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    poets. One similarity which can be seen at the beginning of both is they both start like fairy tales‚ which shows that the poem should be mostly positive. For example‚ ‘There was once a country’ and ‘One summer evening’‚ this shows that the power of place is influencing the reader and is making them think it is going to be a nice and calm and creating a sense of hope for the poem although they end up being different at the end to surprise the reader and make it more interesting than they would think

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    In the poem‚ The Eagle: A Fragment‚ Alfred Lord Tennyson questions the position of man in the universe and demonstrates how his existence is transient and fleeting. The word "fragment" in the title of the poem shows immediately that he believes that man is just a trivial piece of insignificance. Many Victorian poets used nature‚ or natural events‚ such as snow‚ rain‚ or landscapes to convey their messages. Tennyson uses the same technique by using the eagle to portray man. The eagle is set against

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    Comparison of Two Poems Why is it that people write poems? Sometimes‚ it seems that authors write poems to confuse or to mislead. As most would know‚ poems aren’t actually written for that purpose. They are written to amuse and enlighten in a critical thinking way. Poems are like secret passages with deep meanings within the lines and rhythms; after being pulled apart and analyzed‚ they can leave your mind blown. I will be comparing “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke with another poem titled “Those

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    and fellow classmates‚ I have researched about 2 poems and made a comparison between the two. I’m here today to talk to you about them and see what you think at the end of the speech. The two poems I researched were (on the sea‚ author John Keats) and (sea fever‚ author John Masefield). as you can see from the title of the poems that they are bot about the sea but don’t be confused‚ they’re both completely different stories. Both of these poems talk about the sea‚ they are both referring to the

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    The journey of life will ultimately always end in death. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Elliot‚ we can interpret the story in many ways‚ but in Emily Dickenson’s “712”‚ we see common traits between both poems. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a story of a man. The entire poem is based off of Dante’s “Inferno”. Bringing into the thought that everyone has their own personal hell depending on their life. Prufrock‚ to me‚ is already in his hell not traveling to death. We see

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    The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson speaks the poem “the charge of the light brigade” with many themes in mind‚ but the main themes that are best portrayed are honor‚ and death. The poem talks about a British brigade consisting of 600 men‚ with only horses and swords. They charge a Russian unit knowing that this mission might be their last. We can infer that the poet Alfred lord Tennyson has these two themes in the poem based on the details provided by the poem “The Charge of the Light brigade”‚ and the

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    Comparing the themes in two poems by Les Murray The poem Broad Bean Sermon and the Burning Truck are two contrasting poems by the poet les Murray. The poem Broad Bean Sermon explores various themes such as; the beauty of nature and positiveness e.g. the positive outlooks on the environment. It is about the person giving a spiritual speech about these beans; however he’s not focusing on the ordinariness of the beans but rather he is concentrating on the uniqueness and different types or personalities

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    and a politician‚ disagreed with this statement and pointed out that the existence of an England of ’two nations who are as ignorant of each other’s habits‚ thoughts‚ and feelings‚ as if they were ... of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding‚ are fed by a different food‚ are ordered by different manners‚ and are not governed by the same laws.’ He further says that ’these two nations were the richest and poorest.’ It was a time when the rich were rich‚ and the poor people

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    Comparing the Two Poems: Clown Punk and Medusa. Compare the ways the ‘Clown Punk’ and ‘Medusa’ show characteristics of being isolated and having bad or no kind of relationship with people. Both the ‘Clown Punk’ and ‘Medusa’ show characteristics of being isolated from humans; as shown in the ‘Clown Punk’‚ a man is being shunned by the general public‚ he is thought to be a bit of a joke – not to be taken seriously or treated as an equal. People fear him‚ yet despite this they also have a contrasting

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    The first poem I am going to write about is the Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred lord Tennyson. Alfred was born on the 6th of August 1809 in Lincolnshire England. Alfred died on the 6th of October 1892. The poem is talking about war that he read in the newspaper and he wrote a poem about them. The battle took place in the 1854. Alfred was not a soldier in the war he think war is a good thing. In the first verse it talks about the six hundred soldiers going to war in

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