Dante's Inferno
The opening section of Dante's poetic series, which he wrote in the 1400s is called The Inferno, which means 'Hell' in Italian. The titles under the series christened the Divine Comedy are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, and they Continue Reading...
The poet is in turmoil and he turns from his love in order to prevent tarnishing or "spoil" (Pound 2) her because she is surrounded by a "new lightness" (3). This poem reflects upon the importance of experience. Like the poets mentioned before, this Continue Reading...
(Leaves, 680)
Similarly Whitman informs us:
Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems,
You shall possess the good of the earth and sun…there are millions of suns left,
You shall no longer take things at Continue Reading...
The Aeneid
Taking a character from The Iliad and setting him on his own journey, the Roman Virgil's epic The Aeneid necessarily contains certain parallels with the earlier Greek text. The overall story of this lengthy poem in and of itself reflect Continue Reading...
Waking Poem
A Poem on the Philosophy of Waking: Rhythm of the Morning
Ring ding dong
And the night that seemed so long
That stretched out like a knife
That was darker than my life
Is vanished like a dream
And I'm awakened by the scream
Alarmi Continue Reading...