Arquivo do mês: outubro 2010

Cultural context Analysis of the poem ‘When In Rome’   This poem was first published in 1970, the author, Mary Evans (born in Toledo, Ohio) is an African-American poet with a tendency to write black poems. She was a membership … Continuar lendo →

Shakespeare’s Sonnet XXX is a reflection on mourning of his lost friend and it is also called duty sonnet, because it sucks up to someone. William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres … Continuar lendo →

“The Tyger” was published by William Blake in Songs of Experience (1794). It is considered one of Blake’s best known and most analyzed poems and I intend to analyze the importance of Jesus’ reference. When I read this sentence “Did … Continuar lendo →

Published in Song of Experience (1794),  William Blake’s poem, “The Tyger” is a short poem which shows a huge difference in the relationship between creator and creation. My objetive here is to explain what the poem means. To begin with, … Continuar lendo →