… It is set in a very gothic scene with eerie emotions encircling it. The Raven can basically be described as the embodiment of insanity and possibly the affect of society on a being. In this scenario, a hopeless mortal becomes trapped in the…

… books because it is considered "boring", and with today's technology, you don't have to read, something else will do it for you. People who don't read often judge a book by its cover. "It is not all books that are as dull as their readers." Thoreau…

… the Romans left in the fifth century. The poem Beowulf shapes and interprets material connected with the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Three elements that help develop the poem Beowulf are imagery, conflict, and characterization. <Tab/>The…

… Like White Elephants" uses a plethora of symbols to convey the idea that a young girl named Jig is a typical woman dealing with a woman's choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story, the reader is lead to that conclusion through…

… and "Little Boy Crying" are two similar poems which both mainly talk about a father to child relationship. The poems show the father's point of view as well as the child's, which are quite different, during an event in which the father tries to teach…

… Irony exists within the story itself and in the relationship between the Pardoner and the story. The ending of the story presents a good message despite the Pardoner's devious intentions to swindle money from the other pilgrims. By using irony…

… are about death. One is mostly about the characters dead wife ('My Last Duchess') and the other leans more towards burial and more than one death ('Tombs of Westminster Abbey'). Both poems are set in different time periods and have a different view…

… great anguish, unrequited love, and palpable poetic failure. Nevertheless and perhaps on account of this, he has since become possibly the most remarkable and resounding poet of the Romantic era. The history of Keats's life is often difficult to separate…

… a newly budding religion in England. Throughout the book there are obvious references to both Christian and Pagan rituals. The characters in the epic are newly found Christians who are trying to remain true to their new faith but are weak and hence,…

… love thee by Elizabeth Browning is a poem in which she describes and compares the love for her husband to many things. The poem is a sonnet, a 14 line poem with regular rhythm, rhyme and structure. The poem is delivered in one stanza, in which Browning…