Loss, death, grief, pain is an impactful subject for the romantics. Death and loss are not only of human beings but death can also be of the abstract notions. Grief and pain are also felt on the loss of any feeling, emotions or loss of imagination. Grief was different for the romantic poets. Coleridgeâs âDejection: An Odeâ is an autobiographical...
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Nissim Ezekiel was an Indian-born poet of Jewish descent and has been described as the âfather of post-independence Indian verse in Englishâ and is also a pioneer in Indo- Anglian poetry. Most of Nissim Ezekiel's sentences are simple. His poetic Style is modern, restrained and conversational. Some of the notable poetic gems by him are Night of the Scorpion, Latter...
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How does one attain success? There are numerous factors that influence how someoneâs life turns out. One of the most important is belief. Belief is defined by Webster's dictionary as a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing. Over the course of some of his most popular poems, Langston Hughes...
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Someone once said âpoetry is my view on the world. The reasons that society makes a big part are feeling and perspective. The reason being is because when something happens in the world it makes people feel a certain way about it. For example back in the day when women couldn't vote it made them feel a certain way so...
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Various forms of literature has been taught in schools for centuries. They are essential to the basic objective of any English class. Literature helps students to become more sophisticated readers, more flexible writers and to develop moral imagination, ethical values, and a sense of vocation. Literature has a diverse collection of classifications, such as poetry, prose, drama, non-fiction, and media....
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To provide context, culture is an integrated system of learned behaviour patterns, wherein meaning is transmitted from generation to generation. According to Fisher, it represents specific attitudes and feelings of any given groups of people, which put simply is a system of shared meaning (qtd. in Kocak 64). As structuralists would understand, the nature of language is akin to culture;...
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David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Proof" delves into the intricate dynamics of familial relationships, mental illness, and the burden of genius. At the heart of these themes is the complex relationship between two sisters, Catherine and Claire. This essay explores the multifaceted nature of sisterly love in "Proof," examining how their bond serves as a conduit for understanding identity, responsibility,...
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In âBullyâ Martin Espada uses the first stanza to introduce the theme of his poem. âIn the school auditorium/the Theodore Roosevelt statue/is nostalgicâ (lines 1-3). The statue described emanates a nostalgia for the Spanish-American war, which was considered by many to be a morally reprehensible act of hate upon Hispanic people. The author of the poem, Martin Espada, was introduced...
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Death is a very complicated feeling to describe. Some people may experience various emotions. Death is most commonly described as a feeling of loneliness and emptiness. Robert Frost was a 20th century poet. Frost explains that, âA poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesicknessâ. In John Updikeâs poem, âDogâs Deathâ, it...
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The poem may additionally moreover start on a pretty unhappy be mindful when the speaker claims that he âwandered lonely as a cloudâ, then again the tone of the poem hastily grew to boost to be joyful, when he spies a crew of daffodils âfluttering and dancing in the breezeâ. He declares that with such a sight âa poet ought...
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âWhy do you think they always say never give up on something you want to be in life?â Life is all about how you make it, you will have to fight many battles just to be where you want. Some might be easy, and some might be hard. Reading many epics this semester, The Odyssey, Gilgamesh, and Sundiata are relatable...
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In, the poem âThe Epic of Gilgameshâ the main character and hero of the story is Gilgamesh. In the beginning, Gilgamesh is not the fair and just king as the gods expected of him. Gilgamesh thought that because he was mostly god he could anything he wanted with no consequences. Gilgamesh caused an abundance amount of distress and pain to...
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, there is Gilgamesh, half man half demigod whose ultimate goal is to reach immortality and then there's Endiku, who was made from clay and water by Aruru who lived with the wild. The whole creation of Endiku was made to rid Gilgamesh of his arrogance and Gilgamesh quest for immortality is what ultimately led him...
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Throughout 'Gretel in Darkness', Louise Gluck employs the medium of poetry to describe the intense emotional turmoil that a survivor of traumatic experiences can go through, weaving the audience through the flashbacks of a distressing experience and interjecting the all too real alienation that one can feel when recovering. The author's expert word choice and rhetorical questioning invites the audience...
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Poem Mood Analysis Essay Peacefulness comes in many ways, based on how humans interpret and feel it. A person can be deeply depressed and crying over something, but is still considered peaceful, or can be very joyful and pleased on the inside and still feel peaceful. There are two poems that have contradicted interpretations of the mood peacefulness, âThe Morning...
