Monthly Archives: October 2010

     Bob Dylan’s ballad “Boots of Spanish Leather” is comprised of nine stanzas and the first six represent a conversation between a poet and her lover.  The lover begins the poem by announcing a trip and offers to bring something back to … Continue reading →

     “The Snow-Storm” by Ralph Waldo Emerson is written in blank verse, but does not strictly follow the typical blank verse meter of iambic pentameter.  Some lines such as “Come see the north wind’s masonry” contain four feet (10).       … Continue reading →

     Emily Dickinson’s poems are remarkable because she manages to say so much in so few lines.  Poem 339 is no exception.  This poem in particular is comprised of eight lines broken up into two stanzas of four.  These lines … Continue reading →

You push and pull with no respect to me Selfishly claiming whatever you want How could you never notice the pain caused To those you always chose not to see?  And How mindlessly you plow through your life. You leave … Continue reading →

     Anne Bradstreet’s poem, “The Author to Her Book,” expresses an abstract idea; the poet addressing one of her works.  The way she addresses her book is not quite an apostrophe because she does not really address the book as … Continue reading →

Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool” though short, sends a clear message about the subjects of the poem.  The poem is composed of four stanzas with two lines in each stanza.  Each sentence is composed of three short words and … Continue reading →