the Autumn of Keats’ and Holderlin In an initial reading of John Keats “To Autumn” and Friedrich Holderlin’s “Half of Life”‚ it may appear to the audience that the two poets are ruminating on two completely different topics. The poets significantly differ in their manipulation of imagery to portray autumn. Keats personifies the season into a goddess that brings the joy of harvest‚ and then consumes the last of its bounty as winter approaches. Holderlin however only portrays the beauty of the season
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recently studied some of your poetry for my leaving certificate english course and I feel greatly changed by what I read. To say the least‚ it made a strong impression on me. It was a memorable experience. I looked into five of your poems with great depth and they were; "A Constable Calls"‚ "The Forge"‚ "The Underground"‚ "The Tollund Man"‚ and of course "The Skunk". These poems inspired a range of emotions in me that I would never have expected to feel while reading poetry. In the poem "A Constable
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Evil and Good The obvious thing to say about evil is that it is the opposite of good. Some people may argue that there is a lot good in the world. Everyone does have evil in them and are very well capable of doing bad things. Although not everyone expresses their anger at the same level of intensity‚ everyone has most likely done more bad in their life then acts of good kindness. Shakespeare wrote‚ “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones‚” act three‚ scene
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devour The maize‚ and the wheat‚ and the rye‚ And grind them into flour. I look down over the farms; In the fields of grain I see The harvest that is to be‚ And I fling to the air my arms‚ For I know it is all for me. I hear the sound of flails Far off‚ from the threshing-floors In barns‚ with their open doors‚ And the wind‚ the wind in my sails‚ Louder and louder roars. I
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I visited the museum to see the “Posing Beauty” exhibit on Thursday October 3‚ 2013 and Tuesday October 8‚ 2013. The atmosphere of the museum was tranquil‚ and allowed for a freethinking and free-flowing environment to create ideas for the argumentative essay. The title of the artwork I chose is Venus‚ which is a self-portrait taken in 1994. I was immediately attracted to the piece of artwork because of the position of her body and her nakedness jump out of the portrait. It is not often that curvaceous
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said that‚ we can summarize the plot of the story as it follows. A woman and her child‚ who lived in Inniskeen‚ go to visit a friend of hers who lives beyond the Hill of Mullacrew‚ in Louth. Along the journey they got some troubles since the boy had never driven an ass. In spite of that‚ they arrive there. After having stayed at her friend’s house‚ they got back home. The realized they got lost when they got at Mullecrew Hill. There‚ they asked for directions and inquired many people. However‚ it seems
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"When I Have Fears‚” a poem written by John Keats is a written out message of Keats fears and insecurities of failure and longing. When Keats comes forth and proclaims his fear of death when he states “When I have fears that I may cease to be‚ before my pen has glean’d my teeming brain‚”(1-2) which exclaims the notion hes afraid to die before he becomes something great. Whether he wants to write a poem of legendary stature or be able to get all of his thoughts out onto paper is the question being
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first novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ was published in 1970. “In the novel‚ Morrison challenges Western standards of beauty and demonstrates that the concept of beauty is socially constructed. Morrison also recognises that if whiteness is used as a standard of beauty or anything else‚ then the value of blackness is diminished and this novel works to subvert that tendency.” (Sugiharti‚ “Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”). Her goal in writing the novel was to make a statement about how “something
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An author writes a book or novel to have the whole story put right out for you with a clear cut beginning middle and end. A poet can write a “novel” in very minimal lines or a few verses. They tell a story but give the rest for you to think and ponder about. A poet uses multiple literary devices in one single poem. When reading a poem you have to decode or decipher what the poet is really trying to say. They may use metaphors‚ irony and much more‚ in the poem “I Finally managed to speak to her”
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Kevin Amaya 3/29/13 English poetry paper Poetry is the true expression of one’s inner feelings and mood. One can truly express themselves and explain their feelings in poetry and that is why it is such a famous method of writing. No poem is exactly the same but it is possible for a poem to share the same theme as another. Whether the general topic is different and the circumstances are different‚ a theme is always constant. It is like comparing feelings with someone else and sharing
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