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Dylan Thomas' âDo not go Gentle into that good Nightâ is a Villanelle, a nineteen-line poem in a set format, it is an old French format, first written in 1606 by Jean Passerat. The structure is severe with two lines being repeated at the end of alternate stanzas and then making up the final two lines of the last stanza,...
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Langston Hughes, an influential literary artist, âexplore[d] the lives of African-Americansâ during the Harlem Renaissance (âMother to Sonâ 177). Because he was black himself, Hughes could write about his first-hand experience of âthe tacks and splintersâ associated with discrimination, and provide the privileged with his perspective (Miller 432). Hughes reveals the impediments blacks faced by writing with figurative language (Miller...
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Textual conversations between conflicting texts highlight both the parallels between the composerâs ideologies as well as their conflicting attitudes, underscoring the contrasting outlooks from both parties. Resonating and reaffirming this idea is the contradictory interplay between Sylvia Plathâs poetry collection of âArielâ, authored during an era of gender digression, where women were stereotypically branded as housewives,; and Ted Hughesâ attempts...
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The short poem, âPorphyriaâs Loverâ by Robert Browning is one of his finest works that portrays the motions of love and hate, as well as passion and control. The thrilling love story is about a man who is greatly obsessed with his lover named Porphyria and all he really wants his to keep her all to himself. But the only...
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Will the war on masculinity only fire back? The problem with the term toxic masculinity by Jacinta Petrohilos Toxic masculinity has become a very over used term in modern day society, the application of the term âtoxicâ traits target things such as aggression and sexist behaviours but we only ever associate these terms with males. We are now in the...
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Intro: Why does poetry speak to us in a way that grasps our attention and makes us want to discover more? Edmund Spenserâs âSonnet LXVIIâ (1595) offers an insight into a huntsman who is in pursuit of a lover, William Blakeâs âA Poison Treeâ (1794) teaches us of the underlining conflict between a friend and a foe and William Butler...
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Through the exploration of T.S Eliotâs âPreludeâsâ (1911), âThe Hollow Menâ (1925) and âThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockâ (âPrufrockâ 1915), the audience is exposed to the isolation, depersonalisation and corruption of society that Eliot endures by his âsingle voiceâ of apprehension, engaging with our own uncertainties. Eliotâs poems endure the hardship of people being hungry for any form...
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Introduction about a poet: Robert Lee Frost was born in March 26, 1874 and died in January 29, 1963.He was an American poet, highly regarded for his realistic depiction of rural life and his command of spoken American. His works often draw the background of rural life in New England in the early 20th century and use them to study...
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Two poems, Remember by Christina Rossetti and Funeral blues by W.H Auden have the same motif of loss yet are almost the antithesis of one another in execution of attitudes to death. The speaker, Christina Rossetti in her poem Remember entreats her lover for remembrance after death yet speaks with a poignant realism in the acceptance that he may forget...
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Well-written poetry has the ability to stir up deep emotions, plumb the depths of the human conscience, and even cause for reflection on existence itself. The usage of many literary devices contributes to the greatness of a poem and determine the impact it has, as can be seen in âNatureâ by Henry W. Longfellow. Longfellow implies a fleetingness to life...
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The poem âDo Not Weep, Maiden, for War Is Kindâ by Stephen Crane was published in 1895 during the period of realism in American literature. The American poet Stephen Crane was born in 1871 and has had many popular works that take place during and have been influenced by the Civil War, including this piece. Although Crane was born after...
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In this poem, Yeats talks about the Irish war of Independence. Basically, this poem is created around the idea of Irish nationalism and revolution. In 1916 Irish had a great war against Great Britain. But in this war, they were not able to get their freedom and they lost a lot of their heroes. But this movement, the sacrifice of...
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Pablo Nerudaâs âOde to enchanted lightâ is a poem that utilizes alliteration, word choices, and metaphors to explain the vast possibilities that come with change. While Mary Oliverâs âSleeping in the forestâ is a poem that explains the sounds and visions of the beautiful land (with figurative language as well). Nerudaâs poem is an ode (a poem that deals with...
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It is no secret that of all four seasons, spring is a favorite for most. Find it inspirational as well? There are numerous reasons for that including the regrowth and rejuvenation that it brings to life. Flourishing leaves, blossoming flowers, and the warm weather have proven to be a source of inspiration for numerous writers. That might explain why spring...
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Literary genres are essential for both writers and readers when writing. For writers, the use of literary genres provides them with patterns that allow them to structure their writing. On the other hand, literary genres give readers the pleasure of discerning what is being written for them. The five literary genres of poetry, flash fiction, memoir, life legacy, and comedy...
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