In the story Odysseus by Homer in 800 B.C.‚ the main protagonist encountered the mythical creatures known as sirens and heard their song of death and deception. This creature in greek mythology has not only been portrayed in Homer’s work of course but also in Mary Atwood’s poem the "Siren Song". Farther than an age apart‚ both works demonstrate what the sirens do and their song of death however‚ they do not portray the creature the same way. For instance‚ in homer’s portrayal of the siren‚ they are
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In the poem “The Garden of Love”‚ which has a figurative meaning‚ the writer makes a contrast of the experience of his childhood with that of his adult life. Which techniques does he use to achieve this objective? In the collection A Choice of Poets‚ the author‚ William Blake expresses his feelings about his childhood compared to his adulthood in the poem “The Garden of Love”. The disappointment of the poet is a dominant tone in this piece of literature. The poet used figurative language
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Intense personal memories and reflections have always been an inspiration to poets. Explore this concept with regards to the poems that you have studied referring to three poems in detail and at least three poems from your wider reading. The theme of reflections is something frequently explored in literature. It is truly a powerful force. It can bestow courage‚ feelings of warmth‚ and even overwhelm you and this is exactly what the below six poets did by manipulating their personal and emotional
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“I Am” is a poem that was written by John Clare during the 1840s. Clare’s rustic poetry had brought him considerable fame and wealth‚ which enabled him to escape the meagre life he had experienced up until that time. After some years‚ his rural style of poetry was no longer in fashion‚ and his poetry met with little success. Psychological pressures resulting from the need to make money to feed his family‚ the struggles to adapt his poetry to the changing times and his inability to reconcile his rural
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Through looking at the Crow and its connotations and implications‚ Hughes has created an image of this sinister animal that challenges one’s innate mistrust of the bird through presenting the crow’s own point of view. This evokes both empathy and sympathy in the reader by posing questions which induce consideration of an alternate standpoint as well as a feeling of helplessness and vulnerability. This vulnerability is denoted firstly by the title: ‘Crow’ has lost his ‘nerve’‚ leaving him devoid
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The poem "The Door" demonstrates to us that change in self involves taking chances and the positive consequences of change. Holub expresses change as an individual’s commitment to embrace new opportunities presented to them‚ leading to a new perspective of life. The door‚ being the central metaphor of the poem‚ represents a barrier‚ which holds us back from instigating a change. It is a gateway to new opportunities if the individual decides to take the initiative. The poet uses repetition of the
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Firestarter by The Prodigy Rhythm : this is a fairly fast song at roughly 140 bpm. It is in 4/4 timing. Orchestration arrangement &Instrumentation : The song starts off with a drum hit and a heavily effected guitar riff. It is a very sharp sudden start to a song giving it a dramatic and ’in your face’ feel to it. The guitar is drenched in flange ‚distortion‚ reverb and chorus effects to make it sound weird and a little disturbing to the ear that adds to the weird nature of the song. The drums
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The poem "Tenement Room: Chicago" is simply about the same thing as its title says‚ a tenement room in Chicago. To show the mood of the room the poet uses imagery. When the poet uses imagery‚ he uses words to create mental images using the five senses of seeing‚ smelling‚ hearing‚ tasting‚ and touching. The poet here tries to show how the room and everything in it is broken‚ beaten‚ and old with visual imagery. In the second stanza the port goes on‚ object after object‚ describing each. In verses
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When one thinks about poetry the first thing you may think about is the complexity of poetry. Typically I think people are afraid of literary works such as poetry and dismiss poetry because they find it to be too complicated. Many people don’t like to read things that actually require them to think about the text and deem them complicated because they don’t want to take the time to see what the author is trying to say. However‚ if they were to take their time and dissect the poem they would find
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Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote this poem ‘Pied Beauty’‚ which used the tone of contradiction to convince readers to praise and be thankful to God‚ as He had given us whatever we have. On the other hand‚ ‘Hunting Snake’ written by Judith Wright created the tone of tense by illustrating the reactions of the poet and her companion when they met a hunting snake on their walk. Great senses of imagery were created in both the poems ‘Pied Beauty’ and ‘Hunting Snake’. First difference between two poems
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