person to person. Overall‚ black is the unknown. A color without color‚ but is needed to produce all colors. A color that will either intrigue us or shy us away. This controversy is best represented as an archetype in “a song in the front yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks. The speaker of the poem‚ a young girl‚ is exceedingly sheltered. She wishes to venture outside of her front yard into the unknown and explore like the other children who have a more unconventional lifestyle than her. The girl imagines the unknown
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characteristic of other WH Auden’s poems you have studied W.H Auden’s “In Memory of W.B Yeats” is an elegy to commemorate the life and death of a great poet‚ W.B Yeats. However‚ Auden adds another dimension to the poem by incorporating political references significant during the age of oppression and turmoil of the impending war and the extent of effectiveness of poetry at any point in time. In this poem‚ he utilizes techniques and themes commonly found in his other poems. Firstly‚ the theme of death
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Laverne McGee Dr. Reginald Martin English 3326 October 23‚ 2012 "Long Black Song" "Long Black Song" narrative highlights several themes by exposure of the characters in different arenas or acts. The characters: Sarah‚ sila who is Sarah’s husband Tom and many other small characters reveal the themes of: racism‚ immorality‚ race superiority‚ and marriage betrayal. However betrayal is best highlighted by the characters
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The poem written by Robert Herrick called “ To the Virgins to make sure of time” has the theme of Carpe Diem in its connotation. The author tries to persuade the reader to live life to fullest and not to waste time in things that are not important. Robert talks about the concept of time and uses nature to get his point across. In the contrary to the poem “ Song” written by Sir John Suckling. First of all‚ the poem starts of by expressing that time is and will pass by. For example he mentions
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ladies and gentleman‚ and thank you for the opportunity to discuss my favourite poems by W.H Auden‚ although ‘Lullaby’ was written in the 1940’s‚ Auden is widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century‚ this must mean something. It is understandable if at this point in time your eyes have just rolled to the back of your head‚ with your head dropping at the thought of listening to another British poem from the same era as every other presentation. But it might surprise you to
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Analyses of Audens Funeral blues The poem funeral blues is written by W.H. Auden in 1936 and its main themes are time‚ death and love. The lyrical I in this poem is a love one left behind‚ who describes the funeral of a man‚ the feeling involved and the future ahead. The poem is metrical since it has 4 stanzas with 4 lines each‚ the poem has end rhymes in every 2 lines‚ and the first and third line in every stanza contain the same amount of syllables same goes for the second and fourth line.
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Craig Cramer 8 September 2014 Eulogy of Wystan Hugh Auden Unique Achievements We have gathered here to eulogize Wystan Hugh Auden‚ a man and poet of great and beautiful works of art. While I will not be able to recite and commemorate all of his works and their deeper meanings I hope to at least give a small insight on this great mans’ life through what could be considered only small sliver of his overall works. W. H. Auden was not only a great poet during his life but an author as
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What are the dominant themes in Auden’s works? Discuss his poetry with reference to three poems. Without question Auden’s poetry moulds into a variety of forms and takes a stance on subjects that often affect our judgement on topics and issues that directly influence us or are merely ignored. His reasoning mainly centered on moral issues and showed strong political‚ social and psychological orientations. This assertion is clearly expressed through ‘September 1‚ 1939’‚ ‘Refugee Blues’ and ‘The Lesson’
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In The Song of Songs‚ the Shulamite and her lover are everything but what society conforms to. In their Hebrew society there are rules and restrictions pertaining to sexual relations and who is allowed to marry who. These rules are stated in the book of Deuteronomy‚ and if the citizens do not abide by the laws written in the book‚ the punishments were harsh and brutal. However‚ the Shulamite and her lover seemed to be living in their own world where they could not care less about what society thought
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that “Take Five” resembles most is cool jazz or west coast jazz. This song features light and soft tones with simple melodies. This song has a slow tempo with a smooth and relaxed feel to it. These are all important characteristics of cool jazz. “Take Five” has a unique time signature that is not found in cool jazz or any other types of jazz. This song does have some swing influences as well as the classical influences that Brubeck brings to the music. “Take Five” is an interesting song because the
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