Elegy Before Death by Edna St. Vincent Millay
‘Elegy Before Death’ is a poem about the physical and spiritual impact of a loss and how it can and cannot change one’s world.
Friend by Hone Tuwhare
‘Friend’ by Hone Tuwhare discusses a friendship that has fallen into ruin through the passage of years.
Hide and Seek by Vernon Scannell
‘Hide and Seek’ by Vernon Scannell is a poem that centers around a metaphorical narrative of hide and seek.
Love and Friendship by Emily Brontë
‘Love and Friendship’, by Emily Brontë, is a three-stanza poem that functions as a compare/contrast piece between “love and friendship.”
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by William Butler Yeats
After losing his dear friend in World War I, William Butler Yeats wrote this particular poem, ‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death. Robert Gregory, an Irish Airman, was accidentally shot down by an Italian Aviator, who happened to be a dear friend of Yeats.
