interpretation. Other poets may choose to the opposite approach to economy‚ intentionally writing little but carefully using diction and metaphor to allow the reader to “say a lot” by interpreting the work in a number of different ways. The poets John Keats‚ W.H. Auden‚ and Sylvia Plath all use these techniques in their poetry‚ with
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in which she feels steeped. Such is the happy outcome of her awakened state that with a cry of victory she exults‚ “O soul‚ my soul‚ we have created Heaven‚ /Within we have found the kingdom here of God” (Savitri 7.5.318-19). As in Keats’s “Ode to Autumn”‚ Nature attains her maturity by becoming one with the “close bosom-friend of the maturing sun” (2)‚ Savitri’s conjugal bliss‚ before the turning of the year‚ reaches its peak. A sense of permanency takes over in her relationship with Satyavan
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this gloomy world “Where youth grows pale‚ and spectre-thin‚ and dies” are unknown to the bird. In this poem‚ it feels like the only way for the poet to be free is to be carried “viewless wings of Poesy”. The Keatsian argued that a major concern in "Ode to a Nightingale" is “Keats’s perception of the conflicted nature of human life‚ i.e.‚ the interconnection or mixture of pain/joy‚ intensity of feeling/numbness of feeling‚ life/death‚ mortal/immortal‚ the actual/the ideal‚ and
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aAlmeida Music Film in Society Motion Picture Analysis Juno is a tale told over four seasons‚ starting in autumn when Juno‚ a 16 year old high school junior in Minnesota‚ discovers she’s pregnant after one event in a chair with her best friend‚ Bleeker. In the waiting room of an abortion clinic‚ the quirky and whip-sharp Juno decides to give birth and to place the child with an adoptive couple. She finds one in the PennySaver personals‚ contacts them‚ tells her dad and step-mother‚ and carries
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Walking through the ruins of the Coliseum‚ I was filled with awe. How could a society that existed 2500 years ago plan and construct something so structurally stable‚ with the ability to outlive architecture created using advanced technology? Amongst the concrete jungle of the twenty-first century stands Rome‚ a glorious‚ immutable imprint of the past. Ancient History is the foundation of our society and its influence is inescapable‚ whether we look to politics‚ theatre‚ religion‚ philosophy or language
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understand why it is a requirement to take this class. Much like Beethoven creating Ode to Joy‚ many students have graduated from the University of Florida and have accomplished or created things that changed the world. Machen ’s ideas about what the good life is and why the “What is the Good Life” course was set up exemplify the concept of a worldwide impact and brotherhood from Smith and Burricheter’s lecture on Ode to Joy. In Machen’s lecture he brings up examples of current students who exceedingly
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‘The Streets-Morning’ by Charles Dickens is an extract taken from ‘Sketches by Boz.’ It is a descriptive piece and follows prominent features of the literary sketch technique‚ as it contains no prominent plot. The speaker narrates the “appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise on a summer’s morning.” The extract is in the first person narrative. This feature adds intensity and supports the use of details. First person narrative is generally considered unreliable due
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been / From thee‚ the pleasure of the fleeting year! / What freezings have I felt‚ what dark days seen! / What old December’s bareness everywhere!” In the second quatrain‚ however‚ he says that‚ in reality‚ the season was that of late summer or early autumn‚ when all of nature was bearing the fruits of summer’s blooming. In the third quatrain‚ he dismisses the “wanton burthen of the prime”—that is‚ the bounty of the summer—as unreal‚ as the “hope of orphans.” It could not have been fathered by summer
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The answers will follow and will go beyond the straightforward brief answer to explore how the literary and linguistic devices used in the poems contribute to meaning. It is in writing about these effects that the real business of critical analysis will really start. Poem 1: The Rainbow by William Wordsworth Let’s begin by looking closely at this very famous short poem by William Wordsworth. It’s usually called The Rainbow although it was actually never given a title by Wordsworth himself
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Formalist Analysis of “A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)” By John Keats “A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)” is a poem about objects of beauty that exist on earth. John Keats’s repertoire of writing in this poem makes it easy for the reader to understand the poem better. In addition‚ his tone of expressing objects in a rhetorical way as well as an excellent choice of words makes this poem calm‚ peaceful contemplative. The main theme of the poem is the powers of nature. The writer implies that people should
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