The Trees Are Down By Charlotte Mew —and he cried with a loud voice: Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees— (Revelation) They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of the gardens. For days…
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Courage
Courage By Anne Sexton It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk. The first spanking when your heart went…
The Definition of Love
The Definition of Love By Andrew Marvell My Love is of a birth as rare As ’tis for object strange and high: It was begotten by despair Upon Impossibility. Magnanimous Despair alone Could show me so divine a thing, Where…
Be Nobody’s Darling
Be Nobody’s Darling By Alice Walker Be nobody’s darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb To madness With ample cheer;…
Psalm 23:4
Verse Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. – Psalm 23:4 Meaning of Psalm 23:4 Psalm 23…
Hebrews 11:1
Verse Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1 Meaning of Hebrews 11:1 The verse Hebrew 11:1 is one of the most quoted verses in the churches. The meaning of…
Luke 1:37
Verse For with God nothing shall be impossible. – Luke 1:37 Meaning of Luke 1:37 The verse Luke 1:37, ‘For with God nothing shall be impossible’, is self-explanatory and easy to grasp. It means that God is the supreme power…
15 Best Biblical Allusions
Allusion is one of the most valuable and functional devices in literature. Allusions are used to develop character and put forth the comparison so that reader can easily understand the depth of the story. Allusions are the best tool to…
Blizzard
Blizzard By William Carlos Williams Snow: years of anger following hours that float idly down — the blizzard drifts its weight deeper and deeper for three days or sixty years, eh? Then the sun! a clutter of yellow and blue…
The Wildflower’s Song
The Wildflower’s Song By William Blake As I wander’d the forest, The green leaves among, I heard a wild flower Singing a song. I slept in the Earth In the silent night, I murmur’d my fears And I felt delight.…
The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd
The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd By Sir Walter Raleigh If all the world and love were young, And truth in every Shepherd’s tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move, To live with thee, and be thy love. Time drives…
Sonnet 133
Sonnet 133: Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan By William Shakespeare Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan For that deep wound it gives my friend and me: Is’t not enough to torture me alone,…
Poetry of Departures
Poetry of Departures By Philip Larkin Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand, As epitaph: He chucked up everything And just cleared off, And always the voice will sound Certain you approve This audacious, purifying, Elemental move. And they are right, I think.…
Oread
Oread By Hilda Doolittle Whirl up, sea— whirl your pointed pines, splash your great pines on our rocks, hurl your green over us, cover us with your pools of fir. Summary of Oread Popularity of “Oread”: This short and precise…
I Dreaded That First Robin
I Dreaded That First Robin By Emily Dickinson I dreaded that first Robin, so, But He is mastered, now, I’m accustomed to Him grown, He hurts a little, though — I thought If I could only live Till that first…
Icarus
Icarus By Edward Field Only the feathers floating around the hat Showed that anything more spectacular had occurred Than the usual drowning. The police preferred to ignore The confusing aspects of the case, And the witnesses ran off to a…
I Being Born A Woman And Distressed
I Being Born A Woman And Distressed By Edna St Vincent Millay I, being born a woman and distressed By all the needs and notions of my kind, Am urged by your propinquity to find Your person fair, and feel…
Eldorado
Eldorado By Edgar Allan Poe Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow Fell…
Cardinal Symbolism
Symbolism of Cardinal in Literature Cardinal, as symbolism in literature, are distinctly known for their bright red beak and vibrant color. Cardinal birds are also considered emotionally uplifting birds and divine messengers in Catholicism. Cardinals are also used in literature…
Proverbs 18:21
Verse Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.- Proverbs 18:21 Meaning of Proverbs 18:21 The verse ‘Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that…