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    was born when her mother was ‘free’ of responsibility for her family. All the images and escapades fed into this tender‚ joyful portriat of her mother seem a conglomeration of most likely repeated family tales‚ ‘Marilyn’ all woven into this resonant elegy to lost time. The synasthaesia of ‘ I see you clear as scent’

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    and verse romances are three types of narrative poems. * Dramatic- uses techniques of drama to represent the speech of one or more characters in verse form * Lyric- expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker‚ sonnets‚ odes‚ elegies‚ and haiku are four types of lyric poem. Elements * Meter- the regular pattern of stressed (1) and unstressed (2) syllables in a poetic line * Foot- unit of rhythm Most common English feet Tamb ^/ Trochee /^ spandee // (Around)

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    directly influence his writing. The futility of war is a common theme and sense carried throughout these poems‚ which indicates the realities and horrors of war. An example is arguably one of his most famous poems‚ ‘Beach Burial‚’ which is a military elegy or tribute to troops who fought in the Second World War. The poem conveys the futility of war and also war’s negative effect on people. The stanza seen here is an example of the futility of war evident in many of Slessor’s poem. In using words such

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    Alzheimer’s Day E.V. Ramakrishnan is a bilingual writer who has published poetry and criticism in English and Malayalam. He is the author of three books of poetry‚ publishing each after symmetrical intervals of fourteen years: Being Elsewhere in Myself (1980)‚ A Python in a Snake Park (1994) and Terms of Seeing: New and Selected Poems (2008). He is also the author of a landmark book of translations of modern Indian poetry. ‘Alzheimer’s Day’ highlights the pain and anguish of a man who could

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    To expound on A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift begins with his use of sarcasm in the first sentence. “It is melancholy object to those‚ who walk through this great town‚ or travel in the country‚ when they see the streets‚ the road and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six children‚ all in rags‚ and importuning every passenger for an alms” (Swift 431). Swift asserts it is a “great town” but then he continues on to imply it is not by saying “the road

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    the world as a means to ridicule just about everything for its misgivings. Satire is one of the staples of humor; they both go hand in hand. In John Toole’s novel‚ A Confederacy of Dunces‚ satire is displayed as one of the prominent themes. A key satirical target of the novel is people of high authority. The Sargent who is supposed to be a noble chief of officers is depicted in the novel as a silly

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    particular‚ which uses an entire arsenal of various comic means‚ like sarcasm‚ irony‚ hyperbole‚ grotesque‚ parody etc. in the aim of criticising someone‚ pushing individuals or the society as a whole to improvement. To add for the further understanding‚ satirical literature may be classified on the basis of the degree of the sharpness of its criticism and spite of its humour: Horatian‚ which is milder‚ and Juvenalian‚ which‚ on the contrary‚ is rude and keen.(Anonymous‚ 2010) Moving closely to the topic

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    Children have a difficult time sharing items‚ often utilizing brute force in tugging away their toy while screaming in a high pitch; however‚ they forget the simple art of resolving their differences by establishing a common ground upon which a settlement may be created. Unfortunately this war of property rarely ends in adulthood‚ rather it is refocused on more predominant issues in which they may hide their squabbles as political debates yet marvel why they receive the same results as bickering

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    Hypocrisy In Candide

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    of these ironic and satirical situations in the novel‚ there is definitely an element of high comedy about such actions and one can get the sense that philosophers‚ like Voltaire‚ were merely working through the system that they appeared to detest instead of working against it in a more proactive way. The theme of actual revolutionary action or words versus static speculation is yet another theme that is rampant throughout the novel and is seen not only in Candide’s satirical accounts of the Church

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    “Last Look” and “At Castle Boterel” both have a similar theme present‚ strong memories. “Last Look”‚ written by Seamus Heaney appearing in his sixth collection of poems in 1984‚ is both an elegy and a eulogy as it has a mournful tone whilst also being in praise of someone and commemorating their death. In this poem‚ that person is Gallaher‚ who we can assume is an old friend that Heaney misses. The title of the poem is ambiguous‚ it could mean the last time he saw Gallaher or it could suggest that

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