Friday, April 26, 2024
Few books have stood the test of time, but Jane Austen’s books certainly have, because even today–two hundred years later–people pick them up and become enchanted. However, sometimes classics are taken to the next level through the power of film. People who have never been interested in Jane Austen become […]
Every poem one has read, seen, or memorized has its own author, and that author has their own culture, backstory, and ethnicity. This shows in their writing because their culture and their ethnicity seep into their work as they write, giving readers this unique type of writing which comes from […]
By the fading light of a candle, an African-American slave girl furiously composes poems that will change her world; a youthful girl on a plantation buries herself in her Father’s books while composing her own epic. A young girl, though mute, reads the famous writing of her time and begins […]
Sometimes writing poetry can seem daunting. Perhaps someone needs to write a poem as an assignment, but they don’t know where to start. Then they realize that there are so many types of structural poems out there, such as clerihews and nonets, that can act as a stepping stone to […]
In 1744, Charles Wesley—a very well-known preacher and hymn writer—decided to write a hymn in which he clearly defined from his heart the true meaning of Christmas. This man wrote as many as 6,000 hymns, and he was a great influencer of England’s Wesleyan Revival. Though his poem is meant […]