Ode to John Keats At an early age‚ John Keats experienced a tough life that was surrounded by death. Not only did he lose his mother‚ father‚ and half of his siblings when he was young‚ but he was exposed to death and illness when he was a teenager working as an apprentice surgeon. He soon became a Romantic poet with an obsession with death‚ which can be seen in his poems throughout his life‚ particularly in his famous “Great Odes”. Between the spring and autumn of 1819‚ Keats wrote six odes
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to Mr. Keating‚ ´to get advice. Mr. Keating tells him‚ that he has to talk to his father about it‚ to tell him his passion for acting. He says he will. The most important thing Mr. Keating teaches the boys is to “Seize the day”‚ also known as “Carpe
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oost-academic-achievement Owen‚ W. (n.d.). Oregon school computer labs overwhelmed by demands on students. Retrieved from http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/07/oregon_school_ computer_labs_ov.html Roller‚ W. (1210‚ January 8). Carpe Diem among top-ranked high schools. Yumasun.com‚
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Complete Angler (1653)‚ where both poems are reprinted. | Slightly longer versions appear in Walton’s second edition (1655). Donne’s “The Bait” (also quoted by Walton) is inspired by the exchange. Marlowe’s poem embodies the classic example of carpe diem‚ as can be seen in the shepherd’s attitude‚ while Raleigh’s nymph finds in them an argument precisely for not seizing the day. | In the late r6th c. many other works amplified the pastoral tradition‚ such as Marlowe’s The Passionate Shepherd to
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The Bane of Life and Beauty: Time "For every man‚ Time is an emptying reservoir; to fret over how much you have left only wastes it." - Lee Connolly. In every person’s mind‚ a clock is running. A pendulum is constantly swinging and ticking into the future‚ into the unknown. Every person must‚ at sometime‚ recognize Time as a measurement of their own life and not something that can be ignored and forgotten about. As long as there have been life there has been death‚ and Time is simply a tool
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The theme shown in the poem is that we are all transient; in the end‚ only nature prevails. This is seen in the lines of “The little waves‚ with their soft‚ white hands‚ efface the footprints in the sands‚” which represent that nature (waves) can just easily wipe out our existence (footprints). The poem describes images of soft white waves washing ashore‚ wiping away footprints in the sand. The author used a lot of descriptive words and metaphors. “Footprints” is a metaphor for human existence‚ while
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enrich our every moment‚ as soon memories will be pointless. Really‚ in the end this is providing a more inherent worth to memories than they ever had before‚ because of the fleeting nature of life that Collins describes. Not in a fun‚ youthful “carpe diem” way‚ Collins is showing how short we have to live. Only from this presentation can the reader then make the leap that we ought to cherish these good memories‚ and make good memories‚ such as the “moon (out of the) love poem” in the closing lines
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Raenuka Fangtong 5340204022 Onsurang Saengsomsurasak 5340268122 Two magnificent cases of Benjamin Button The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story about a man name Benjamin Button who was born with a strange symptom of reverse aging. The short story was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1922 and was adapted into a film in the same name in 2008 by David Fincher. The film is a loose adaptation. Most of the story elements in the literary text are dropped and most elements in the film are
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“Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears!” (Reference to other speech) I‚ Marc Anthony‚ Caesar’s right hand man have come to you today to speak about a problem facing the community of Rome. Sadly‚ Caesar‚ our glorious leader‚ has gone up to the gods. In result of this we need a new leader before our city descends into chaos and destruction. I can help to return peace and overflowing prosperity to the city of Rome and Italy. As you all know Caesar died prematurely to the bloody hands of conspirators
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Kelly‚ G. A. (1986). The Music of Mortality. Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques. P 235-260. Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23232317 Online Etymology Dictionary (2010). Carpe Diem Retrieved March 11‚ 2013‚ from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carpe diem Unknown Author (2009). Emily Dickinson—Death. “Because I could not stop for Death” p.35. Retrieved from: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/stop.html
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