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Autumn: An Epitaph Autumn comes no more to this country But we’ve memories of the season, Red cotton-candies inside glass boxes, and Children running after the candy man’s bell We invested our life’s savings. Our neighborhood birds woke up somewhat late Trying to adjust with the teasing chill, We’d grownContinue Reading

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Let whatever is gone be bygone If it is deeply personal Shut up your sorrow in the deep recesses of your psyche And shine your teeth or gums on You’re a modern man, a nobody, Your losses don’t matter to none Except the one that is yourself So, let bygonesContinue Reading

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The Rape of the Lock (1712; revised 1714) is a mock-epic poem by Alexander Pope, widely considered one of the finest examples of satire in English literature. Written in heroic couplets, the poem humorously exaggerates a trivial social incident—a young nobleman’s theft of a lock of hair from a high-societyContinue Reading

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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was one of the most influential English poets of the 18th century, known for his satirical verse, mastery of the heroic couplet, and sharp wit. Born in London to a Roman Catholic family, Pope faced religious discrimination that limited his access to formal education. Nevertheless, he wasContinue Reading

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic, widely regarded as a master of macabre and gothic literature. Born in Boston, Poe was orphaned at a young age and raised by John and Frances Allan of Richmond, Virginia. Though he had a turbulent relationship withContinue Reading

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The personified mirror is “silver” (in appearance) and “exact” (it reflects the image accurately). By itself the mirror does what it is supposed to do, it mirrors. Not being opinionated, it is unbiased, reflecting the image exactly as it is. Traditionally the poem has been considered to deal with theContinue Reading

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“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

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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