their best order; - poetry: the best words in the best order’ (Coleridge). A reflection on Coleridge’s definition‚ Nobody can claim that prose is a somewhat less commendable form of literature than poetry. Prose must still contain a certain amount of veraciousness and technique in order to be created. However poetry requires these things in order to be successful and whilst it is some people’s view that prose is layered with different meanings and is read to be analysed‚ poetry is simple‚ often
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The poetry of Emily Dickinson is the embodiment of transcendentalism. It is both pondering and appreciative of human nature and the world in which human nature exists. In her poetry‚ Dickinson exhibits the questioning spirit characteristic to the spiritual hunger of the era during which she lived and expresses her curiosity concerning many of the cornerstones of the human experience. In one of her poems‚ Dickinson proclaimed that she “saw New Englandly.” She possessed a vision shaped by her “Puritan
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Moore’s poem‚ “Poetry”‚ the author tells the events of developing and learning that poetry is truly something very special. This is evident from the selection of words in this piece of writing‚ which include contempt‚ discovers‚ and genuine. They occur in the poem in this order‚ which the author does for a reason. The author does this to show that through the duration of the story‚ the author changes and grows to see the greatness in poetry. At the beginning‚ the author does not like poetry‚ having contempt
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Poetry is vital language. Poetry relies on the writer’s feelings‚ history and perceptions‚ so every person has the background needed to write poems. Because poetry draws on the senses and the senses give deep access to memories and feelings‚ poetry writing is relevant and interesting. Poetry is ancient. The most primitive peoples have used it‚ and the most civilized have cultivated it. In all ages and in all countries‚ poetry has been written and eagerly read or listened to by all kinds and
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HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SYLLABUS Title of the Course: IED 373 British Poetry and Prose II Instructor: Associate Prof Dr. Huriye Reis Year and Term: 2011-2012 Autumn Class Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:45 (ZNG); huriye@hacettepe.edu.tr I.Aim and Contents: This course aims to present the Renaissance and the seventeenth -century English literature‚ the major conventions‚ themes and writers of these periods through a study of selected poems and
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Wordsworth theory of language of poetry and Coleridge’s criticism on it‚ is of great significance in the history of literary criticism. Wordsworth revolts against the poetic diction of eighteenth century. His theory has some merits and at the same time has certain demerits. Rejection of Poetic Diction and Background of his theory Wordsworth rejects poetic diction by saying‚ “avoid poetic diction”. He says that neither there is nor could be any difference in the language of prose and that of metrical
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The imaginative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language. Types of Poetry • Ballad – Songlike poem; tells a story • Lyric - musical verse; expresses observations & feelings of a single speaker. • Haiku - 3-line verse form. First & 3rd lines have five syllables; 2nd has 7. Topic is always nature • Limerick – a rhymed nonsense poem of five lines. Types of Poetry • Sonnet - 14 line lyric poem (usually unrhymed iambic pentameter) – Petrarchan (Italian) octave & sestet; octave
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This poem talks about the lack of spiritual rituals that didn’t take place during the deaths that occurred during World War I. The title refers to a song that condemns the deaths of innocent people during that war. The poem is a sonnet‚ so it is divided into two stanzas with eight verses the first one (two quatrains)‚ and the second one has six verses. The first quatrain has an abab rhyme‚ the second quatrain rhymes cdcd‚ and the six final verses have an eff rhyme. We can also find
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While studying Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry‚ it was remarkably clear that Bishop’s carefully judged use of language aids the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her poetry. In the six poems in which I studied by this poet‚ we can see how Bishop used the languages to her advantage in a way that helped the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her work. We can see the emotions in her poetry through a mix of language types and techniques within "The Fish"‚ "The Prodigal"‚ “In the Filling
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Attack by Siegfried Sassoon; Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen; Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson; No More Hiroshima’s by James Kirkup Compare and contrast the attitudes to conflict shown in three or four of these poems‚ pointing out how the poets use language to explore their ideas and emotions. Two of the poems listed above‚ attack and anthem for doomed youth are to do with things that happened during world war 1. Both Wilfrid Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were involved
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