Discuss with reference to at least three poems‚ Yeats ’ treatment of Irish Concerns Yeats changes his treatment of Irish concerns throughout his life and these changes are reflected in his poetry. Three poems that reflect these changes are ’September 1913 ’‚ ’Easter 1916 ’ and ’Under Ben Bulben ’. These poems show a transpositions in political thought. In ’September 1913 ’ Yeats shows his aversion to democracy and capitalism‚ and expresses his belief in an aristocratic society preferably governed
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The Victorian "spirit"‚ and 4 representative poems (50 pts.) The Victorian spirit is the change from the idleness of the admiration of natural things to the movement and excitement of innovation and change itself. It has turned from the love makes the world go ’round ideal of the Romantics to a tell it like it is attitude. While the Victorian spirit moves to new explorations and energies from what was traditional - submission by women‚ dominance of men‚ and the focus on reaching an Ideal World through
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Death and the Maiden Important Excerpts “Two aspects of ‘The Lady of Shalott’ were especially attractive to artists: the woman imprisoned in her tower and‚ more especially‚ the dead or dying woman floating down the river to Camelot” “The theme of the imprisoned woman was most fully explored by Holman Hunt who produced several versions. The earliest was his 1850 drawing (Fig 4.4)‚ the first by any artist to illustrate this subject.” “Both artists have adapted the poem to their own ends and have
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In "The Woodspurge" Dante Gabriel Rossetti uses plain and forceful language to recreate a moment of contemplation and grief. He narrates a basic scene from the perspective of an unknown person in which the individual wanders in a natural setting‚ sits down‚ and‚ in an emotional state‚ observes the details of a particular woodspurge — a European herb with greenish yellow flowers. The first stanza focuses on the wind and the narrator’s movement‚ which mimics the wind patterns. As Rossetti writes‚
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For rich people ‚ silk stocking covered the legs. For the poor‚ they wore wool sock. It was very different from the poor and the rich. The poor didn’t have any servants to help them at home . The rich had servants to help them do the stuff they needed done. The women were the ones in charge of the house and the men we in charge of getting money and working so they can have a house. The middle class had very good and comfy furniture and the poor had furniture the had holes in it and weren’t
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Lukas Diaz Professor: Melody Hargraves English Literature II 23FEB2015 The Romantic Movement and the Victorian era. Literature usually represents the current state of affairs in specific places during specific times. It reflects through the words and expressions of writers who believe in bringing a personal perspective on important subjects that are part of human society. Early English Romantic literature in general focuses on the personal emotions of the writers along with human interaction with
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THE BLESSED DAMOZEL by DG ROSSETTI published in 1850 was a poem that attempted to bring a Romantic spirit into the realm of art dominated by a decadent Classicism and Pre Raphaelite force. The Blessed Damozel leaned out from the gold bar of heaven
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Christina Rossetti’s ‘Song’: Death and grief. Love and tragic loss are key themes of the Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature movement‚ and ‘Song’ combines the two beautifully in a way that neither glorifies nor portrays a detrimental idea of death and the outcomes it brings. Rossetti uses a variety of natural imagery to beautify the idea of life. She tells the reader to ‘plant no roses at my head’ where the symbol of the ‘rose’ embodies the theme of love‚ which was key in such a Romantic Era
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How far do sources C and E support the view of the Fenians as demonstrated in Source D? Sources C and E both support the view of Fenians demonstrated in Source D to an extent as they all show some sympathy for Ireland. However Source E has a slightly different view on Fenians as it is critical of the damage they may do to the Irish reputation as a whole. Therefore Sources C and E support Source D‚ while Source E supports it to a lesser extent due to the fact that it is a private message and will
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Done By: http://www.livetvee4u.blogspot.com/ Dante Gabriel Rossetti – ‘The Woodspurge’ Compare this poem with ‘A Birthday’‚ written by Rossetti’s sister Christina: hers is equally simple in style and language‚ but while she expresses great happiness‚ ‘The Woodspurge’‚ written in 1856 when the poet was twenty-eight‚ shows a man in deep grief and isolation. Like Christina’s poem‚ this one also uses images of nature‚ and ends with focus upon a simple wild plant‚ the woodspurge. But is the speaker
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