poetry does not teach us how to die‚ but how to cope with death and the uncertainty created at the death of a loved one. It also emotionally supports its readers through its invited readings. Funeral Blues‚ or more commonly known as Stop all the clocks by W.H. Auden is a good example of the grieving process many people experience. Made famous in today’s society by the reading in the popular movie Four Weddings and a Funeral‚ and reducing the majority of the audience to tears‚ it is a heart-wrenching
Premium W. H. Auden Sonnet Poetry
Kayla Meadows Instructor Rita Rogers ENG 131-IT3 10 May 2014 Literary Elements Used in “[Stop All the Clocks‚ Cut Off the Telephone]” In the poem “[Stop All the Clocks‚ Cut off the Telephone]”‚ W.H. Auden is able to incorporate the usage of personification‚ metaphors‚ and imagery effectively to help the reader feel the overwhelming grief the speaker is experiencing over the loss of his or her loved one. Auden is able to draw a vivid picture of the grief felt after the loss of a loved one. The speaker
Premium Emotion Feeling Literary devices
This painting is created by Albert Bierstadt. This painting is part of the American Collection at the Zimmerli Art Museum located in New Brunswick. The piece of the artwork is call Buffalo Hunter. This oil painting is a representation of a native hunter trying to kill a bison with a traditional spear. This artwork is a form of fine art because it is an oil painting. The medium used to create this artwork was oil paint. The dull hue used for the background of the sky and grass field symbolize that
Premium Painting Color Oil painting
“Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone” by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead‚ Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚ Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North‚ my South‚ my East and West‚ My working week and
Premium Love Stanza Poetry
Had I had the power to go back in time‚ I would go back to the time where Bill Gates had invented the first computer. I would invent it before him by myself. I would also back in time to the time where Coca-Cola company had just opened. These two companies and many other companies who are successful I would go back in time and open them too. This would lead me to being the richest person in the world as I opened all the main companies and I would own them all. I would basically open only those companies
Free Future Invention Time travel
In James Somers article “Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks” (2015)‚ Somers looks at the old New York subway system and compares it to the newly efficient and safe subway system called communications-based train control‚ or CBTC. First‚ Somers mentions that in the old New York subway system the tracks are separated into sections which display an occupied or vacant track. In contrast‚ he states that each train supported by the CBTC system is carrying a radio and onboard controller
Premium United States World War II Internal combustion engine
so far or asking the reader questions. He begins the story by describing a classic ebony grandfather clock‚ with porcelain figures replacing the numbers on the face. The characters aged as you went clock-wise around the face‚ ending with the figure of Death at the top. The narrator explains how people thought the clock unlucky‚ and that death would truly strike someone one day along with the clock. He goes back 200 years‚ explaining how there was much intrigue and suspicion in the Duke’s court. Rumors
Premium Witchcraft First-person narrative Cinderella
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
Free Poetry Love Stanza
Making a killing: Hong Kong photo exhibition tells African big-game hunters to hold fire PUBLISHED : Thursday‚ 07 August‚ 2014‚ 10:43am UPDATED : Thursday‚ 07 August‚ 2014‚ 12:15pm Photographer David Chancellor offers a unique and often visceral insight into South Africa’s hunting safaris in his exhibition “The Game is Killing the Game”. Hosted by The Salt Yard‚ an arts space in Kwun Tong‚ the photo series calls for a reflection on hunting for sport when many species are in decline. Animal
Premium MTR Africa Mainland China
there is still a division of classes within the society‚ as the tale begins with‚ "A rich man’s wife... ". There is also use of the word "haughty"‚ by the two stepsisters when they tease Ashputtle about her old gray dress. Tannith Lee’s When the Clock Strikes is completely different from the previous two tales‚ most likely because this tale was written more recently (around 1971)‚ and there was a very major difference in the world as compared to the world when the other two tales were written. It
Premium Cinderella Brothers Grimm