My last post discussed the death of Philip Appleman. Here are a few of his short poems. (I love how they rhyme.) Continue reading Poems of Philip Appleman
Category Archives: Poetry – American
Brief Analysis of “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers”
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”
Robert Frost: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
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
Analysis of W. D. Auden’s, “The Labyrinth”
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”
Emily Dickinson: The Brain is wider than the Sky
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