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    psychological state that we are in can affect how we feel so much‚ it raises the question of what is happening when we do feel an emotion. Is it purely psychological‚ which correlates with it? Alternatively‚ is it that‚ unconsciously‚ we recognise the psychological state that our body is in and attribute feelings to it‚ depending on what is happening at the time? In psychology‚ emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought

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    A Mother to her Waking Infant was first published in 1790; the poem is narrated by a mother who is focusing her thoughts and words towards her newborn baby. The poem is directed solely at the child of the title‚ with the mothers words starting as the child awakes‚ Now in thy dazzling half-oped eye. Joanna Baillie uses a number of techniques to mirror and represent a new mothers emotions and affections for her child. The meter and form of the poem help to emphasise these emotions and the various other

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    Emotions: Emotion is often defined as a complex state of feeling that results in physical and psychological changes that influence thought and behavior.  According To David G. Meyers: human emotion involves "...physiological arousal‚ expressive behaviors‚ and conscious experience." The term emotion usually is distinguished from feelings‚ mood‚ and affect. 1. Feeling: the subjective experience associated with an emotion. 2. Mood: an emotional state that is general and extended in time

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    Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson. Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson were two puritan women whose writing portrayed them to have had strong religious beliefs. Both Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet religious puritan values allowed them to survive the harsh struggles that they endured in their live Mary Rowlandson main struggle was her captivity when the Indians tried to regain the lands that belonged to their tribe. On the other hand Bradstreet struggled with childhood diseases

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    Anne Bradstreet & Jonathan Edwards may believe in the same Puritan views‚ nevertheless there comes a time where they differ in what they believe‚ such as their religious beliefs. Though both Puritans‚ religious beliefs separate Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards due to the fact that Bradstreet believes that God is morally right while Edwards considers God as supreme and greater than all others. Anne Bradstreet’s writing shows that she believes in a God that is fair and loving that does things with

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    In the opening lines of her poem‚ Wheatley emphasizes the theme of freedom of the colonies against the oppressing tyranny of mother country. She utilizes personification of "Columbia" as America and enhances the several "glorious victories" that this goddess has accomplished (Wheatley 2). Because Washington was a slave owner before their possible and surprising encounter he "had heretofore seemed no different from the typical Virginia slave owner" (Basker). However‚ after knowing about the marvelous

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    When I hear the question‚ “Do you have any siblings?”‚ I am forced to reply yes. “An older and younger brother”‚ I explain. Though‚ often times‚ I feel as though I do not have an older brother. As children‚ our differences blurred. Both him and I could run across sandy beaches and green hills with the same laughter coursing throughout our bodies. We could battle against each other in Pokemon and watch Saturday morning cartoons together. Yet‚ with time it became clear to my parents that something

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    Greatest Emotion In the poem “somewhere i have never...”‚ author E. E. Cummings personifies the feeling of love and the almost mysterious and uncontrollable supremacy it seems to have over men. The poem is referring to the ability of the author’s‚ what seems to be‚ lover to affect him with “[her] most frail gesture[s] are things which me” (3). And yet‚ the author starts the poem by referencing his inexperience with love and almost expresses a wonder to this new experience (Cummings‚ 1). Within

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    its public and private members during the 17th and 18th century. Anne Bradstreet shows the private side of the Puritan faith in her poem and Jonathan Edwards shows the public side of the Puritan faith. Bradstreet was a very successful colonial poet during the mid to late 17th century‚ while Edwards was a Puritan preacher who led the Great Awakening about seventy years after Bradstreet‚ in the 1730s and 1740s. Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House‚” written in 1666‚ and Edwards’s sermon

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    seems to be Wright’s intention in the poem Sports Field‚ a poem that she was inspired to write after going to a school sports day. The entire poem is a metaphor for a deeper understanding of children‚ in the ball games and races they participate in‚ representing their individual life-courses. In "Sports Field"‚ Wright emphasizes the values of innocence and experience. Wright has cleverly used this poem as an allegory. On the surface‚ one would say that the poem is about anxious children all wanting

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