A Valediction: forbidding Mourning “A Valediction. forbiddingMourning” is Donne’s most well-known, yet simple poem. This is his best-known expression of his ideal spiritual love. Donne, however, does not profess a devotion only to the physical. This poem is about a persona anticipating a physical separation from his lover. Donne invokes the nature and power of …

While selflessness is often considered a good trait, it can have unexpected results in your own life as well as the lives you share with others. The character of “The Thousand and One Nights” is portrayed in trivial roles. Shahrazad and ParuAmma in The Thousand and One Nights have a life that is selfless. Paru …

In the middle part of the nineteenth-century, it appeared that the American establishment had overcome the instabilities of its beginning stages. What had started as an inefficient and disorganized alliance of thirteen territories was able to cultivate a nationalistic pride at the great democracy that they have built. The destructions of the Revolutionary War of …

Andrew Marvell’s To his Coy Mistress (Christopher Marlowe) and “The Passionate Shepherd To his Love” (Andrew Marvell) are strong examples of sensual, Carpe Diem Renaissance poetry. The poets-speakers try to get their beloveds to act by using various compliments, rhythmic patterns and a hurryy tone. However, their tactics diverge here. Marlowe’s poet-speaker, who is a …

Writers and aesthetic critics of the 18th Century wrestled with numerous questions about beauty and nature. Mind and matter was one of the most frequently asked questions. This is how beauty can be attributed to the object or projected onto it by the viewer. Eliot seems to have answered this question by separating the potential …