Category: Literature

In the minds of many people, poetry is a form of literature that follows strict rules of rhyme and rhythm. However, poetry can be expressive and unique without adhering to the standards of the old language. The poem “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker is a good example of stepping away from the traditional poetry writing…

The legend of the Mayan twin gods is a metaphor for the creative process and illustrates how everything came to be as a result of the heroic actions of the Mayan community. In addition, the narrative of Sundiata is essential to Africans for several reasons, the most important being that it demonstrates the significance of…

Twentieth century saw the drastic reshaping of the landscape of art. The United States of America can be argued to be the land where this process began, as the most important prose writters, such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and also most important poets, such as T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, were born…

“We are living in a material world”, says the famous line from Madonna’s song “Material Girl”. Materialistic pursuits as the basis of the western way of living and the American Dream seem to be discussed everywhere throughout the whole course of art and culture. In this vein, the theme of pursuing the American Dream and…

In the poem, which existed mainly in the oral tradition and then written by Arab scholars, attention is paid to several features of the traditions and history of both Mali and all of West Africa. Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali tells the story of Sunjata Keita, who “led Mande resistance and created the kingdom…

Le Thi Diem Thuy’s book “The Gangster We Are Looking for” is about the difficult fate of refugees in America. There is a certain difference between immigrants who have decided themselves to leave their country and refugees who have had to do it involuntarily. When people are tearing off their homeland it causes psychological or…

Literary themes offer more profound insight into stories by placing the experiences the characters undergo in a familiar cultural or social context. They leave a lasting impact on the reader’s mind and are helpful for writers to communicate complex subject matters. Racial prejudice, morality, and the importance of the law are common themes in To…

The poem “The Sunlight on the Garden” by Louis Macneice has four stanzas. Every stanza possesses six lines that rhyme abcbba. The fifth line illustrates two beats. All the other lines are represented as loose three-beat (Kennedy 109). The poem starts with a basic and common statement concerning the inability of maintaining any moment. The…

Humans, though intellectually well endowed, find themselves grappling when they confront the question, “What real love is?” Unfortunately, with all the superpowers and abilities they purportedly possess, these species are yet to define love realistically. However, when it comes to the matter of communicating ideas, some writers have gained a deeper insight into the life…

The poem “Homage to my hips” by Clifton is a tribute to the speaker’s physique and womanhood, with a particular emphasis on her ample hips. These, according to the speaker, want a place in modern society, reject being confined, and have never been enslaved. The poem is also a glorification of Black femininity in general,…