1.) Read the passage on the bottom of 2741 and the top of 2744. Both refer to the poor treatment received by Lisu and Liuyuan from their families because of money and financial burdens. Although Liuyuan and Lisu experience grief … Continue reading
“Women are the only oppressed group in our society that live in an intimate association with their oppressors.” This quote from American journalist Evelyn Cunningham accurately conveys the despotic living conditions women were forced to endure during the 19th century. … Continue reading
Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself,” evokes an extremely personal and intimate view of the speaker. Whitman spends almost the entirety of the poem developing and characterizing his personality. He describes and characterizes his persona through the beauty of poetic language. … Continue reading
I had to read Keate’s poem “Ode to a Nightingale,” a few times before I started to grasp the symbolic meaning portrayed by the nightingale. Originally I thought the speaker felt a sense of animosity and hostility toward the nightingale … Continue reading