… are those bright and shiny things up there. Stars: a natural luminious body visible in the sky especially at night. A self-luminious gaseous celestial body ofgreat mass which produces energy by means of nuclear fusion reactions, whose shape is usually…

… slowly lose all of my mind. All the pressures of the earth, rebegin at every birth. Redefining all of our thoughts, broken down by gun-like shots. Another blow to my head, one more time I’ll surely be dead. Where do you go to find the key…

… share stories or poems of loved one at their funeral. This helps to ease their pain and can also express accomplishments of the deceased. When W.B. Yeats passed away, one of his contemporaries, W.H. Auden, wrote a poem in memory of him. Auden’s poem…

… shot i dont die i just cringe at the pain do i get up? yes, sure. I have to. because i have you to look forward to i look at you with longing i look at you with pride but like everything else, you are oblivious to my cry. coz you have…

… sonnet by William Shakespeare can be regarded as a quite regular representation of what is called a "Shakespearean sonnet". Not only that it is written by him, but as one will see the structure and the theme are really close to what can be…

… by Wilfred Owen, ( ) conveys a strong meaning and persuasive argument. The anti-war theme and serious tone is extremely effective at portraying war as horrid and devastating. Upon my initial reading of this poem I felt overpowered by blood, guts and…

… “silver and exact.” This can be interpreted many ways. Obviously it is describing what it looks like, but it is saying more than that. The color silver is reflective, and a mirror of course reflects what it sees. Exact, in this case could mean square,…

… weak and weary. Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven, This poem is mainly about his wife dying and her being sick and his depression and anger. Nameless here forevermore, Only this and nothing more, Darkness there and nothing more, Tis the wind and…

… probably written late in Donne's life, definitely following his conversion to the Anglican faith. Donne seems to be dying of some incurable illness that the doctors do not know how to cure. He begins by saying that he is coming a holy room, possibly…

… Poe’s life as being an illness, which has finally come to an end. For example, on lines 29 & 30 Poe writes, “With a fever called “Living” That burned in my brain”. It’s odd how Poe reverses the ways of death and life. He feels that life is an illness…