‘Spring Offensive’ of Wilfred Owen: Offensive and Its Outcome Sunday‚ October 23‚ 2011 Wilfred Owen Masters the group of war poets who have the first hand experienced of modern war fare. ‘Spring Offensive’ like other poems of Owen‚ is an eloquent protest against the cruelties and horror of war and it is drawn on Owens own experience of the Anglo French offensive launched in April 1917 to attack the Germans who took shelter behind the river Somme in France. The very title of the poem
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WHITMAN‚ THE DEMOCRATIC POET When the first edition of Leaves of Grass was originally published in 1855‚ Walt Whitman ’s collection of poems was a slender yet ideologically rich book. Although only fully recognized after his death‚ Whitman ’s body of work has become the emblem of American democracy. If in the beginning he had been scorned‚ ignored‚ or misunderstood‚ slowly and steadily Whitman achieved international fame‚ and is now arguably one of the most
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place they put sexual realism and an interest in introspective psychological analysis of the emotions of love and religion (sometimes expressing the one in terms of the other‚ and sometimes actually being metaphysical in subject matter too). These poets showed a penchant for the novel and the shocking‚ and relished obscurity‚ rough verse‚ strained imagery‚ and at their best can be startlingly effective. Donne set the pattern by writing in a diction & metre modelled on the rough give-and-take of actual
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both effectively include the use of conceit in their exploration of love. They discuss love from different angles‚ portraying different views of the role that love plays in life. Although the poems have very different structures‚ similarly both poets choose to use unexpected objects as the subjects of their metaphors. John Donne explains the love between him and his partner through the image of a compass. This effective use of conceit explains that just like the legs of a compass they are connected
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different in the kind of love‚ the picture of women in both‚ and in the structure. First of all‚ the two poems deal with the same topic which is love but of course from very different views. The Flea speaks about pure physical love and how does the poet can convince his beloved to do what he wants. He uses the flea as a symbol of their love where in it their blood are mingled. For Donne‚ it is their ’marriage temple’ in which they become one ’one blood made of two’. By that way‚ he attempts to convince
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Langston Hughes was a famous African American poet‚ and novelist. Langston was born February 1‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ MO and soon after he was born his parents James Hughes‚ and Carrie Langston had separated. They both end up leaving him behind his dad took off to Mexico and didn’t return‚ and his mom end up moving. So he had to end living with his grandmother her names was Mary but she end up dying in his early teens. Hughes end up moving with back with his mom which the moved to several cities before
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Alveria Pickett Linda Layfield Enc 1102-03 14 November 2013 COMPARE AND CONTRAST Comparing William Wordsworth and A.E. Housman views on nature although Wordsworth and Housman are great poets they describe nature in different ways. In order to imply a connection between nature and the human mind‚ Wordsworth uses the technique of identification and comparison whereas A.E. Housman does the opposite in “Loveliest of Trees”. Wordsworth has beliefs about man’s relationship face with nature
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and many people began to question the bible. The change caused a great deal of confusion and alarm‚ which prompted English writers to accept responsibility and write about new thoughts‚ beliefs‚ and feelings. Alfred Tennyson‚ who is a very famous poet‚ is often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. Tennyson was a man who had seen pain and sorrow in his life. After the death of his best friend‚ Arthur Hallam‚ Tennyson found relief from his pain in writing. Many of his
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born in Akron‚ Ohio in 1952. She was a Presidential Scholar in 1970. She attended Miami University of Ohio‚ where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree; she continued her education by earning a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. She is a poet‚ novelist‚ short story author‚ essayist‚ playwright‚ newspaper columnist and editor. She also created a song cycle for soprano and orchestra music. Despite the diversity‚ her literary excellence is honored over and over. The four poems this
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An Offprint from for Students Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied Epics Epics Epics for Students Project Editor David Galens Editorial Sara Constantakis‚ Elizabeth A. Cranston‚ Kristen A. Dorsch‚ Anne Marie Hacht‚ Madeline S. Harris‚ Arlene Johnson‚ Michelle Kazensky‚ Ira Mark Milne‚ Polly Rapp‚ Pam Revitzer‚ Mary Ruby‚ Kathy Sauer‚ Jennifer Smith‚ Daniel Toronto‚ Carol Ullmann Research Michelle Campbell‚ Nicodemus Ford‚ Sarah Genik‚ Tamara C. Nott‚ Tracie
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