artificial in character and incident. Speaking generally‚ the Victorians fail to construct an organic plot in which every incident and character forms an integral part of the whole. Entertainment Value Still‚ the Victorian novel makes interesting reading. The novelists may not construct a compact plot‚ but they tell the story so well. They are so entertaining that children still love to read and enjoy a novel of Dickens or Thackeray. The plot may be improbable‚ but there is enough suspense‚ and the
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Each and every war has had an effect on those who lived through it‚ and those who fought in it. Poets write about what effects‚ and inspires them. If they were soldiers in war they often times have a strong opinion of war. This comes out in their poetry. Seigfried Sassoon‚ and Rupert Brooke were English poets who both served in World War I. Sassoon‚ a true survivor of trench warfare‚ wrote‚ “Everyone Sang” protecting war. While Brooke‚ who did not see the trenches‚ wrote‚ “The
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later years led Romantic writers to write of the Emperor of France’s cruelty‚ escaping to nature to flee the real world and its problems. William Wordsworth became one of the most influential poets of the Romantic period displaying throughout his poetry his love of nature which he discovered at a young age. Wordsworth’s poems often present an instant when nature speaks to him and he responds by speaking for nature. “Tintern Abbey” explores the ways in which observing natural beauty can deepen human
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Elements of Poetry When you read a poem‚ pay attention to some basic ideas: Voice (Who is speaking? How are they speaking?) Stanzas (how lines are grouped) Sound (includes rhyme‚ but also many other patterns) Rhythm (what kind of "beat" or meter does the poem have?) Figures of speech (many poems are full of metaphors and other figurative language) Form (there are standard types of poem) Voice Voice is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. Lyric poems and
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THE COMMONWEALTH June 2006 DANA GIOIA Chair‚ National Endowment for the Arts On the Importance of Reading Gioia warns that as increasing numbers of Americans put down their books‚ they also invest less in the nation’s civic and cultural life. In a program moderated by writer Jewelle Gomez‚ Gioia calls for a revival in reading‚ beginning in the schools. Monday April 10‚ 2006 E very 10 years the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) does a survey among American households. It’s the
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The Story of an Indian Woman To those who lack the real understanding of poetry‚ it is seen no differently as any other literary composition; a text‚ written and understood by a certain group of people. However to those who appreciate‚ and possess even the slightest bit of understanding that the poet intended‚ is considered an accomplishment. Poetry is an art of discovery‚ it requires immense effort not only to understand but to compose. Indian Woman‚ a poem written by Jeanette Armstrong‚ evokes
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Shared Reading An Instructional Strategy for Teachers Grades K–3 Description: Shared Reading is an interactive reading experience that occurs when students join in or share the reading of a big book or other enlarged text while guided and supported by a teacher or other experienced reader. Students observe an expert reading the text with fluency and expression. The text must be large enough for all the students to see clearly‚ so they can share in the reading of the text. It is through Shared Reading
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Poetry Analysis “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” by‚ Christopher Marlowe and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by‚ Sir Walter Raleigh are both pastoral poems that tend to basic human desires in a simplified country life of beauty‚ music‚ and love. “The Passionate Shepherd to His love” idealizes the shepherd’s country life to try and win the love of his lady. On the contrary‚ “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” is a parody to “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Sir Walter Raleigh pretends
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his apprenticeship and became a student at a local hospital. During that year‚ he devoted more and more of his time to the study of literature. His introduction to the work of Edmund Spenser‚ particularly The Faerie Queene‚ was to prove a turning point in Keats’ development as a poet; it was to inspire Keats to write his first poem‚ Imitation of Spenser. Purchase the entire Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf on CD at http://collegebookshelf.net He befriended Leigh Hunt‚ a writer who helped him
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The fateful tale of Icarus has been adapted in multiple ways in poetry and in paintings. In “Icarus”‚ a poem by Edward Field‚ a popular mythological character from long ago is transformed into the vastly different reality of a more contemporary world. Irony and figurative language are essential elements of Field’s version of the tale of Icarus‚ who is immersed into the twentieth century. Irony is extremely evident right when the poem begins to unfold. It starts off by mentioning the
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