—Anonymous Emily Dickinson’s “My Life had Stood – a Loaded Gun” (764) is a poem that impacted the way I view myself and a poem that changed how I want myself to be. Dickinson uses the analogy of a gun to demonstrate the importance of being able to control your emotions and the dangers of […]
Victorian and the 19th Century (1840–1914CE)
There is one I constantly find myself coming back to…
— Brian Mangal Through all the pieces of literature that I have covered so far, there is one I constantly find myself coming back to: Charles Baudelaire’s “Be Drunk.” I’ve re-read it countless times and I still never get tired of it. The reason why I am so fond of it is because I feel […]
In my catholic high school, my English teacher praised Walt Whitman…
— Anonymous In my catholic high school, my English teacher praised Walt Whitman yet never once mentioned anything regarding his sexuality. I was surprised to find out how openly gay he was, and how I had never known. Finding out Whitman’s sexuality only enhanced his poetry to me and added a more personal level. Looking […]
What keeps you from feeling “the burden of time”?
— Anonymous One of the readings thus far, that I found to be the most meaningful and interesting to read and decipher was the collection of Charles Baudelaire’s poems. While he has a collection of poems, the overall underlying theme is his poems is similar. The two that I found particularly meaningful were “Be Drunk” […]
A terrible moment in history through a woman’s perspective
— Anonymous I believe that “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” should be considered a work of great literature because of its ability to view a terrible moment in history (slavery) through a woman’s perspective. Whenever I read something about slavery its usually about the general population or about a man’s escape from […]
