Poems used: John Keats’ ’On the Sonnet’ 1848 If by dull rhymes our English must be chained‚ And‚ like Andromeda‚ the Sonnet sweet Fettered‚ in spite of painéd loveliness; Let us find out‚ if we must be constrained‚ Sandals more interwoven and complete To fit the naked foot of poesy; Let us inspect the lyre‚ and weigh the stress Of every chord‚ and see what may be gained By ear industrious‚ and attention meet; Misers of sound and syllable‚ no less Than Midas of his coinage‚
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Look again at ‘At a Potato Digging’ by Seamus Heaney and at ‘A Sheep Fair’ by Thomas Hardy‚ which both deal with the theme of the hardship of rural life. With close reference to the ways each poet uses language‚ compare and contrast what the speakers in the poems say about rural life. You should include relevant contextual material. Which poem do you find more interesting? Give your reasons. Seamus Heaney and Thomas Hardy both depict images of rural life as difficult and uncomfortable. In their
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When I have Fears is a poem written by John Keats. In this poem Keats expresses his feeling of fear about the possibility of die young and the consequences that this fact would suppose‚ and how he realizes about the real situation. The title indicates that Keats did not consider himself inmortal‚ he knew that even though he acomplish his goal of write all his thoughts‚ one of the fears he feels. The poem is a sonnet structured following the Shakespearean model with three quatrains and a couplet
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James Wright’s poem “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry‚ Ohio” was published in 1963‚ and like many of his other works‚ points focus toward the nature of human life in the Rust Belt region of America. The open form poem follows a narrator’s thoughts of his immediate and regional surroundings while watching a high school football game. Within the Rust Belt‚ poverty was common due to the after effects of the Great Depression and the decline in mining‚ and sports were one of the ways that children of impoverished
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1. Hemingway uses visual imagery to describe the autumn. "In the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain. The vineyards were thin and bare-branched too and all the country wet and brown and dead with autumn." Hemingway focuses on rain and how sets an image of death and despair which implies that the rain serves as a symbol of death; making a connection between rain and the deaths in the war. Rain preceded an outbreak
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in the poem‚ Keats provides‚ in a traditional Romantic fashion‚ a brutal‚ but incredibly honest depiction of the world. Keats offers a reminder of the state we exist in‚ leaving us with a lesson in perspective and also in a state of discomfort. Keats’ poem begins with a dominantly apprehensive tone mitigated by an underlying hopeful voice. The first line of the poem exactly mirrors the title suggesting a sense of worry. However‚ despite being a work centered on the fact of death‚ Keats employs the
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Background Gubengi is a State on the coast of the north western corner of Africa. In 1762 Gubengi was invaded by France who established a trading outpost for ships sailing to the Americas. Between 1762 and 1857 the French imposed their legal system‚ their laws and the French system of government on the people of Gubengi. In 1857 the French government decided to consolidate their interest in Africa. Consequently‚ the French appointed the ruler of the Mashontis‚ a local tribe‚ as the head of Gubengi
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should be contemplating is the future and what you will miss. The worst thing about dying young is missing out on the greatest experiences in life. Two works that show that this belief is timeless are‚ “When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be” by John Keats‚ written in 1818 and “Demons”‚ by Imagine Dragons written in 2013. Though many fear death‚ they should fear never living a fulfilling life. One of the first realizations after finding out death is imminent‚ is the importance of the people in your
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John Keats: When I have Fears that I May Cease to Be John Keats was a famous romantic poet whose work was characterized mainly by his use of diction‚ tone‚ and other literary devices to create sensual imagery in his works of poetry. Throughout the Elizabethan sonnet‚ When I have Fears that I May Cease to Be‚ one can see that Keats reflected his thoughts on life and death personal real life circumstances; ones he was facing during the time he wrote the poem. By using a combination of various
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Ezra Jack Keats‚ the son of Jewish Polish immigrants‚ was born in 1916 and brought up in Brooklyn‚ New York. He was originally named Jacob Ezra Jack Katz‚ but legally changed his name after WWII. It is speculated that it was a result of anti-semitism at that time. Keats did not have much‚ if any‚ formal art training. He painted murals for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in the 1930s and went on to become a comic book illustrator. During World War II‚ Keats designed camouflage patterns
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