“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I swallow immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.I am not cruel, only truthful‚The eye of a little god, four-cornered.Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.It is pink, with speckles.Continue Reading
Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a highly controversial and widely anthologized modern poem, published posthumously in 1965 in the collection named Ariel. Plath is considered one of the prominent figures of the confessional school of poetry and “Daddy” is a prominent specimen of that poetic genre. Here Plath directly unmasks very personalContinue Reading
Ariel By Sylvia Plath Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue Pour of tor and distances. God’s lioness, How one we grow, Pivot of heels and knees!—The furrow Splits and passes, sister to The brown arc Of the neck I cannot catch, Nigger-eye Berries cast dark Hooks— Black sweet blood mouthfuls, Continue Reading
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) was a prominent American poet, novelist, and short story writer, best known for her intense, emotionally charged works that explore themes of identity, mental illness, and death. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath demonstrated literary talent from a young age and published her first poem at the ageContinue Reading
What is the Second Coming in Christianity? In Christianity, the Second Coming refers to the anticipated return of Jesus Christ to Earth at the end of time. According to Christian belief, Christ will return in glory to judge the living and the dead, establish God’s eternal kingdom, and bring finalContinue Reading
1. Turning and turning in the widening gyre→ Things are spinning out of control in a widening spiral. 2. The falcon cannot hear the falconer;→ The bird of prey (falcon) has gone so far from its master that it can no longer hear commands — a symbol of chaos andContinue Reading
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was one of the greatest poets of the 20th century and a central figure in both Irish and modernist literature. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Yeats was deeply influenced by Irish mythology, folklore, and the political struggles of his country. He co-founded the Abbey Theatre and playedContinue Reading
The plot structure of George Orwell’s Animal Farm is fairly simple and straightforward. The first few chapters are concerned with the rising action: the animals’ rebel and seizure of the farm, Snowball and Napoleon’s quarrel for leadership, expulsion of Snowball, and Napoleon becoming the dictatorial leader. The climax is reachedContinue Reading
The Seven Commandments – written on the barn wall – are the basic principles of animalism and described originally as “unalterable laws” by which the animals were to live. They were meant to keep the animals equal and to ensure that all animals were true to their own nature. OverContinue Reading
Old Major is a character in the book Animal Farm. He was an award winning elderly and well-respected Middle White boar. He was twelve years of age, and had 400 piglets. He had given inspiration to the other pigs about the fair rules on the farm once the farmers wereContinue Reading
