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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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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Maddy Ball Mrs. Restivo English Honors 9A 3/7/16 Is Mr. Keating from‚ Dead Poet Society‚ a Good Teacher? “A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity‚ knowledge‚ and wisdom in the pupils‚” (Ever Garrison). This is especially true of Mr. Keating‚ a high school english teacher in‚ Dead Poet Society. Although‚ Mr. Keating had an unusual way of teaching he changed his students lives for the best and taught them to express themselves. Keating brought his students out of their
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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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Eliot also demonstrates Modernism. He was a key figure of Modernism and was so important a figure that the early Modernism era in 19th century is also called ‘The Age of Eliot’. In The Metaphysical Poets‚ written in 1915‚ he introduces his thoughts on what distinct features ‘Modern’ or ‘Metaphysical’ poets should use. Although his early poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is published prior to the book review‚ it also displays modernistic features. First of all‚ Prufrock‚ the speaker of the poem
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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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During the literary period known as the New England Renaissance‚ there were several poets who became very popular. They were called The Fireside Poets because they used themes that appealed to a wide audience and families would spend time in the evenings reading their poetry by the fireside. Fireside poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Greenleaf Whittier both used imagery in their poetry to help the reader picture scenes of nature with language that gives the elements of nature almost human-like
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Before we are able to trace the motives that ushered in Romantic period‚ it is of paramount importance to point out the preceding period‚ which is known as Neo-classical era. The Neoclassical period spans 1600-1798 (the accession of Charles II to the publication by Wordsworth and Coleridge of Lyrical Ballad). It is called the neoclassical period because of reverence for the works of classical antiquity. The period is often called Age of reason‚ and science was used to glorify God and his creation
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