "you and yours and yours and mine fought shy"
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wrote 2 months ago: I am going to try and produce a commentary produced on the text alone. I have Neil Cor … more →
breathtaking
wrote 2 months ago: everybeauty has at its breath a stunning of some heartsleeving lung’s air only to be a live an … more →
traversing through the arctic cold yielded nothing
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wrote 2 months ago: welcome me, oh reader into this small soul, and offer me equivalents of water offer me life; and whe … more →
Answering Your Questions...Or At Least Trying To
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been fielding questions about writing from my current and former students via email latel … more →
"Exposure" by Seamus Heaney: Analysis "the diamond absolutes" - LIGHT
wrote 3 months ago: There are a number of ways this can be read. I will look at the poem’s references to LIGHT in … more →
“Funeral Rites” by Seamus Heaney: Analysis “I would restore/the great chambers of Boyne”
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wrote 3 months ago: The poem is in three sections. In the first he talks about his own experience of funerals. He then t … more →
On Poetry Analysis
wrote 4 months ago: “There are scientific situations where the individual, subjective experience is an integral pa … more →
ELEGY TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNG
wrote 4 months ago: Today I want to talk again about a poem by one of my favorite writers, Alfred Edward Housman. He wa … more →
"Heaven is What I Cannot Reach"
wrote 4 months ago: Title and Poet: “Heaven is What I Cannot Reach” by Emily Dickinson Literal Meaning: This … more →
LOCALIZING POETRY: THE WESTRON WYNDE
wrote 4 months ago: There is a short poem that goes back at least to the very early 16th century — the early 1500s … more →
"The Tollund Man" by Seamus Heaney: Analysis "lost, unhappy and at home"
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wrote 4 months ago: I The first three stanzaz show Heaney planning to fulfil a dream/ambition. He begins with the vague … more →
"Broagh" by Seamus Heaney: Analysis " that last gh the strangers found difficult to manage"
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wrote 4 months ago: The first word, “Riverback” is not an English word. Whether or not it is a word known in … more →
"Anahorish" by Seamus Heaney: Analysis "soft gradient of consonant, vowel meadow"
wrote 4 months ago: Anahorish was, I believe, where Seamus Heaney attended Primary school – and this poem is a ref … more →
Journal for Poetry Challenge #7
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wrote 4 months ago: Journal for Poetry Challenge #7 DAY 1: Jan, 1, 2012 Her Kind by Anne Sexton Poems sometimes are crea … more →
Journal For Poetry Challenge #8
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wrote 4 months ago: Journal for Poetry Challenge #8 WEEK 1: Jan, 1, 2012 Ladder by Ethel Mortenson Davis The persona of … more →
Archaeology. Poetry.
wrote 4 months ago: I’ve always liked archaeology. I like the fact that you can dig and dig for different pieces of an o … more →
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