Literature
Biography of Della Street, Perry Mason’s More Than Secretary
Della Street is probably the most famous, and the most indispensable to her employer, of any legal secretary in history. But who is she really? Let's find out!
6 Key Elements of Gothic Literature: Romance With Horror
哥特式小说是黑暗而引人入胜的。无论它们包含什么恐怖,您都必须继续阅读。定义这样的小说的关键要素是什么?
Analysis of Poem 'Immigrants in Our Own Land' by Jimmy Santiago Baca
'Immigrants in Our Own Land' focuses on identity and the hopes and dreams of chicanos (Americans of Mexican descent) and mestizos (mixed race Mexicans) who are 'living without a soul' in prison and society. Jimmy Santiago Baca based his poem on personal experience—an example of Pinto poetry.
Gerard Manley Hopkins’ "Pied Beauty"
杰拉德·曼利·霍普金斯(Gerard Manley Hopkins)的“柔和的美女”(Pied Beauty)是创新的十四行诗,致力于尊重和赞美神的创造者,以赋予他赋予他的孩子的众多礼物和各种礼物。各种各样的人提供了使神的戏剧在荣耀之路上继续前进的美丽。
Important Names in Baluchi Poetry
In taking Baluchi literature to the next level, a few individuals had to emerge. Here are some of the most notable names in this regional tradition.
Chinua Achebe的诗《难民营中的母亲》的分析
Chinua Achebe's 'A Mother in a Refugee Camp' focuses on the sad plight of a mother having to bury her son, carefully combing his hair before letting go of her loved one. Based on personal observations during the civil war between Biafra and Nigeria, the poem is a universal message to humanity.
诗《我想到你》(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)的诗歌分析(十四行诗29)
'I think of thee' is Sonnet 29 in 'Sonnets from the Portuguese', Barrett Browning's groundbreaking sonnets in Petrarchan form which follow her emotional changes in her relationship with Robert Browning. Metaphor and simile combine, as tree and vine, thoughts disappearing as the two become closer.
西蒙·阿米蒂奇(Simon Armitage)对诗的分析
Armitage's colloquial dramatic monologue highlights the death of a looter, shot by a soldier, the speaker still affected by the incident. 'Remains' takes the reader into the soldier's mind, repeating, altering, questioning the act. It explores PTSD, a stress-induced illness suffered by war veterans.
托马斯·哈迪(Thomas Hardy)对诗《他杀死的人》的分析
哈迪的“他被杀的人”是一首简短的押韵诗,重点是一个从战争中返回的普通人,他杀死了另一个,因为“他是我的敌人”。没有战争,他们可能是朋友。这种独白提出了对战争中杀戮行为的情感反应和道德影响的问题。
Analysis of Poem 'The Pulley' by George Herbert
George Herbert's metaphysical poem uses a conceit or extended metaphor, and synecdoche, to explore the relationship between God and humankind. We're drawn back to God eventually because of the burden of living, as one pulley rope lifts our weight. True spiritual rest, a jewel, God does not bestow.
100莎士比亚花语录
Shakespeare quotes about flowers appear throughout all his plays, poems, and sonnets. Some of the quotes here have a little twist of meaning. Some of them are funny. Quite a few offer philosophy along with the flowers.
Analysis of Poem "Ceasefire" by Michael Longley
Ceasefire利用荷马的Iliad来反思对北爱尔兰(1960年代-1998)的朗利(Longley)出生地的回应。赫克托被阿喀琉斯杀死,老普里亚姆必须从希腊营地中取回儿子的尸体。阿喀琉斯同意;两人在战争中丧生。主题是悲伤。
20个莎士比亚报价关于春天
These Shakespeare quotes about Spring range from simple to complex, from celebratory to cautionary. Each one is briefly explained in easy to understand language.
Book Review: "Fallen Academy: Year Two" by Leia Stone
This article will be a review of the book "Fallen Academy: Year Two" by Leia Stone. I loved the character growth of Brielle and the book overall, but I was frustrated with the cliffhanger that left me wanting more.
Analysis of Poem 'Dusting' by Rita Dove
Dusting is a poem of memory and emotional cleansing. A woman, Beulah, is dusting her furniture and in the process tries to recall the name of the boy who first kissed her. Through mixed metaphor and the language of nature, Dove adds depth to what is a personal snapshot of love and family issues.
10 Easy Indian Books for Beginners
Trying to start a reading habit and looking for good, easy books? This list of easy Indian books will help you create a reading habit and hobby.
