Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. After studying at the Amherst Academy in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, before returning to her family home in Amherst. Continue reading Brief Analysis of “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers”
The first poem I ever committed to memory was Robert Frost’s, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. I first encountered it as a sophomore in high school almost 50 years ago, Continue reading Robert Frost: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
W. H. Auden (1907 – 1973) was an Anglo-American poet, best known for poems such as Continue reading Analysis of W. D. Auden’s, “The Labyrinth”
The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and You—beside— Continue reading Emily Dickinson: The Brain is wider than the Sky
“Hang in There” (An Original Poem)
Like a boxer staggering on the ropes
don’t condemn yourself for being hit, Continue reading A Poem for the Depressed