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Comparison Of "Speaking Of Poetry" And "966"
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way to bride the social gap between them.
Unfortunately both of these literary works end on a downbeat.
There is an implication of the inevitable end to both loves (Othello
smothers Desdemona after Iago tells him that she has been unfaithful, and
Dickinson states her regrets over the choices she has made in the pursuit
of her love.). In “Speaking of Poetry” states that it would not be enough
to out wit the father for she still would end up smothered. Bishop says
Othello is a barbarian and that he would have killed her any way, “For
though Othello has his blood from Kings his ancestry was barbarous, his
ways African his speech uncouth.” Dickinson implies .....
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The Works Of Edwin Robinson And Paul Simon
<view this essay>.... the seasons: He wept that he was ever born and he had reasons."
Both Simon and Robinson had unattainable dreams. This can be proven by the following quotes from the two poems. Robinson stated this idea by writing lines 9, 10, 25, and 26. These lines read as follows: "...Miniver sighed for what was not and dreamed, and rested from his labors...Miniver scorned the gold he sought but sore annoyed was he without it..." Simon expresses the same idea in lines 4, 8, and 9, "He had everything a man could want: power, grace, and style...And I wish I could be Richard Cory..."
Robinson and Simon dealt with subjects that were close to their hearts. What they wr .....
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I Knew A Woman: An Analysis
<view this essay>.... are strung together, there is a sinuousness formed in the reader's mind. Here, it represents the woman's body and her movements: a smooth, flowing order of movements that catch Roethke's eyes, with a softness as her essence.
There are about 40 strong "s" sounds in this 28 line poem, with the word "she" being mentioned almost a dozen times (and "her" mentioned as many, stressing the importance of the person). The placement of these words is strategic, emphasizing the natural sound and feel to the poem as well as the natural softness to her disposition. In the third stanza, this is most obvious: "She played it quick, she played it light and loose; / My eyes, .....
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The Second Coming: Analysis
<view this essay>.... by the strong obedience to God. In another interpretation, Yeats may be saying that the falcon represents a war and the falconer represents the military power that has unleashed it to the point where all control is lost and faith in God has been abandoned. The next line of the poem explains this process; “things fall apart” indicates that the runaway war has sparked disorder in the public. “The centre cannot hold,” signifies that the obedience to God has lost its value. Even though there may be more than one interpretation, the metaphor points up one socio-religious theme that society has lost order and in turn lost faith in God.
The second metaphor convey .....
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Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells": Analysis
<view this essay>.... out in a warn and happy manner.
The second stanza has wedding bells in it. These bells also bring
about feelings of happiness, but in a different way. Although they have
the same meaning of joy they clearly have different sounds. He also
describes how they bring a sense of joy, and some what of a fortune, for
the future.
In stanza three there are sounds and descriptions of alarm bells.
He uses the words clanging, clashing, and roaring to give a sense of alarm.
He describes how the bells clamor and clangor out of tune in order to send
the message of alarm to those around it.
In the forth stanza there are bells that are rung for the diseased.
He says tha .....
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A Valediction Of Forbidding Mourning: The Truth About Mourning
<view this essay>.... called the vehicle. This word means conveying something through which something is expressed or implied. An example of this is found in the title of this poem in which Don uses the word "Mourning." You could interpret this as that he is about to leave and doesn't want his lover to be sad, but it also conveys the message that when the morning comes it will be a time for them to part. Therefore, I ask, "aren't we all guilty at one point or another while in a love relationship of trying to convey a message to a loved one and they in turn have misinterpreted that message?"
The poem begins "As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whispering their souls to go." Here t .....
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Blakes's "London": Your Beauty, My Despair
<view this essay>.... 14-16). Having children at
a young age and while being unmarried is an occurrence we see far too much
of today in our own society. What animal can rejoice in this truth of
breeding poverty, of child abuse, of ignorance, and of uneducated children
and call it beautiful? Those that are chosen, no forced to lead our society
in the past of our grandparents, are not getting the proper training to do
so because of teen pregnancy and drop out rates. I am reminded of a dear
friend of mine who birthed two children at the age of twelve and thirteen,
how she struggled to regain her childhood but failed miserably. Now she
just lives day by day thinking that there i .....
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The Plight Of The Toads: An Analysis
<view this essay>.... The use of this metaphor jogs
one's memory to the social connotations that a toad upholds. One of these
connotations is that a toad is a repulsive little being, with an ugliness
characterized in it warts or more precisely the myth that those "uglies"
are contagious. When this interpretation is used the poet is saying that
work is a ugly and repulsive entity, and its ugliness is contagious. A
second interpretation of the word toad can be found from fairy tales. In
these types of works the toad is often seen as something detestable on the
exterior and yet of great value or beauty on the interior. An example of
this is the toad that when kissed by the pri .....
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