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    Electronic Mourning

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    Cady Crofoot Noah Tysick English 110 March 25‚ 2013 Electronic Mourning Technology is unquestionably not a new concept in this modern day society. Almost every business that a customer walks into is run by technology in some way. A business that most do not relate to technology though‚ is the funeral home industry. Of course people don’t enjoy visiting funeral homes and facing the death of a loved one and the potential high costs that can go with laying them to rest. Funerals are no longer

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    Q. Define metaphysical poetry‚ its characteristics and John Donne as a metaphysical poet. The concept metaphysical deals with the philosophical view of the nature of things. Metaphysical poetry is often mentioned as poetry inspired by a philosophical concept of the universe and the role assigned to the human spirit in the great drama of existence. Metaphysical poetry is involved with the whole experience of man‚ but the intelligence‚ learning and seriousness of the poets. Metaphysical poetry has

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    you have seen poets writing about feelings in an artistic and effective way. John Donne indeed uses poetry as a vehicle for expressing emotions towards a variety of subject matter‚ however particularly with reference to his lover‚ to God and to death. Donne documents his confidence in his emotions towards his lover in “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”. Moreover ‚ post his wife’s death‚ in “Holy Sonnet X” Donne cements his assuredness of emotions toward death in verse. Conversely to Donne’s

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    John Donne was a poet of XVI century. As a poet‚ he often wrote about love‚ influence by the stages of his life. He is often referred to as the chief of Metaphysical poetry‚ a specific type of writing. John’s life was tormented‚ and this can be felt within his writing. His life as a poet can be divided into three defined stages. Those stages represent the change of personality and his mind growth‚ and his growth as an individual and as a lover. The first stage‚ characterized him as a wild child

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    ‘The Sun Rising’ poem analysis by John Donne The poet addresses the sun as a person and rebukes the sun because it has wakened him and his lover from their sleep. He demands to know why lovers should obey time. He also shows his dominance over the sun‚ calling it a ‘saucy pedantic wretch’ and tells the sun to bother other people instead such as late school boys or workers imploring or more time to sleep. He tells the sun to find the royal court people and farmers to let them start their day

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    King Jr. once said “Justice denied anywhere diminished justice everywhere”. This idea of social injustice is represented in October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. This poem includes a powerful message on human rights violation‚ specifically LGBT rights considering that Matthew Shepard was killed because of the fact that he was homophobic. October Mourning: The Fence by Leslea Newman explores a theme about being considerate about the vulnerability of the meek and is supported by different

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    of ?Holy Sonnet XIV? by John Donne and ?Sonnet 130? by William Shakespeare John Donne and William Shakespeare both wrote a variety of poems that are both similar within the structure of a Sonnet but with very different content. This essay will compare two of their sonnets ? Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare and the Holy Sonnet by John Donne. John Donne?s poem is a personal sonnet in which John Donne questions his faith in God. It becomes clear from the sonnet that John Donne feels that he has been

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    In "The Sun Rising‚" by John Donne‚ there are many metaphysical characteristics. These characteristics are made up primarily of paradoxes and conceits. The theme also contributes to these metaphysical characteristics. The paradoxes are spread out thought the entire poem. The first is "Why dost thou thus‚ / Through windows and through curtains‚ call on us" (line 2-3). This is because the sun doesn’t call on anyone; this is also personification because the sun is given speech‚ a characteristic of

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    Anne Donne

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    The Tragic and Weary Life described by Sylvia Townsend Warner’s “Anne Donne” In the poem Anne Donne‚ Townsend Warner expresses a very interesting yet heart rending story of the Donne’s life. After reading this poem and doing research on the Donne’s‚ I found out that they lived a very distressed life that was full of many tragedies including the death of five of their children. With that being said‚ the pieces of this poem make a much clearer puzzle. When Sylvia says‚ “And round my bed my live

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    THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE METAPHYSICAL POETRY ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN DONNE The term "metaphysical poetry" is used to describe a certain type of 17th century poetry. Metaphysical poetry is concerned with the whole experience of man. It means that the poetry is about showing knowledge and thoughts from different areas of experience‚ especially about love‚ romantic and sensual; about man’s relationship with God and about pleasure‚ learning and art. Metaphysical

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