Zachary Moore Professor Jo Scott-Coe Images of Women in Literature 16‚ March 2012 Poem of Sappho Then I said to the elegant ladies: “How you will remember when you are old the glorious things we did in our youth! We did many pure and beautiful things. Now that you are leaving the city love’s sharp pain encircles my heart.” The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople
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not a precise speaker of this poem‚ which I sometimes enjoy but for this poem I feel like there should have a been a definite speaker. I found this poem to be rather a sad and depressing. The way the speaker describes this beautiful “girlchild” (1) is with such admiration and articulation. The speaker describes her as “healthy‚ tested intelligent / … strong arms and back / abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.” (7-9) It almost seems as if the speaker of this poem is someone who is admiring this
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“The Road not Taken” is an analogy discussing about a person who made an important‚ but irreversible decision of life in the past. The poem symbolizes how that person (the speaker) chose the risky decision that has a large impact in that person’s life. In fact‚ later the person feel uncertain if the decision was right. The “yellow wood” depicts the condition of carefulness and privacy. The decision that the speaker made particularly talks about a long-term private life decision. The speaker uses
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"Thief" In the poem "Thief‚" the author talks about how quickly time goes by and reflects on the girl she used to be‚ the girl she is now‚ and her plans for the future. In the troubled yet bright poem "Thief‚" the author claims that time goes by quickly‚ and people change with time. This message is conveyed through the use of repetition‚ imagery‚ and similes. Throughout the poem‚ the repetition of "Three more years" demonstrates that the author will begin a new chapter in her life in
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Edward Hirsch’s poem‚ For the Sleepwalkers‚ explores the issue of admiration for sleepwalkers and their faith in themselves. Hirsch uses literary techniques to illuminate how the speaker’s view of sleepwalkers develops throughout the poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ Hirsch uses an evident parallel structure recurring in the first stanza is the phrase “so much faith in.” This repetition emphasizes the amount of faith that the sleepwalkers have‚ and by showing that the speaker acknowledges the sleepwalkers’
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In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions
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54461332 Assignment 01 Unique number: 859786 Ozymandias Question 1: Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel tyrant‚ who thought himself to be the most mighty person on earth; almost as mighty as a god. The statue is described as having “two vast and trunkless legs” (line 2) inspiring the reader to comprehend Ozymandias’ power; he was so mighty that no-one could even measure his “vast” power. The reader is led to understand that Ozymandias was an arrogant‚ cruel leader with the words: “frown” (line
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There’s poems online that are about roller coasters. Weird right? My Puente teacher‚ Mr. Shank‚ asked the class to compare any poem we like‚ to our experience in Puente and type it out; maximum 2 pages long. That’s our final. I thought it was going to be something else‚ like difficult‚ but apparently not. I thought about what kind of poem I want to look up online‚ till it hit me. When he asked about our experience‚ my mind played a movie of all the things I went through in Puente. There was lots
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overall perception of the speaker throughout “On the Subway”‚ written by Sharon Olds. Using descriptive language‚ the poem determines the speaker’s perception. The speaker’s fears of the stranger sitting across from her become the reader’s also by her comments and use of descriptive language. The speaker communicates the stranger’s capabilities over her life more than once in the poem. “...he looks at my fur coat‚ and I don’t know if I am in his power--he could take my coat so easily‚ my briefcase
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marked him from the start for a happy life. But change happened‚ He grew bloodthirsty‚ gave no more things to honor the Danes. He suffered in the end for having plagued his people for so long his life lost happiness.” This passage from the poem exists for two main reasons for which I can discover. First‚ the poet uses this story to ensure that Beowulf will stray away from Heremod’s path. The poet continues on with vague examples using figurative languages such as: “A killer stalks him
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