Comparison Essay Leith Kusmider Before the modern civilizations we all live in came to be as they are today‚ countless others have risen and fallen before our time. No two civilizations are exactly the same‚ but they all do what is necessary to survive and thrive. Many find survival through military power while others find it through trade or an agriculturally based economy. It has been like this since the birth of civilization. Two of the civilizations that marked the birth of all others
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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Sonnet 138 Analysis In “When my love swears that she is made of truth‚” William Shakespeare uses personification‚ pun‚ and tone to unmask the fear that the speaker feels towards his age. The author personifies the speaker’s mentality as a woman to identify his uneasiness towards old age. The speaker’s mentality is referred to as woman because women are always self conscious of their age: “And wherefore say not I that I am old?” (line 10). The speaker can’t admit that he is old. That is why his
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Death is something that many persons fear. In both poems death is viewed diversely. In contemplation upon flowers the persona fears death‚ while the persona in to an athlete dying young is more acceptant of the fact that death has to happen. In the poem ‘A contemplation upon flowers the persona creates an instance where he admires flowers because of its acceptance to death‚ this situation is personified. The persona articulates that he wishes he could be as brave as the flowers as they are able
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Sonnet 116 “Let me not to marriage” This Poem by William Shakespeare talks about the immortal beauty of his beloved against the destruction caused by time. In the first line of the poem he propagates the union between two minds which is another different representation of love. In this poem Shakespeare talks about true love which in the poem is treated as a centre which the poet and his poetry orbit. “ It is an ever fixed mark” ‚ He refers to the solidity and steadfastness and the permanent centre
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scattered around the world never suspecting all could be found in the famous Westminster Abbey. Known around the world for its historical significance‚ Westminster Abbey is one of the largest memorial sites. It contains both graves and dedicated memorabilia to some of the most famous influential people. Millions of visitors tour each year and more are expected in the coming years with the addition of the of a museum. The Westminster Abbey has hosted everything from birth to death but will remain a major
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Comparisons between Art Forms At different times in history new genres were created and made popular. Some of these genres like Rock‚ Jazz‚ and Classical music later became art forms. Classical music was most popular during the nineteenth-century‚ however‚ that is not when it was created and not when it was last composed or performed. Classical music is still performed today as well as still composed today. Some of the most nostalgic periods of classical music ranges from the early sixteenth century
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Edmund Spenser Sonnet 30 (Fire and Ice) ! My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: a how comes it then that this her cold so great b is not dissolv’d through my so hot desire‚ a but harder grows‚ the more I her entreat? b ! Or how comes it that my exceeding heat c is not delayed by her heart frozen cold‚ d but that I burn much more in boiling sweat‚ c and feel my flames augmented manifold? d ! What more miraculous thing may be told e that fire‚ which all thing melts
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Notes The poems: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sujata Bhatt‚ A Different History Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ Pied Beauty Allen Curnow‚ Continuum Edwin Muir‚ Horses Judith Wright‚ Hunting Snake Ted Hughes‚ Pike Christina Rossetti‚ A Birthday Dante Gabriel Rossetti‚ The Woodspurge Kevin Halligan‚ The Cockroach Margaret Atwood‚ The City Planners Boey Kim Cheng‚ The Planners Norman MacCaig‚ Summer Farm Elizabeth Brewster‚ Where I Come From 1 14 William Wordsworth‚ Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
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Love and Time The song Live Forever by Sequoyah Prep School and the poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both talk about love. More specifically‚ they deal with love and its relationship to time. They show how important it is to let love grow over time‚ instead of rushing it for sex. It is almost like a garden‚ and it has to be well kept. The concept of love versus sex is very prevalent. It is obvious from the first line that the singer is more intent on love. He speaks about doing everything
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