Two poems‚ Roger McGough’s "Being-In-Love"‚ and "Stop All the Clocks" by W.H Auden‚ are similar and different in a variety of ways. Both poems however‚ share the main theme; Love. The first poem‚ explores the idea of ’unrequited love’‚ while the second poem is an expression of grief for someone who has recently died. Roger McGough’s Being-In-Love‚ begins in the first stanza describing this person who he is in love with: "you are so very beautiful". The speaker is presumably a male‚ because of the
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This five stanza poem is steeped in the extended personification of the books as articulate individuals. The title‚ The Secret Life of Books suggests there is something hidden below the superficial purposes (covers) of the books‚ that there is a hidden agenda that we don’t know about‚ as is also suggested in line 11 and 12 (stanza 2). The ambiguity of the poem stems from the themes of the poem which regard the power of books and language and‚ in a metafictional sense‚ the poem draws attention to
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The title ’The Secret Life of Books’ personifies books. Not only do they have ’life’ but it is secret. This tells us that humans are ignorant towards books‚ that we don’t really look into them‚ that we don’t appreciate them and that in a way books know more than us. The first stanza already brings up the main theme of the poem‚ the power books posses. Edgar tells us that they have ’stratagems’ and plans‚ and that "They have turned the world". This brings up an interesting paradox‚ even though they
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Chapter 6 Revised Everybody loves to party. A meaningful party has a dramatic impact on people’s lives. It was the second day of my university life. I was invited to a new student welcome party. At the beginning of the party‚ I felt really embarrassed. I knew none of those people in the party. I did not know what to do. For another thing‚ I have trouble on communicating with other foreigner‚ especially native English speaker. However‚ my mind changed quite a bit during middle of the party‚ and I
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A Commentary on‚ and Partial Analysis of‚ Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra‚ Part 4‚ with Especial Reference to Discourses 11 to 20 Although Zarathustra gains his happiness before the ’Fourth and Final Part’ of Al Sprecht Zarathustra‚ that which he is most concerned with- his work‚ is still ahead of him in ’ The Temptation of Zarathustra: an Interlude’ (which Nietzsche viewed as the fourth part’s "proper title in view of what already transpired and what follows" in the text as we find it abridged
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Markham 1 In order for a writer to make his readers understand the hidden meanings of events‚ literary techniques such as characterization‚ point of view‚ symbolism‚ setting and them must be present. "The serious writer’s goal is not to tell us a story‚ to entertain or to move us‚ but to make us think and to make us understand the deep and hidden meaning of events." This quote by Maupassant reveals why Hemingway‚ the author of the short story "Hills Like White Elephants‚" and Russell Banks the author
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• The author‚ Thomas W. Norton‚ critiqued the basic concepts used in essay on narcissism and corporate decay at General Motors by Howard Schwartz and in the book Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers written by Robert Jackall but with more emphasis on Schwartz’s essay. Although both Schwartz and Jackall’s writings expressed theories to comprehend the social and moral consequences of hierarchical relationship in business firm‚ each of them has different approach. • Schwartz focused on organizational
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On the exterior it seems that Dougy‚ the book‚ is all about racism. However when you delve further into Dougy‚ many other strong messages come across. Some that stand out are finding yourself‚ appreciating what we have and‚ most strongly‚ having an open mind. At the beginning Dougy‚ the boy‚ is timid‚ unsure of his life and seems to be in everyone’s shadow. Whilst being trapped in the hall with the floodwaters rising- Dougy comes out of his shell and comes to the rescue. His brave efforts probably
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William Blake’s contrast between innocence and experience is apparent in another book‚ aside from those that are named respectively‚ that was produced in 1789‚ The Book of Thel. Thel is a maiden who resides in the Vales of Har‚ which seems equivalent to the sheltered state of peace and innocence in the Songs of Innocence. Feeling unfulfilled and useless‚ Thel is invited to assume an embodied life by Clay. In doing so‚ she is exposed to the foreign world of sexuality and experience. This revelation
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William Blake’s Visions of the Daughters of Albion is a representation of the author’s convictions concerning repression and physical and religious slavery. Oothoon‚ Blake’s heroine‚ is subject to the rejection of two men who are unable to provide her with the pure‚ innocent love she so desires. Upon plucking Leutha’s flower‚ Oothoon indicates that she is ready to experience a man. The first she encounters‚ Bromion‚ rapes her‚ then claims he has impregnated her‚ making her his possession. Theotormon
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