A Study of the Negro Race I. Their Basic Savagery Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room, Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable, … [Continue reading]
O Captain My Captain – Walt Whitman
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; … [Continue reading]
The Ballad of William Bloat – Raymond Calvert
In a mean abode on the Skankill Road Lived a man named William Bloat; He had a wife, the curse of his life, Who continually got his goat. So one day at dawn, with her nightdress on He cut her bloody throat. … [Continue reading]
She Walks In Beauty – Lord Byron
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. … [Continue reading]
Todd Anderson
For the purposes of this essay, I am delegating Todd Anderson (Ethan Hawke) as the main character in this movie. He is the only student who sufficiently grasped Keating's teachings and discovered his verse. Therefore I believe he is the only … [Continue reading]