William Blake‚ London London by William Blake is a poem characterised by its dark and overbearing tone. It is a glimpse at a period of England ’s history (particularly London) during war and poverty‚ experienced by the narrator as he walks through the streets. Using personification it draws a great human aspect to its representation of thoughts and beliefs of the narrator. The author uses a rhyme scheme that mirrors the pace of walking. The pace is moderate using an octameter meter‚ and each
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Robert Frost wrote an interesting poem entitled‚ "After Apple-Picking." This poem has several fascinating images that cause the reader to wonder what he is really trying to convey. Through this poem‚ Frost could possibly be trying to suggest death. This death might either be of life itself‚ or of writing poetry. There are several times in the poem that he refers to winter‚ and just as spring is a symbol for life‚ winter is the image of death. First‚ he states that the‚ "essence of winter sleep
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Robert Frost wrote many magnificent works of poetry within his lifetime. Two of his poems that were written within seven years of each other‚ “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ have such remarkable comparisons within each other. Frost plays on many aspects within each‚ while still keeping consistency of themes such as life‚ nature‚ and the emotions of the narrator and how they affect their lives and choices. With the undertone of life being a key component‚ one speaks
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Robert Frost is extremely important to Modern American literature. Frost evoked a lot of deep discussions in classrooms‚ friend groups‚ teachers and kids alike. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life. He frequently used settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century. He used them to examine social and philosophical themes. He is credited as a major influence upon the development
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Among the multitude of bewildering paradoxes in William Blake’s “Proverbs of Hell” is that which claims “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom” (class handout). It is bewildering in the case that traditional moral teachings recognize overindulgence as sinful. After all‚ it is routine to condemn the wealthy‚ who possess more than enough‚ while simultaneously pitying the poor‚ whose possessions are meager. So how is it that Blake distorts this view to illustrate excess as not only a positive
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“The Tiger” Reflection William Blake seemed like a supernatural poet who thought about the unknown of the universe and pursued to solve them. In his poem "The Tiger"‚ Blake questions the mentality of this so called “God” to create such a violent and harmful animal after having created a kind and gentle one such as the lamb. To understand the poem I had to fully understand the thoughts of the speaker‚ in which there is not a clear addressee‚ considering that the speaker didn’t mention who he or
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Vincent Van Gogh and David Foster Wallace struggled with deep depression and mental illness all their lives‚ their works and pursuits continuously exacerbating their state of mind‚ until they ultimately decided that suicide was the only option. Robert Frost was also affected by the darkness of depression. But he‚ through his constant communion with the thing he writes so much about‚ was able to overcome it. The poems "Dust of Snow" and "Stopping
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Robert Frost makes an allusion to an accident that happened in Vermont back in 1916. He chooses to make an allusion back to Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The allusion refers to the queen’s life quickly ending after her chop to her head. She quickly bleeds to death. In "Out‚ Out‚" the boy carelessly drops the buzz saw after being distracted by a time of fulfillment known better as supper. Soon realizing the carelessness of his mistake‚ pleads to his sibling to not allow the doctor to amputate his appendage
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T – Sorrow‚ Solitude‚ Silence T – In Robert Frost’s frantic poem My November Guest‚ Frost uses personification to the extreme by having the speaker’s melancholy depression take on the form and actions of a lover. Thus begins a sort of personal journey in which the speaker analyzes his reasons for being full of sorrow
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arrival that matters” as journeys are often a metaphor for that which transcends the physical realms of one’s travels. It is the medium for arrival that allows for the opportunity for self-discovery. The complexities of life as revealed throughout Robert Frost’s poetry‚ use ordinary‚ physical journeys in nature to demonstrate how journeys often reach beyond the physical sense in which they are composed. Similarly‚ the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher and the short film‚ “Harvie Krumpet‚”
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