Author: Kelly Larsen


  • “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe poem that inspired "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" carries an important message

    “Christmas Bells” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    The poem that inspired “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” carries an important message

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  • “The Changeling”Discussing this unavoidable state as it pertains to "The Changeling"

    “The Changeling”
    Discussing this unavoidable state as it pertains to “The Changeling”

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  • “New Moon”Ted Kooser's "New Moon" illustrates how difficult it can be to handle sorrow

    “New Moon”
    Ted Kooser’s “New Moon” illustrates how difficult it can be to handle sorrow

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  • “The Dying Christian to his Soul”Alexander Pope's "The Dying Christian to his Soul" offers a Christian take on death

    “The Dying Christian to his Soul”
    Alexander Pope’s “The Dying Christian to his Soul” offers a Christian take on death

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  • The Significance of John Everett Millais’ “Ophelia”
    The artist’s nineteenth-century painting still conveys an important message today

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  • “Lines For Winter”Mark Strand's "Lines For Winter" stresses the importance of moving forward, no matter what

    “Lines For Winter”
    Mark Strand’s “Lines For Winter” stresses the importance of moving forward, no matter what

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  • “Sorrow’s Uses”Learning different lessons from the poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    “Sorrow’s Uses”
    Learning different lessons from the poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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  • “Mother to Son”Examining the advice in Langston Hughes's "Mother to Son"

    “Mother to Son”
    Examining the advice in Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son”

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  • Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period
    His friend’s committing suicide prompted the artist to begin this notorious phase

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  • “What the Living Do”Marie Howe's poem shows that life is more than just the problems we tackle

    “What the Living Do”
    Marie Howe’s poem shows that life is more than just the problems we tackle

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