Night Journey by Theodore Roethke
In Theodore Roethke’s “Night Journey,” a speaker shares the experience of traveling by train at night, observing and admiring nature.
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Friends and Flatterers by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare’s poem “Friends and Flatterers” shows “certain signs” to differentiate a genuine friend from a fair-weather friend.
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Flower on the Road by Chitra Padmanabhan
Chitra Padmanabhan’s poem “Flower on the Road” is about two flowers talking with one another on the road during springtime.
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Evolution by Sherman Alexie
Sherman Alexie’s “Evolution” is about a venture capitalist, Buffalo Bill, who opens a pawnshop in an Indian reservation near a liquor store.
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Assembly Line by Shu Ting
Shu Ting’s “Assembly Line” is about the death of creativity and individual identity, explored through the extended metaphor of an assembly line production in a factory.
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Love in a Life by Robert Browning
Robert Browning’s “Love in a Life” deals with the turmoil of a heart-broken, desperate lover trying to “hunt” his beloved all over his house.
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To fight aloud, is very brave – by Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson’s “To fight aloud, is very brave –” is about the individual struggles and hardships that people often have to deal with in life.
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Gold! by Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood’s “Gold!” describes the power that gold holds over humanity and both the positive and negative impact of gold on humans.
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I Shall Paint My Nails Red by Carole Satyamurti
Carole Satyamurti’s poem “I Shall Paint My Nails Red” is about the desire of a woman to paint her nails in a bold red color and thus assert her identity as a woman.
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Fear by Khalil Gibran
In the poem “Fear,” Khalil Gibran shares his profound wisdom about overcoming fear through the metaphors of a river and the vast ocean.
