— Anonymous Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most famous, influential and popular poets in American poetry in the 20th century. Her poems reflect the life of black people living in urban areas and express her thoughts on social and political issues such as racial discrimination and civil rights. At the same time, she used […]
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Li Po is a famous Chinese poet, who had written numerous romantic and emotional poems…
— Anonymous Li Po is a famous Chinese poet, who had written numerous romantic and emotional poems. I have read a few of his poems in elementary school, like “Quiet Night Thought”. “Drinking Alone in the Moonlight” is the longer version of the “Quiet Night Thought”. “Quiet Night Thought” is usually taught in the first […]
If one day someone asks me…
—Anonymous If one day someone asks me a question regarding New York City, I will defiantly point out to the poem “To New York” by Leopold Sedar Senghor. This great masterpiece is one of my favorite poems. I also considered it to be a “great work” because it introduces New York to the readers by […]
Love? Or Death? …
— Anonymous Love? Or Death? When I read the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson for the first time, I could not understand the text at all. The way she wrote the poem and describe the character are all different from other poems that I have read so far. She […]
To great works readers, …
— Anonymous To great works readers, if you like poetry then you’ve found the right class. If poetry is the bane of your existence, we’re on the same page. But worry not, this course focuses on better understanding of the bigger picture. You’ll learn about poetic Writers, rhetoric, symbols, and how all this connects to […]