Which came first, Midsummer Night’s Dream or Romeo and Juliet? Is the first a spoof on the second or the second a tragic expansion of the first? I look at both sides.
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Tag Archives: Midsummer Night's Dream
Rosh Hashanah: The Light You Seek Hides in Your Belly
This Piercy Rosh Hashanah poem builds a poem about forgiveness and renewal from the image of a dark moon.
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America: Indivisible Despite the Divides
As the American election hangs in the balance, Alicia Ostriker holds two contradictory visions of America in balance.
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Disruptive Desire in Shakespeare
In which I examine disruptive desire in 12th Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Romeo and Juliet.
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Summer Solstice Unleashes Dark Forces
Early works of Brit Lit used summer solstice imagery to explore clashes between Christian England and its pagan past.
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Poems for Keeping the Home Fires Burning
I’m currently into cutting wood. Frost offers some cautions.
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i thank You God for most this amazing
In his joyous poem “i thank You God for most this amazing,” e.e. cummings uses his distinctive style in service of expressing God.
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