Critical Review:  “My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet The poem “My Dear and Loving Husband” was written in the mid-seventeenth century by Anne Bradstreet. Anne was the first published American author and a woman, though she was not …

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Critical Review: “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” by Dylan Thomas The two critical approaches I chose are biographical criticism and reader-response. The reason I chose biographical criticism is because the author died at a relatively young age …

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Poem Reflection: “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlow “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlow is about love and the narrator trying to win over his love. This can be viewed as the literal meaning …

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Poem Reflection: “The Nymphs Reply to the Shepard” by Sir Walter Ralegh Since this was a reply to Christopher Marlowe’s poem, “The Passionate Sheppard to His Love” I chose to read it too. They both used a pre-established pattern of …

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Poem Reflection: “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas The two main elements that are incorporated into this poem are rhyme and repetition. The poem has a consistent rhyme throughout. All paragraphs of the poem minus …

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