A comparison of structure‚ poetic/language devices and themes between ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ Both ‘Hour’ and ‘Sonnet 116’ were written 500 years apart‚ yet both of these poems explore the significant characteristics of love and time. Both poems explore that time and love does not match. But in ‘Sonnet 116’ love is the dominant figure from time and in ‘Hour’ time is the dominant figure from love. In the poem‚ ‘Hour’‚ Carol Ann Duffy is talking about how one ‘Hour’ of their day can be spent as
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Mother to Son and The Coora Flower: A Poetry Analysis In poetry‚ more so than any other form of literature‚ understanding sound‚ meaning and theme are key to understanding the work itself. In the case of the poems “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes and “The Coora Flower” by Gwendolyn Brooks these elements‚ when heavily focused upon‚ allow the reader to discover the message that these writers were attempting to convey. Thought both writers use these elements to their fullest to communicate their respective
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Bananas and Oranges: A Comparison Between Two Fruits As I sat down to write my compare and contrast essay‚ I thought it would be a simple task. Oh‚ how wrong I was! Coming up with two subjects to compare differences was easy‚ but finding ones with similarities also? Not so much. I have researched and googled every important issue that I thought would be interesting to debate‚ but did not have any luck of finding something inspiring. Finally‚ I decided that I was making this more difficult
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their life forever. The author of “Mother to Son” puts the mother into a situation that shapes her value because she is giving her son advice. In the story “Little Women‚” the children are all shaped by their values of giving gifts to their mother. Choices and experiences can all change someone’s values‚ in the two short stories their values change throughout because of the choices they make‚ and the experiences they go through. The mother from “Mother to Son” and the girls from “Little Women”
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A comparison of Donne’s poems John Donne is the name in English literature who gave a new direction to the literary activities of his age. He is in a sense founded the metaphysical lyric‚ which was practiced by a score of writers. He set up a new tradition in versification. By and large Donne must be regarded as an original poet‚ a poet who gave much more than what he borrowed from his age. One of Donne’s poems‚ "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" comes to the same conclusion as seeing the poem
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in life though we need to appreciate each other and world we live on. Life is not a walk in the park‚ it’s never easy;you’re always trying to get better. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son’ the speaker is talking about hard life is. In her journey she says “ Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (Mother to son‚ Langston Hughes line 2). Within this quote she explains that life is not easy and never will be easy even when you’re happy. Furthermore‚ she continues to‚ “So‚ boy‚
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With fault‚ with hate‚ with compassion and with oppression; they are all the exact same within. There are two essays that easily capture the concepts of flaws in character. “Censoring Myself” by Betty Shamieh and "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan. A popular character flaw‚ is race and how others hinder you because of it or how it can affect you based on just how you behave because of it. Amy Tan’s mother spoke broken English‚ which was a strange mix of English and Chinese. A mixture that is usually portrayed
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relatioships between charcters in the stories we have studies one of them is Anil. in Anil the writer presents confilct in relationship between the father‚ Appa‚ and the son‚ Anil. Anil is very uncomfortable and scared with his father‚ we know this because in the story it says " his father was a burly man‚ a bully to his family" this explains that the relationship between the father and the son is unsual and unsafe. the word "Bully" is used to show negativity and the harmful relationship between Anil and
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When comparing "Mother To Son" with "Mending Wall" the message given is that with hard work‚ either manual or emotional life gives rewards. In "Mother To Son" the mother wants to pass her knowledge of life to him‚ that nothing is free and with hard work you will receive the feeling of accomplishments. The mother speaks of her hardships in life‚ but even with those she has always had hope. Even during the darkest times in her life she never gave up. What greater gift can a mother pass on to her child
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determination to accomplish anything. These terrible character traits displayed by our youth could result in our great nation’s demise.In these two poems‚ “Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress Toward” by Gwendolyn Brooks and and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes address the importance of determination in our lives. Here are some examples of how each poem shows the importance of determination in their own unique way.
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