WD Commentary Emily Dickinson’s main purpose in poem 355 is to describe an indefinable depression. She creates a melancholy persona to depict the chaos and despair she feels because of her condition. Her poem is structured around her uncertainty towards her mental state. Dickinson‚ in the first two stanzas‚ eliminates possibilities to what she may be feeling. She analyzes that “it was not death”‚ “it was not night”‚ “it was not frost”‚ “nor fire”. The poem appeals to the human sense of touch‚ as
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Poem Commentary: Before Summer Rain A storm can provoke many emotions in a person. Rainer Maria Rilke in his poetry cleverly insinuates themes of nature‚ religion‚ and childhood‚ from a personal aspect to a collective one. The poem‚ Before Summer Rain‚ describes the narrator’s experience of the encroaching storm‚ as he/she stares out of a window. Rilke‚ in his poem‚ Before Summer Rain‚ evokes emotions associated with witnessing a storm and how these feelings compel him to recollect his childhood
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JOHN KEATS (1795-1821) * He’s the forerunner of the English aestheticism. * Member of the Second generation of Romantic poets who blossomed early and died young. He is Romantic in his relish of sensation‚ his feeling for the Middle Ages‚ his love for the Greek civilization and his conception of the writer. He was able to fuse the romantic passion and the cold Neo-classicism‚ just as Ugo Foscolo did in “LE GRAZIE” and in “I SEPOLCRI”. * He was born in London; he attended a private school
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Shelley’s poem is a melancholy meditation on the transience of youth and life’s happiness. This central idea is explicitly made obvious through different stylistic devices. To begin with‚ the theme is mainly built on contrast. The speaker’s sense of loss is in fact reinforced by a central thematic opposition between past happiness and present sadness. The vanished pleasures of the speaker’s youth are indeed contrasted to the difficulties and sadness of his present as an old man. Stanzas‚ too‚ are
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"CRITICAL OF TIME AND NATURE BY THE SESTET OF OZYMANDIAS " INTRODUCTION Ozymandias is a poem written by Percy Shelley. It was published in January of 1818 in The Examiner. This poem is an Italian sonnet‚ a I4-line poem. The rhyme scheme is ababacdcedefef. The sonnet consists of oktave (the first eight lines) and sestet (the last six lines). The poem is about a person who met a traveler in the desert and was told about a statue. In this context‚the traveler is a book‚and the person is the
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This is going to be an awesome birthday celebration for King Cairo! Last Sunday (October 16)‚ Kylie Jenner and the entire family celebrated the birthday of King Cairo‚ Tyga’s son. King Cairo is now 4 years old‚ and it’s time for the Kardashian-Jenner family to celebrate this day. This happened one day after Blac Chyna is holding a celebration similar like this. By the way‚ Chyna is also 4 weeks away from her 2nd child‚ which is a girl. Her fiancee is no other than Kylie and Kim Kardashian’s brother
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Literary Studies Assignment 1 Ozymandias was a powerful king‚ who ruled with an iron fist. Lines 4 and 5‚ “Half sunk‚ a shattered visage lies‚ whose frown”‚ “And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” shows that Ozymandias ruled with contempt‚ dominance and conceit. He was a very unhappy man‚ not forthcoming or humble in any way‚ as a true king should be. He was however‚ filled with pride and arrogance. Lines 10 and 11‚ “My name is Ozymandias‚ King of Kings: Look on my works‚ ye mighty‚ and
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The Scarlet Pimpernel & Ozymandias The Scarlet Pimpernel and “Ozymandias” as literature have a lot in common .When it comes to justice and vengeance these two writing’s show a strong use of them .In The Scarlet Pimpernel and “Ozymandias” the author and writer shows a strong diction of what people will go to for vengeance and how people will take action for justice . Characters in The Scarlet Pimpernel showed actions for justice in an appropriate
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Mary Wollestonecraft Godwin Shelley was born on August 30‚ 1797 in London‚ England. Her father‚ William Godwin was a philosopher while her mother‚ Mary Wollestonecraft‚ was a strong feminist of her generation. They got married in 1797 to protect the rights of their upcoming child. (Frankenstein) However‚ a few weeks after on the 10th of September‚ her mother died from Placental Infection due to the complication in Mary’s labor from before. (Romantic Circles) Since Mary’s mother died early in her
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Ozymandias Points to remember: 1. The statue of Ozymandias stands as a metaphor (symbol) of the temporal (not permanent) nature of political power. Time and history have a destructive power that brings all to an end. 2. The statue in the poem also symbolizes pride or ‘hubris’ (arrogance) of all humanity in any form it may take. 3. Material possessions do not last. 4. The poet points out to us that all that is left is art (the remains) and a few words (what is written on the pedestal)
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