Balagtasan:通过诗歌辩论的艺术
Balagtasan (/ba/-/lag/-/ta/-/san/) is an art of argumentative debate using verse-form poetry.
An Analysis of John Keats' Poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci"
关于约翰·济慈(John Keats)最著名的诗歌之一,“拉贝尔·戴姆·梅西(La Belle Dame Sans Merci)”的文章。分析对这首诗进行了批判性的看法,解释了为什么骑士留下来,以及他对爱的困境如何成为他的终结。
L'Histoire des Mondes Imaginaires评论
米歇尔·乌迪亚尼(Michel Udiany)的虚构世界历史是神话,小说和现实的巡回演出,但有时很难分开,这是哪个,而仅集中在狭窄的选择上。
Phillis Wheatley’s "On Virtue"
The speaker in Phillis Wheatley’s "On Virtue" is describing the characteristics of that quality, as she supplicates to the heavenly realms to enrich and enliven her creative ability to produce useful, genuine, and delightful poems.
仔细观察纳撒尼尔·霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne)的“年轻古德曼·布朗(Goodman Brown)”
A quick analysis of the famous short story "Young Goodman Brown". The essay briefly touches on Goodman's existential crisis while living in Puritan Salem and the oppression of women during this time.
Robert Burns: "Rabbie" The National Bard of Scotland
罗伯特·“拉比”·伯恩斯(Robert“ Rabbie” Burns)长期以来一直被认为是苏格兰的国家诗人(Bard)。从他的作品中,包括Tam O'Shanter和Old Lang Syne到他丰富多彩的爱情生活Robert Burns“ Plowman's Poet”是历史永远无法忘记的角色。
Different Voices: A Reading of ‘The Waste Land’ by T.S. Eliot
“April is the cruellest month...” Why wake us from our dreams? Eliot discusses a world that we know all too well.
Life Sketch of Langston Hughes
Hoyt W. Fuller, critic, editor, and founder of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), has pointed out that Langston Hughes possessed a "deceptive and profound simplicity." Fuller insists that understanding these qualities in Hughes is the key to understanding and appreciating his poetry.
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
A look at the ideas explored in Hemingway's classic novella.
Phillis Wheatley’s "A Hymn to the Evening"
The speaker in Phillis Wheatley’s "A Hymn to the Evening" offers her spiritually motivated song/prayer as a tribute to evening, the part of the day when nightly slumber is arriving in all its glory.
James Weldon Johnson’s "Noah Built the Ark"
这首叙事诗是关于诺亚和方舟的故事的诗意重述,是约翰逊在他的收藏《上帝的长号》中出现的诗歌中的七个讲道之一。在故事的某些时候,叙述者提供了自己的解释,修饰了这个故事并增加了兴趣。
Audre Lorde’s "Father Son and Holy Ghost"
Audre Lorde’s "Father Son and Holy Ghost" celebrates memories of a belovèd father, who has died and who served as a rôle model for moral behavior. The speaker’s devotion becomes palpable as she relives special features of her father and her reaction to them.
Edgar Lee Masters' "Adam Weirauch"
This epitaph engages a number of historical references as the speaker, as the fictional character, Adam Weirauch, reports on his life’s failures. Masters has often successfully engaged this strategy for creating his characters in his American classic, featuring the speaking dead.
丽塔鸽子’s "Rosa"
Former U. S. poet laureate, Rita Dove, offers a simple yet powerful tribute to one of America’s heroes, Rosa Parks, who through her act of defiance by simply continuing to occupy a bus seat, became known as the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement."
Barbara Kingsolver的诗歌“命名”分析
Barbara Kingsolver's 'Naming Myself' focuses on identity, race, rights and heritage, all tied up in the family name. The poem highlights an incident in her family's history where her grandfather left a privileged home to marry a Cherokee woman. He had to change his name, reinvent himself.
Phillis Wheatley’s "On Imagination"
Phillis Wheatley’s classically influenced poem, "On Imagination," explores the powerful force of human imagination. Wheatley demonstrates her remarkable talent for use of mythological allusion and the classical forms in which she was trained and in which she excelled.
Emily Dickinson's "He touched me, so I live to know"
Emily Dickinson's "He touched me, so I live to know" dramatizes an experience in mystical union with the Divine Reality. Likening her experience to being touched by a lover, she makes clear immediately that her Visitor was, in fact, the Creator of the Cosmos, not merely a human lover.
