Too often the role of father is passed over in our society. Despite their immense worth, dads are undervalued today. Children need their papas as much as they need their mamas. That’s why we have Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, is it not? Traditionally, the father was the provider and protector, but today daddies are ...
Remember your special Father all year with a great quote about Fathers for each of the 52 weeks… Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. —Elizabeth Stone Father! – to God himself we cannot give a holier name. ...
What I would like to discuss here is the meaning of poetry in the lives of women. Women often write poems about writing poems. (I have not found many poems of this sort by men.) Amy Lowell writes “…we’re a queer lot We women who write poetry... I wonder what makes us do it, Singles ...
In the poems To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph by Anne Sexton and Icarus by Edward Field the story of Icarus is used almost lightheartedly to show how people desire to be extraordinary and achieve greatness, even at a high price. The poems by Sexton and Fields both use simple modern language ...
These quotes about fathers range from humorous to contemplative to nostalgic to touching. They will inspire you to think about all of the various ways your father has influenced your life. Some of the quotes might make you laugh out loud, while others will make you want to shed a tear. This is the role ...
In Anne Sexton’s poem “Red Roses,” the author employs threatening yet hushed tones to describe the abusive plight of a boy. The author’s diction choices carry with them a sense of secrecy yet reveal the mother’s harsh intentions. She forces Tommy to tell the doctors “you fell” after she “throws” her son everywhere, “[squashing]” him ...
Sylvia Plath may be one of the most influential modern poets. Born in a middle class family in Boston in 1932, her parents were Otto and Aurelia Plath. Otto met Aurelia while teaching at Boston University and had an affair with her while still married to but separated from his previous wife. Sylvia was the ...
