Mushtaq Subject: Classical Poetry Topic: “Distinctive Qualities of Donne as a Poet” Submitted by: Ambreen Naqvi (11014237-1006) M.A English Fall 2011 1st Semester Content Introduction • John Donne • The Age of Donne • Life History • Major Works Donne As A Metaphysical Poet • Metaphysical poetry • Love Poetry • Divine Poetry Donne’s Style • Use of Metaphysical Conceits • Bizarre Imagery &
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connected to each other. A metaphysical conceit is an extended metaphor or simile in which the poet draws an ingenious comparison between two very unlike objects. "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" ends with one of Donne’s most famous metaphysical conceits‚ in which he argues for the lovers’ closeness by comparing their two souls to the feet of a drawing compass—a simile that would not typically occur to a poet writing about his lov This is a "classic" Donne poem. In it‚ he shows off his vast knowledge
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Discuss W.B. Yeats as a modern poet. Answer:- William Butler Yeats‚ one of the modern poets‚ influences his contemporaries as well as successors‚ such as T.S. Eliot‚ Ezra Pound and W.B. Auden. Though three common themes in Yeats’ poetry are love‚ Irish Nationalism and mysticism‚ but modernism is the overriding theme in his writings. Yeats started his long literary career as a romantic poet and gradually evolved into a modernist poet. As a typical modern poet he regrets for post-war modern world
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Auden: A Modern Poet To justify Auden as a great modern poet it can be said that Auden stands out among modern poets by his earnest effort to be great modern thinker. He was well versed in history‚ philosophy and theology and had a remarkable grip on contemporary currents of thought in political theory‚ science and psychology. Auden extraordinary style and diction make his poetry strikingly obscure. Sometimes the style makes his poem difficult to understand. This difficulty and obscurity arises
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Dead Poet Society Speech Is living a crime? Is choice unacceptable? Is suicide typical? Reading this is so simple but going through it is much harder than we think. Forgetting your best friend who suicided‚ having your close relative killed and been alone was Charlie’s life. “The perk of being a wallflower” directed by Stephen Chbosky is an astonishing film which involves youngster entering the world of adulthood. Beginning a new year of high school here Charlie finally befriends Sam and Patrick
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In the Dead Poet Society‚ Robin Williams is one of the main characters‚ he is the English teacher Mr. Keating. Mr. Keating attended the Welton academy boarding school as a teeneage‚ when the boys find this out after his first class he teaches they immediately go to find him in a yearbook from the past. In the yearbook they see that he was part of the Dead Poet Society. When the boys ask him what the Dead Poet Society is‚ he responds by saying it’s a group of guys who go to a cave and recite poems
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impact on the poets mind. His love for Maud Gonne‚ Maud Gonne’s marriage to Macbride‚ his marriage to George Hyde Lees and his realization of desolation madu ep his mine to write poetry concerning love. The theme of love appears with different twist and turns in his poems. A lot of Yeats lyric poem delas with love. However‚ in his early love lyrics‚ love was vague. Fleeting emotion. It was his meeting with Maud Gonne at the age of twenty three‚ that transformed yeats into a great love poet. Henceforth
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Dead poets society 1) Describe the setting(time and place) in detail. Welton academy‚ 1959 all boys’ dormitory or preparatory school. This is the school where the boys prepare before going to college. 2) Discuss the meaning of how John Keating introduces himself to the class. Mr. Keating was very different‚ unconventional‚ interesting to listen to as a teacher and very inspiring. For instance‚ he asks his students to rip the introduction out of a poetry book‚ telling the students that
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In Dead Poets Society we feel that a considerable amount of injustice occurred in relation to Keating. What is your opinion about this and how do you respond to the headmaster’s accusation that he is the cause of Neil’s death? After the death of Neal Perry‚ Mr Perry Neal’s father sought the cause of his son’s death‚ after informing Mr Nolan‚ Mr Nolan blamed Neil’s death on Professor John Keating and his creative teaching methods. This injustice was unfair and caused Mr Keating to loose his job.
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The Dead Poet Society The Dead Poet Society explains that we may not appreciate poetry by reading a book. Poetry has a lot of meaning that can be change by our experiences. Poetry is like our life‚ living to pursue our dreams and that’s poetry all about-our life that needs love‚ beauty and romance. Life doesn’t stop for anything or anybody‚ like poetry‚ open for expression. It allows the realizations of our ability. Verbalize what we think‚ what we know and what we feel. Poetry is alive‚ not merely
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