Poetry Analysis Stage 1 English Poetry arouses great emotions in people. How have four poems “aroused emotions” in you? What have you learnt about war and the emotions associated with it? War is a part of our world and has been since the beginning of time. Through war‚ men have been given the opportunity to fight for freedom‚ for their country and for their beliefs. Young men have marched into an abyss‚ some never to return again. They have faced death on a daily basis and the way in which some
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881. Pablo was the son of a respected art teacher‚ and due to his father’s influence‚ young Pablo entered the Academy at Barcelona at age 14. This was where he painted his first great work‚ "Girl with Bare Feet". After two years of schooling‚ Picasso transferred for even for advanced tutelage. This did not hold Picasso’s interest‚ so instead he spent much of his time in cafes and in brothels. Three years later
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that they were strong women and were very hard working. 2. In line 10 I think the speaker means that her grandmothers don’t cuss or talk down on others. 3. The end makes me think that the speaker of the poem lacks confidence. It made the poem become somewhat sad. Reflection: the poem was interesting‚ I couldn’t relate to it. It was short and I liked that. The speaker seems like she has issues with self-esteem. The Courage That My Mother Had 1. The image I get from I got was that her mother
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Analysis of the poem‚ “Still I Rise” Maya Angelou’s poem‚ “Still I Rise” may contain different meanings depending on the reader who interprets it. It is a poem that talks about keeping one’s head up no matter how hard the situation they come from and not being affected by the problems on the side. Maya Angelou was part of a generation wherein the black race was still seen as “inferior”. During that time‚ the “truth” is usually kept hidden favoring the more superior groups of people. Hence‚ the
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This is a translation of the Italian poem "Rime 140" by Petrarch. The following link - shows the original form and two translations - each poem is different. They are built around the conceit of love as a warrior or knight‚ who‚ in the octave‚ makes bold to declare himself through a blush‚ and is promptly rebuked by the beloved; the sestet finds him running away to hide‚ leaving the poet to reflect on his plight as a faithful servant of a cowardly master. By attributing the offensive‚ cowardly‚ and
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In this essay I will be looking at the artwork Guernica by Pablo Picasso and make a visual analysis‚ using the effects and their emotional impact on me‚ the techniques used and the historical context of the painting as evidence for support and decide whether or not I consider it to be a form of protest‚ and if it is still fulfilling that purpose today. The first impression that Guernica had on me‚ looking at the fear on the depicted figures faces that appear to be crowded in a small dark room‚ was
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In a general sense‚ poems are personal‚ even autobiographical; they inevitably reflect‚ however directly or obliquely‚ the varied concerns and self-images of their authors. The rake in Rochester’s poems is inevitably a reflection of the historical rake…That he delighted in projecting an image of himself is also clear (Griffin 1973: 21) This study aims to find out how Rochester has been related to his poetry and what consequences these relations have had for how we read his poetry. The most important
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Task 1 LITERARY ANALYSIS: READING POETRY AND WRITING THE ESSAY Pre-writing exercise 1 • Man: This primarily mean adult male but can designate any human being regardless of sex or age. Wikipedia (2011) • Wall: This is an upright structure of wood‚ plaster or any building material serving to enclose‚ divide or protect an area. Wikipedia (2011) • Berlin Wall: This is the wall that separated East Germany from West Germany. Wikipedia (2011) • Wailing Wall of Jerusalem: It is the remnant of the
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readers and/or viewers. Workbook and Notes on Selected Poetry of Robert Frost CONTENTS PAGE Context and Focus 3 Assessment 3 Poems 3 - 11 Focus Questions – A Summary 12 Essays/ Commentary on Frost 13 - 20 Context and Focus: The focus of this semester has been the examination of Issues of Identity and Belonging‚ and how it is presented in texts‚ such as film‚ short stories‚ poetry‚ and the media. The question of identity is central to our
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Tatsuya Shiihara English Poetry Year 11 Term 2 Semester 1 2014 1 English Poetry Analysis Commentary Ladies and Gentlemen‚ my name is Tatsuya Shiihara‚ and today I will be presenting to you my interpretation of the poem "The Last War"‚ written by Australian poet‚ Katherine Gallagher. This poem expresses the feelings of the "winning" countries before‚ during and after the Second World War and the anticipation which the end of the war built. Born in 1935‚ in the town of Maldon‚ in Victoria;
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