艾米丽·迪金森(Emily Dickinson)的“可以活着 - 确实活着”
艾米丽·迪金森(Emily Dickinson)的演讲者“可以活着 - 确实活着”,这是关于现在死亡的个人熟人核心敦促的内在动机。她坚持说,他确实活着,但是是什么驱使他? - 这个男人似乎保持了如此均匀的气质。
Analysis of Poem 'The Horses' by Edwin Muir
“马”是埃德温·缪尔末日后的诗where human and horse meet up again to begin life anew. The seven-day war is over, machines defunct, there is work to be done and the horses, symbols of spirit, have come to ignite fresh hope. Free verse narrative, simple language, profound story.
S.奥马尔·巴克(S. Omar Barker)的“牛仔的圣诞节祈祷”
S. Omar Barker’s Christmas poem, "A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer," features a humble cowpoke, who is not accustomed to praying but is offering his heart-felt supplication at Christmas time. As he prays, he reveals the qualities and issues of his life that are most important to him.
巴克·拉姆西's "Christmas Waltz"
巴克·拉姆西's "Christmas Waltz" dramatizes a holiday celebration on the ranch. The participants all join in a joyful preparation for their celebration as they keep their faith central and focused.
威廉·卡洛斯·威廉姆斯(William Carlos Williams
Short lines in short stanzas reflect the fall of the son who went too far. Williams based his poem on a 16th century painting by Brueghel which depicts the mythological Icarus drowning in the sea whilst sailors, a shepherd, fisherman and farmer carry on life as normal. An example of ecphrasis.
大卫·阿尔特豪斯(David Althouse)’s "How Pecos Bill Saved Christmas"
The legendary hero, Pecos Bill, gargling with nitroglycerin and chewing on habanero peppers, saved Christmas one year. Accompanied by his horse, Widow Maker, Pecos Bill performs his extreme acts throughout cowboy folklore.
Badger Clark's "The Christmas Trail"
獾克拉克的“圣诞之路”已经成为一个classic in cowboy poetry, dramatizing the cow poke's exploits through each season, while enjoying his journey home for Christmas.
E. A. Brininstool's "Christmas Week in Sagebrush"
"Christmas Week in Sagebrush" dramatizes the activities offered in the little town of Sagebrush as the cow pokes, their families, and friends do some shopping and spending.
Analysis of Poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning
Porphyria's Lover is a chilling dramatic monologue detailing the murder of a lover by a heartbroken and unstable partner. Browning's skilfully paced rhyming narrative brings sexual tension and takes the reader into the mind of the murderer who waits for the perfect moment before committing the act.
大卫·阿尔特豪斯(David Althouse)’s "Cowboy Christmas Carol"
A "hard-bitten ol' cowpoke" experiences a mystical experience that changes his heart in the Christmas ballad. He will carry his new change of heart into his daily cow poking life as he honors "the Great Trail Boss in the Sky."
Analysis of Poem 'They shut me up in Prose' (F445A) by Emily Dickinson
“他们在散文中闭嘴”是艾米丽·狄金森(Emily Dickinson)的另一首诗歌之一,在三个短节中,她概述了为什么把她放在壁橱里是徒劳的,好像她是小女孩。像鸟一样,她活泼的大脑将继续创作诗歌。没有散文,对这个天才没有屈服。
Emily Dickinson's "A Day! Help! Help! Another Day!"
The speaker in Emily Dickinson’s "A Day! Help! Help! Another Day!" dramatizes the intensity with which an individual may view the simple act of the opening of a day. She concludes by revealing the superior power of the soul in overcoming all adversity.
Paramahansa Yogananda的“消失泡沫”
Metaphorically, the entities of creation may be compared to bubbles, mysteriously coming into being, moving about for a time, and then leaving. The speaker in "Vanishing Bubbles" dramatizes the coming/going phenomenon which causes the human heart/mind grief. He then offers the remedy for the grief.
布拉姆·斯托克(Bram Stoker)的英国灵感德古拉(Dracula)的灵感,这是一部关于特兰西瓦尼亚吸血鬼
This article traces the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s character and plot creation for his Gothic story of Dracula, taking the reader on a visit to Whitby and Cruden Bay, two of Stoker's favoured holiday locations, on the North-East coast of the UK.
Analysis of Poem "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in" by E.E. Cummings
Full analysis and summary of i carry your heart with me (i carry it in, a love sonnet from e.e.cummings. The theme is traditional, love and affection, but the syntax, grammar and form is typical cummings: unorthodox, playful and off the beaten track. Experimental layout carries spontaneous feelings
"Five Children and It" by Edith Nesbit: Magic and a Psammead
Edith Nesbit wrote some enjoyable books. The Psammead that she created is a strange character that grants the wishes of children, often with unexpected results.