Poem | Robert Service

what have you learnt about poetry from this poem?

Hey guys,
first thing first, I’m supposed to analyse a poem and reflect on it. so here’s the poem:
The Mother by Robert William Service
Your children grow from you apart,
Afar and still afar;
And yet it should rejoice your heart
To see how glad they are;
In school and sport, in work and play,
And last, in wedded bliss
How others claim [...]

Can you help me identify the meaning of this poem?

Here is the poem that I am wondering about. What does it mean to you??

Eagle Plain

Robert Francis

The American eagle is not aware he is
the American eagle. He is never tempted
to look modest.

When orators advertise the American eagle’s
virtues, the American eagle is not listening.
This is his virtue.

He is somewhere else, he is mountains away
but even if [...]

So, are ALL politicians deadbeats?

One of my favorite lines by Robert Service is "A promise made is a debt unpaid."

If you can name the poem, you can consider yourself awarded a paper star, like in grade-school.

Suicide, or death by old age?

Robert Service, did he die by suicide, or old age? In his poem the munition maker he seems suicidal, but I don’t know if he’s just really old or dying. Wiki doesn’t tell me!! Help please!
Okay. I don’t think any of you read the info. Did ROBERT SERVICE die by old age or suicide? Gosh, [...]

Remember Sam McGrew?

A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
And watching his luck was hi light-o’-love, the lady that’s known as Lou.
When out of the night, which was fifty below, and [...]

Oral Interpretation

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by Richard Mathewson and my poetry piece is the cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. I don’t like the poem. Does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with.

It should have different characters in the poem so it can be a [...]

What does this phrase mean?

the phrase is:

So the stranger stumbles across the room and flops down there like a fool.

I need an explanation to what this means, it’s from the poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert Service.

Please help!

Need help with a Call of The Wild project

Okay I have to do a project for English and its on Call of The Wild. I have to relate the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee” by Robert Service to Call of the Wild in a multi-paragraph essay.

I also have to write a multi-paragraph essay that has 4 references to the title in the [...]

Oral Interpretation Pieces?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by richard matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of sam mcgee by robert service. i don’t like the poem that much since its not one that you can win with. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should [...]

What does COLOURS (stanza 1 line 3) means?

i’m doing this poetry analysis of poem by Robert W. Service entitled Young Fellow My Lad.. this is the poem:

"Where are you going, Young Fellow My Lad,
On this glittering morn of May?"
"I’m going to join the Colours, Dad;
They’re looking for men, they say."
"But you’re only a boy, Young Fellow My Lad;
You aren’t obliged to go."
"I’m [...]

Robert Service