The lyrics come from Friedrich Schiller’s ‘Ode to Joy’. Schenker states that “What Beethoven did‚ he did in spite of text”‚ the only consideration of the lyrics in the analysis is a justification as to why vocals are acceptable on this one occasion. Schenker suggests that Beethoven’s need for parallelism overrode the need for programmatic considerations despite them being ‘logical inconsistency’. Other compositional context is also ignored by Schenker‚ ‘Ode to Joy’ was also commissioned by The Philharmonic
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divided into two diverse groups:- the daemonic group which consists of the three poems The Ancient Mariner‚ Christabel‚ and Kubla Khan and the conversational group which includes the poems like The Eolian Harp‚ Frost At Midnight‚ the irregular ode Dejection and To William Wordsworth. The later poems Limbo and Ne Plus Ultra mark a kind of return to the daemonic mode. The poems of the daemonic group bring out Coleridge’s preoccupation with the imaginative‚ the occult and the supernatural. Though pre-eminently
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Keats (1795 – 1821) and Percy Shelley (1792-1822) were both good friends during their time‚ which could be why they wrote their poems on similar topics for example both “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Shelley and “To Autumn” by Keats were both written on nature and how they perceived it. The first time reading “Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Shelley‚ it seems as if the poem is just a poem about the wind and nature. Shelley expresses no emotion or feelings in this poem‚ he only describes
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The play “Antigone” conveys the interactions between the King Creon and his niece Antigone. Their interaction is different than a normal conversation between a women and male at the time‚ especially a man with as much power as Creon. Normally‚ a woman would surrender to the males wishes and keep her thoughts to herself. Antigone separates herself from this commonality by showing no fear as she admits to burying Polyneices‚ her brother‚ when the Creon questions her (Line 411). Creon is shocked by
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A Brief History of Persian poetry: One of the most noble forms of literature is poetry. Over the centuries Persian and non-Persian poets have written their poems in the Persian language‚ Farsi‚ and it’s variations. Even though the Farsi language has changed over time the ancient poems are still readable. Iranians highly value their poets who kept their culture and language alive even during numerous invasions. Persian poetry is as ancient as Avesta (the holy book of Zoroastrians) where first form
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Elizabeth Carter‚ poet‚ writer‚ and translator‚ was born at Deal in Kent on 16 December 1717. She was the first child of Revd Nicolas Carter‚ preacher at Canterbury Cathedral‚ and his first wife‚ Margaret‚ daughter and heiress of Richard Swayne of Bere Regis‚ inheriting a fortune of £15‚000 which according to Montagu Pennington‚ she lost it in the South Sea Bubble. Elizabeth’s mother died when she was ten years old. In the seventeenth century members of the Carter family were active in the parliamentary
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been cheerful and high-spirited at all times. But everything changed in the twinkling of an eye when she found out she was suffering from colon cancer. A wave of cascading tears instantly flowed down her rosy cheeks. Her face took on a look of such dejection and despair. Carla was at the age of 21 when she was first diagnosed with the lethal disease. She had to endure the agonizing pain for years and went through countless amounts of treatment at a private hospital. The disease took its toll on her physically
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Summer Reading Assignment Honors Characters change in many ways‚ whether they are conscious of it or not. In both a “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens and “Nectar in a Sieve” by Kamala Markandaya characters can change when they have choices forced upon them. This essay will show how change is forced on characters in both books. To begin with‚ character change in “Nectar in a Sieve” is shown in different ways. One is shown when Ruku and Nathan are forced into situations they are not fond
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is like a roadblock keeping her for happiness. During depression‚ all the sadness in the depressed person feels‚ is in their mind‚ but they cannot seem to move past it. That is what makes it depression‚ when someone experiences emotions of severe dejection. During depression it feels like one is trapped in an emotional prison that they cannot escape from. They are all alone. But‚ what the speaker in this story is trying to do is tell her that she has people who care about her‚ and he will stay with
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And since my parents never showed even the slightest signs of weakness‚ fatigue‚ or dejection‚ I grew up under the warmth of their radiant‚ loving smiles. However‚ looking back‚ I took a lot for granted‚ mistakenly believing that everything they did for me was merely expected. Similarly‚ I regret all those stubborn and meaningless arguments
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