Furthermore‚ the diction to the poems it is a first person and third person perspective. Both of the poems make you feel their struggle and what they’re going through. The words each author use is repetitive and they use it for a specific purpose. In “Work Late Tuesday Night” the women in the poem constantly keeps using “I”‚ “to”‚ and “too”. She uses these words in order to show an excessive reminder of being a working parent. She uses “I” to show that she’s in charge of what she’s doing and that
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"Hitcher" By Simon Armitage‚ "Education For Leisure" By Carol Anne Duffy‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Lab" by Robert Browning are all poems that deal with violence or the prospect of violence. ‘The Laboratory’ is a dramatic monologue about a woman who has discovered her husband is having an affair with two other women. She is plotting to poison both of the mistresses. My Last Duchess’ is also a dramatic monologue in which the Duke is telling his new bride father’s representative about a portrait of
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Temptation in Anglo-Saxon and Renaissance Literature “Stay‚ you imperfect speakers‚ tell me more! By Sinel’s death I know I am Thane of Glamis‚ but how of Cawdor?” This quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth is an interesting representation of temptation‚ a theme commonly found in many classic works of literature (I‚ iii‚ 70). The universal theme of temptation is evident in both Anglo-Saxon and Renaissance literature throughout the character’s interactions and decisions in challenging circumstances. This
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“Parents rarely let go of their children‚ so children let go of them” - Paulo Cuelho. The two poems: Seamus Heaney’s “Follower” and Chrissy Banks’ “The Gift” each hold a different perspective on the relationship between parents and children. In his poem‚ Heaney reminisces on his childhood spent on a farm following his father‚ while Banks writes as a mother from suburbia being cared for by her adolescent son after she has an accident. Both “Follower” and “The Gift” portray a character’s realisation
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what she desires. At first‚ her fear is making a decision. She realizes that if she does what she has on mind‚ there are two possible scenarios: she could win or she could lose. “If I should fail‚ what poverty!” – “And if I gain‚—oh‚ gun at sea‚” The poem gives the impression of a speaker who thought in everything before jumping into a choice. “To know the worst is sweet”. She predicted her worst case scenario and decided that she could live with it. And if‚ indeed‚ I fail‚ At least to know the worst
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Authors of poems 12 Angry Men and “Democracy” ‚ Rose and Hughes agree on the importance of democracy. While Hughes is contributing that Democracy although is a fair way of government‚ it is not present in our everyday lives. Rose suggests that Democracy is a smart‚ fair way of government but shows how it is present in his drama and that people should take advantage of its perks and freedom that other forms of government don’t have. What is a Democracy you may ask? Well‚ Democracy is truly
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Richard Cory was an aristocrat and he was superior than the rest of the community which was from a working class. In both the poem and the song the narrator is of a working class. In the song it says “ But I work in his factory” this phrase could mean that he had to work in order to make a living because he wasn’t born into society. In the poem it mentions “So on we worked‚ and waited for the light” this line could mean that they were from working class as well and had to work until the end because
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In looking at Kipling’s poem White Man’s Burden and Johnson’s response poem Black Man’s Burden‚ one can find several contrasts and very few similarities in the perspectives of these two men and what they believed was our nation’s rights when it came to spreading Western culture and beliefs. The white man’s burden and The black man’s burden are both different viewpoints of the ways of Imperialism‚ such as positive consequences ways and negative consequences. The poem by Kipling‚"The White Man’s
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Homework – Compare how poets explore language in ‘Unrelated Incidents’ and one other poem. The language employed in poems ‘Unrelated Incidents’ and ‘Half-Caste’ effectively portrays the discrimination both poets receive. The writers’ use of language shows how they feel and how they deal with the discrimination. Both poems show positive diction. ‘Unrelated Incident ‘ is written as third person‚ making it feel we are being directly spoken to and half-caste is written in first person so the reader
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Reflections Two poems I find similar in meaning are “Untitled”‚ by Peter Meinke and “Mirror”‚ by Sylvia Path. The connections of the two poems are that both of the speakers are reflecting on themselves through poetry. Although they two poems have similarities; they are also different in many ways as well. The poem “Untitled” is about a father recognition of how badly he treats his son. I think in this poem the father is full of remorse and regret. Seems‚ as if‚ the speaker feels guilty or
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