“Sonnet Against Nuclear Weapons” Analysis
The title of Jane Miller’s poem “Sonnet Against Nuclear Weapons” gives the reader a clear impression as to what the content of the piece will address: the reader anticipates a polemic against th...
An Interpretation of “Days” by Billy Collins
Billy Collins, “the poet laureate of the United States, who lives in an antique farmhouse in Somers” (Foderaro, 2003) has been dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by the New York Times (...
Indian Boarding School: The Runaways
Louise Erdrich’s Indian Boarding School: The Runaways is a poem that describes certain aspects of freedom and a wish to escape, as experienced by young girls attempting to leave a boarding school. N...
Richard Calmit Adams’s Poem “A Delaware Indian Legend”
Richard Calmit Adams was a historian and poet from Delaware who researched the topic of Indian life. It is believed that he also worked in the court in Washington D.C. but devoted a huge part of his l...
In Henry Miller’s play The Crucible, the small Massachusetts community of Salem falls into ruin as it hunts and kills suspected witches. The spark that lit the fire and set the villagers against one...
Speculating upon Sexton’s poem Words, it should be viewed as evoking a multitude of responses in readers; an American poet here puts a lot of effort into narrowing her attention on to a single focus...