Something about poetry

I used to write poetry, or try to, but I don't anymore because honestly most of it wasn't that good. It's relaxing to write it though, and it feels good to get something off your chest. No one has to read it, but you can still keep it to find a few years later when you've forgotten all about it. I prefer reading it, and I like ones that tell stories, like "The Highwayman." "Gunga Din" is a good one, too. And if music is poetry, which it pretty much is, then I like listening to poetry, too. I think that writing something or singing something is the most powerful way to get a message across, especially if it has to do with something controversial and if the lyrics are impactful.

Intro to Poetry

The title of the poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends" gives us an idea about where the poem will be set/what it will be about. There is something there, where the sidewalk ends, but we don't know what it is yet.

The author is thoughtful, and likes the place that he is talking about. He says that the children "know the place where the sidewalk ends" so he probably likes children and knows that they can see things adults can't. The way he talks to the audience is informative, like he has a secret and he wants to share it because it might benefit someone.

The poem makes me feel curious, like I want to know more about the place that he's talking about because it sounds nice. It sounds relaxing, so I guess my mood would be happy.

The shift comes when he talks about the place, then goes on to talk about the dank city. The mood gets darker, it goes from being happy and peaceful to being unfriendly and sad.


The theme of the poem could be youth, because it talks about how the kids know where the place is and the adults follow the arrows that the children have drawn. He says they'll walk slowly, meaning the adults, maybe because the children are already there and they want to catch up without running, because they're not young anymore.

Hamlet Quote Essay

"O! That this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew."

Hamlet cries these dramatic words in the wake of recent events that have rocked the foundation of his life, and this quote, more so than any other in the play, demonstrates the theme: mortality. Whether r not Hamlet is truly suicidal or just doesn't want to exist, he brings up a topic that doesn't go away throughout the rest of the play. Since Hamlet cannot trust anyone to tell his true feelings to, the audience is trusted with a big secret and is able to come up with feelings about Hamlet that none of the other characters can. The audience can the see the theme in action as later events unfold.
Shakespeare's tone could be described as sympathetic to the longing for death. He understands what Hamlet is going through, and thus is able to create a convincing monologue for the character. The fact that the monologue begin with the line  "O! That this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" suggests that Shakespeare was trying to shock the audience, as it was unexpected from lack of mortality being mentioned earlier.