Under the surface of “The Lady of Shalott” “The Lady of Shalott”‚ by Alfred Tennyson‚ is a Victorian ballad based on an early renaissance Italian story "Quì conta come la Damigella di Scalot morì per amore di Lancialotto de Lac." While it is on the surface a simple narrative of an Arthurian story‚ it is impossible not to wonder if Tennyson intended to get something more across. One of the possible interpretations of “The Lady of Shalott” is as a commentary on the relationship between artists
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Alfred M. Green delivered a speech‚ in Philadelphia in 1861‚ directed towards his fellow African Americans. Now around this era African Americans were not allowed the right to enroll in to the union army. Green wanted to empower his fellow African Americans to enroll by the appeal to powerful words‚ repetition and the use of inclusive language. Green knew the appeal and emotion that can be drawn from using powerfully motivational words; he does this to drag out the patriotisms inside each person
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The Romantic poet Percy Shelley once wrote‚ “Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world‚ and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.” Both the Romantic and the Victorian periods of poetry followed Shelley’s vision of poetry as they exposed their respective societal issues. Romantic period lasted from1785 to 1830‚ a time in which England moved from an agrarian to industrial country and overall nationalistic ideals threatened the individuality of the poets and artists
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Lord Alfred Tennyson‚ a consummate poetic artist‚ consolidated and refined the tradition bequeathed to him by his predecessors in the Romantic Movement (especially Wordsworth‚ Byron‚ Keats‚ Shelley). Beginning in the after math of Romantic Movement‚ Tennyson’s development as a poet is a romantic progression from introverted and inert states of mind towards emancipated consciousness. The growth of consciousness‚ and the relationship between the self and the world beyond‚ are fundamental concerns
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subjectivity but on reality and closely observed detail. What this paper aims for is to demonstrate that Tennyson’s poem Ulysses is written in the form of a dramatic monologue and to show how the poem functions as a vehicle for the poet’s world-view. Alfred Tennyson’s entire poem is spoken by a single character as it is indicated by the large number of verbs and pronouns in the first person singular. The audience he speaks to is silent. The speaker is a classic‚ heroic figure in a classic situation‚
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Short Writing 4 The presentation of war in the poems written by Odin and Alfred Lord Tennyson compared to poems written by Wilfred Owen is vastly different. Both shed vastly different light on the subject of one dying for his country. The main fundamental ideological difference of the two given poems by Odin and Tennyson is that they believe when one dies in war‚ they should be honored and celebrated‚ and it should be considered a glorious death‚ while Wilfred Owen believes a death in war is
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John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness‚ Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees‚ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd‚ and plump the hazel shells With
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In “Ulysses” by Tennyson we examine two different male roles through the father and the son. The father’s role is an adventurer‚ explorer and fighter. This is a common role for Victorian men because they were charged with the responsibility to explore colonies and claim land for the glory of the empire. The father craves "to sail beyond the sunset‚ and the baths/ of all the western starts‚ until [he] die[s]" (Tennyson 60-61). Socially this is an accepted male duty and role. This role is contrasted
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Photographer Data Alfred Stieglitz was an iconic photographer and gallery owner‚ who creates abstract art or symbolism in high-quality fashion. He was born on January 1‚ 1864 at Hoboken‚ New Jersey in a German-Jewish family. He spent most of his life in New York City‚ molding his photographs and leading a group of artists‚ called the Photo-Secessionist movement. They were a group‚ who looked for as much skillful and creative potential as possible of what a photographer can do. Because he was a
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than his body. "We are not now that strength which in old days /Moved earth and heaven‚ that which we are‚ we are- /One equal temper of heroic hearts‚ /Made weak by time and fate‚ but strong in will /To strive‚ to seek‚ to find‚ and not to yield." Tennyson had some tragedies in his life‚ and wrote about them in his poetry. But like all humans there is always hope and optimism that things will change for the
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