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[Sunday Morning] This poem begins in a peaceful scene with a woman sitting in her nightgown admiring the beauty of the world. The world is full of color and life. The woman starts to question divinity and religion, “What is divinity if it can come// Only in silent shadows and in dreams?” (1969) The woman [...]

[The Descent] This poem drew my attention because it is the first poem in which Williams formats his words in a nontraditional way. Reading this new format takes a lot of concentration and creates a kind of art out of the words. Aside from the unique format, the poem seems to be about the process [...]

“Mending Wall” Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” begins with, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” (Line 1) this line is initially very puzzling and doesn’t seem particularly coherent. Frost goes on to describe certain “gaps” that are so wide “even two can pass abreast.” (Line 4). We see these same gaps mentioned again later, [...]

Passos begins this piece by formatting his words into clumps instead of spacing them normally. This interesting technique immediately drew my attention in. I had to really focus on each word and read them out loud to be able to piece the sentence together. This brought a deeper level of thought to the words that [...]

[i sing of Olaf glad and big] 1931 Cummings describes Olaf with “whose warmest heart recoiled at war:” (1863) The reader is almost immediately introduced to the fact that the subject of this poem will be about the objection to war. From the introduction written about E.E. Cummings we are introduced to the fact that [...]

In The Souls of Black Folk written by Du Bois he criticizes the position that Washington’s Up From Slavery put African Americans in. However, Washington’s Up From Slavery was a declaration of the strength of the African Americans who persevered in the face of great odds. Du Bois criticizes Washington because “His doctrine has tended [...]

Roman Fever is a complex story that leaves readers with an abundance of questions about both societal and individual morals. The story takes place in one room during an interaction between two old companions. Mrs. Slade is described as dark, vocal and very sure of herself, while Mrs. Ansley is much more quiet and reserved. [...]

In the beginning of this short story, written in 1899, the story is ruled by body language. We do not get a lot of dialogue to analyze. With this insight into Lydia's thoughts and observations, we see that Lydia and Gannett are two people very accustomed to reading each other. We also get to see [...]

As we enter into book four, we are quickly introduced to the fact that “My Ántonia” has turned into “poor Ántonia”. We see this gender conflict between Jim and Ántonia. Although Jim loves her, he has expectations that she act like a “normal” and “respectable” woman. Jim holds her to the standards of his society’s [...]