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    that distinguish artistic roles very well are Jahangir in Darbar‚ and Claude Monet’s representation of Gare Saint-Lazare. In the painting Jahangir in Darbar‚ the artist makes a visual record of an audience that Jahangir is holding at court. This allows observers to place themselves in this setting. Also‚ the diversity of the crowd signifies the ethnic and religious tolerance of the Mughal court (A World of Art‚ 2010) In Claude Monet’s representation of Gar Saint-Lazare‚ it allows an observer to

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    Poem of Sapho: Analysis

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    Zachary Moore Professor Jo Scott-Coe Images of Women in Literature 16‚ March 2012 Poem of Sappho Then I said to the elegant ladies: “How you will remember when you are old the glorious things we did in our youth! We did many pure and beautiful things. Now that you are leaving the city love’s sharp pain encircles my heart.” The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople

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    The Waking Poem Analysis

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    piece written by American vocalist‚ Kurt Elling‚ and features Theodore Roethke’s 1954 poem of the same title. Released in 2007 on the album Nightmoves‚ Elling uses musical techniques to enhance the message of Roethke’s poem. However‚ in order to understand the reasoning behind the devices Elling has used‚ the meaning of Roethke’s poem must first be discussed. Roethke wrote ‘The Waking’ after a series of intense poems such as ‘Praise to the End!’ and in it he describes the process of enlightenment through

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    Poem Analysis Example

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    “The Road not Taken” is an analogy discussing about a person who made an important‚ but irreversible decision of life in the past. The poem symbolizes how that person (the speaker) chose the risky decision that has a large impact in that person’s life. In fact‚ later the person feel uncertain if the decision was right. The “yellow wood” depicts the condition of carefulness and privacy. The decision that the speaker made particularly talks about a long-term private life decision. The speaker uses

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    Girlchild Poem Analysis

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    not a precise speaker of this poem‚ which I sometimes enjoy but for this poem I feel like there should have a been a definite speaker. I found this poem to be rather a sad and depressing. The way the speaker describes this beautiful “girlchild” (1) is with such admiration and articulation. The speaker describes her as “healthy‚ tested intelligent / … strong arms and back / abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity.” (7-9) It almost seems as if the speaker of this poem is someone who is admiring this

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    "Thief" In the poem "Thief‚" the author talks about how quickly time goes by and reflects on the girl she used to be‚ the girl she is now‚ and her plans for the future. In the troubled yet bright poem "Thief‚" the author claims that time goes by quickly‚ and people change with time. This message is conveyed through the use of repetition‚ imagery‚ and similes. Throughout the poem‚ the repetition of "Three more years" demonstrates that the author will begin a new chapter in her life in

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    Edward Hirsch’s poem‚ For the Sleepwalkers‚ explores the issue of admiration for sleepwalkers and their faith in themselves. Hirsch uses literary techniques to illuminate how the speaker’s view of sleepwalkers develops throughout the poem. At the beginning of the poem‚ Hirsch uses an evident parallel structure recurring in the first stanza is the phrase “so much faith in.” This repetition emphasizes the amount of faith that the sleepwalkers have‚ and by showing that the speaker acknowledges the sleepwalkers’

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    I decided to write about Claude Debussy because I believe he was an extraordinary composer and his works really influenced the 20th century. Claude Debussy was born on August 22‚ 1862‚ in France. Debussy‚ showed a significant interested in piano since he was a kid. This passion about piano‚ opened the door for a new path regarding music‚ that changed his life in a very good and beneficial way. Although‚ he did not come from a rich family‚ Debussy became a very honorable person. His journey in the

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    In this poem‚ Blake is trying to dispel the myth of grandeur and glory associated with London and to show the ’real’ people of London and how they felt. London was seen and portrayed as a powerful and wonderful city where the wealthy lived and socialised. However‚ Blake knew that London was really a dirty‚ depressing and poverty-stricken city filled with slums and the homeless and chronically sick. To reveal the truth‚ Blake combines description of people and places with the thoughts and emotions

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    Ozymandias poem analysis

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    54461332 Assignment 01 Unique number: 859786 Ozymandias Question 1: Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel tyrant‚ who thought himself to be the most mighty person on earth; almost as mighty as a god. The statue is described as having “two vast and trunkless legs” (line 2) inspiring the reader to comprehend Ozymandias’ power; he was so mighty that no-one could even measure his “vast” power. The reader is led to understand that Ozymandias was an arrogant‚ cruel leader with the words: “frown” (line

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