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    Love and Death (Analysis of “When You are Old” and “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” by W.B.Yeats) Ⅰ. Love In William Butler Yeats poem "When You Are Old‚" an anonymous narrator requests of a former lover to remember her youth and his love for her‚ creating a surreal sense of mystery that only reveals some shadows of his own past love life. Yeats’ diction changes as the poem progresses from stanza to stanza. In the first stanza‚ I believe the narrator is a man‚ who wrote this poem for his

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    the subject I will be analysing the similarities and differences in the poems ‘Pike’ by Ted Hughes and ‘Cockroach’ by Kevin Halligan. I will focus on what techniques both poets used to achieve the view of nature‚ setting‚ structure‚ subject‚ theme‚ message‚ tone and emotions of both poems. Pike and Cockroach both share a post Darwinian view of nature. The pikes “jaws hooked clamp of fangs”‚ here Hughes is using stressed syllables to imitate to sound of a pikes teeth clamping together. The subject

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    the goldfinch comes‚ with a twitching chirrup A suddenness‚ a startlement‚ at a branch end. a) What has happened to the tree? b) How does the mood change on the arrival of the goldfinch? c) There is a comparison of the goldfinch with an animal. Which animal is that? Q 11 Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away‚ towards the infinite And the laburnum subsides to empty. a) Who has been described in the first line? b) What impression is created by the description

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    Langston Hughes Throughout many of Langston Hughespoetry‚ there seems to be a very strong theme of racism. Poems such as "Ballad of the Landlord"‚ "I‚ Too"‚ and "Dinner Guest: Me" are some good examples of that theme. The "Ballad of the Landlord" addresses the issue of prejudice in the sense of race as well as class. The lines "My roof has sprung a leak. / Don’t you ’member I told you about it/ Way last week?" (Hughes 2/4) show the reader that the speaker‚ the tenant‚ is of a much lower

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    Sanders Mrs. Touchstone AP English 12 17 November 2012 Animal Imagery of Moral Reversal In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the theme of moral corruption is portrayed through the moral reversal of animals through out the play. Shakespeare utilizes this strategy to help establish the theme to his audience. This type of reversal is usually connected with Macbeth himself and the more he grows self corrupt‚ the more abundant the animal imagery. Toward the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth is portrayed

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    What is Imagery? Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language‚ especially in a literary work. Poets use this alot in their poems to get you to imagine what’s going on. In the poems “The Last Wolf” and “Animal Wisdom” they use imagery a lot. In this this essay I will tell some examples of the imagery In poem “Animal Wisdom” there are multiple examples of imagery. Like on page 100 paragraph 2 Its say” fish sprouted whiskers”. When I read that it makes me think of a fish Literally sprouting

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    The abundant animal imagery in Timothy Findley’s book The Wars is used to develop characterization and theme. The protagonist‚ Robert Ross‚ has a deep connection with animals that reflects his personality and the situations that he faces. This link between Robert and the animals shows the reader that human nature is not much different than animal nature. The animals in this story are closely related to the characters‚ especially the character of Robert. Rodwell acknowledges Robert’s close union

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    Discuss the use of Animal Imagery in the play. In many of Shakespeare’s plays‚ symbolism is adopted to help explaining the theme of the play. For example‚ in The Comedy of Errors‚ water imagery is a very important tool to convey the theme of that play. In Titus Andronicus‚ Shakespeare again uses animal imagery to reinforce the the themes of the play. In Act 2‚ Scene 2 Lines 27-28‚ Titus Andronicus is speaking with Marcus Andronicus about how fast his ride is. He says‚ "And I have horse will

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    the main innovators of jazz poetry‚ happens to be Langston Hughes. His poems and writings were greatly descriptive of black americans’ lives in that time period. His use of poetic elements make his writings connect with his audience‚ visually and emotionally. During Hughes’ time and the Harlem Renaissance‚ racism and segregation was still greatly in effect. Jim Crow laws limited Black Americans greatly but did not limit them from dying for the country in war. Hughes‚ of course had problems with

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    Plath and Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes Both of these poems have a central theme of nature. However‚ the real meaning of each poem can be found elsewhere. In the case of Mushrooms‚ there is a strong sense of a metaphor underneath the surface about the struggle for women’s rights and Plath plays up to this by describing the mushrooms as insidious beings. Hawk Roosting on the other hand‚ implies a metaphor for the arrogant‚ selfish megalomaniacs of today’s world and Hughes achieves this by expressing

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