English Literature poem comparisons How do the writers express/convey their emotions by focusing on the themes of control and freedom? 1) Prayer Before Birth (Louis Macneice) 2) Tyger (WIlliam Blake) 3) Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) 4) War photographer (Carol Ann Duffy) 5) Do not go gentle into that good night (Dylan Thomas) 6) Remember (Christina Rossetti) Q1) “With strength against those who would freeze my humanity‚ would dragoon me into a lethal automaton.” Qa) “He has a job
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Shakespeare both instill a figurative idea of immortality throughout the course of time long after the writers have passed on. Shakespeare plants his beauty within the lines of the poem after his lover’s physical beauty deteriorates with time. Spencer‚ however‚ keeps the memory and love for a woman. Although both poems are about two different subjects‚ the main theme that connects them is that they immortalize two non-physical ideas. The hope of every writer is to have their work famous and studied
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It’s A Woman’s World “It’s A Woman’s World” written by Eavan Boland is a poem about how woman should embrace their strengths. It’s a Woman’s World” focuses on issues of female identity and how the contributions of women have been overlooked. The speaker of Eavan Boland’s poem‚ seems to intend irony with the title of this poem‚ she is not saying this is a woman’s world‚ but rather speaks of the world from the woman’s point of view. Boland shows her views that women‚ who are placed in less harsh
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masterpieces. William Shakespeare who wrote during the 15th century‚ created many plays‚ lyric poems as well as sonnets. Known as a well respected master of his craft‚ Shakespeare wrote many fine lyrics which can now be found in his plays‚ poems‚ and sonnets. Similarly‚ Thomas Hardy‚ a realist poet in the 19th century‚ is best known for his pessimistic style and tone used in many poems and novels. The poem It Was a Lover and His Lass by Shakespeare and The Ruined Maid by Hardy contain several devices
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or more of the poems you have read? The poems‚ ‘A frosty night’ by Robert Graves and ‘Catrin’ by Gillian Clarke both show how the poets are finding it difficult to give their children the freedom to be individuals. In ‘A Frosty Night’ we see that the mother is reluctant to release her daughter in a romantic relationship‚ which shows that the mother is not yet willing to let her daughter have that kind of freedom. In ‘Catrin’ we see the poets feelings change throughout the poem on how much freedom
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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independent of your own reading and study of the poems. (NATE & W.B.S) NOTES ON PRESCRIBED POEMS FOR CSEC LITERATURE Preamble: Please be mindful of the fact that poetry makes up a third of this syllabus and that for the Paper II (the essay-writing paper) students are required to demonstrate their understanding of how the poets’ techniques are used to convey and shape meaning (including the tone and mood) in the respective poems. For every poem on the list you should be able to describe the
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Effect | F | 2 stanzas of irregular length * First stanza talks about positive wishes made by the rest of society which are wished for every child * Second stanza echoes the structure of a sonnet (14 lines long and ends with a rhyming couplet) | In the first stanza‚ the poet talks about wishes of ‘being beautiful’ and ‘of innocence and love’ made by the rest of society‚ whilst the second stanza he wishes for her to be ‘ordinary’ and ‘dull’. | By presenting them in a stanza each‚ it clearly
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First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people who are incapable and live in a mental home. And about all the bad things that had Happened
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Interpretation of poems Dulce et decorum est are the first words of a Latin saying taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words‚ it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country. The opening of the poem suggests Owen pities the state to
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