Discuss the theme of love and longing in the poems you have studied. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Poetry enables a writer to express his or her feelings. Like painting or music it is an art‚ an art that supplies the reader with an insight to the poet’s mind. Poetry is a response and an evaluation of the author’s world and life. A poem can represent sorrow‚ joy‚ love‚ anger‚ despair‚ or it can simply be a reflection of an event or memory. Poems frequently have hidden meanings‚ but many are
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The Irony of The Jungle Between 1870 and 1900 Chicago grew from a population of 299‚000 to almost 1.7 million‚ the fastest-growing city ever at the time. This surge in population was largely attributed to immigrants coming from European countries seeking a chance for employment and new freedoms associated with moving to the United States at the time. 1905‚ in particular‚ was a historic year when a surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair
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177 The Cornflake Red H 170 A Victorian Hangman Tells His Love Yellow M 79 When First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people
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and Abse discuss the subject of death in their poems When the subject of death is addressed by poets Larkin and Abse they imply that death is a certain and predetermined demise to our lives. However through analysing there style of poetic writing‚ readers can appreciate their different attitudes towards death. Larkin appears accepting of death‚ acknowledging fate in a realistic way. Abse however is emotionally impacted and overall unaccepting of the part it plays in our lives. Larkin’s poem ‘Ambulances’
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Irony in “The Gift of the Magi” In The Gift of the Magi‚ O Henry uses irony to place special emphasis on love and sacrifice. O Henry is known for his use of irony in his short stories. Irony is defined as: “the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning” (dictionary.com). In The Gift of the Magi‚ O Henry uses verbal‚ situational and dramatic irony to tell his story. The most obvious and prominent type of irony used in The Gift of the Magi was situational irony
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The Ecstasy : John Donne - Summary and Critical Analysis The poem "The Ecstasy" is one of John Donne’s most popular poems‚ which expresses his unique and unconventional ideas about love. It expounds the theme that pure‚ spiritual or real love can exist only in the bond of souls established by the bodies. For Donne‚ true love only exists when both bodies and souls are inextricably united. Donne criticizes the platonic lover who excludes the body and emphasizes the soul. The fusion of body
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the poem‚ Randall creates a conversation between a mother and her young daughter. He opens with the daughter asking if she could go march in a freedom march instead of going outside to play. Her mother refuses to let her march because she wants to keep the little girl safe from the violence‚ but when the daughter is sent to church‚ an explosion kills the child. “ ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ provides rich lessons in irony‚ the power of poetry‚ and the history of our country” (Jolley 38). The irony is displayed
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William Golding‚ the author of Lord of the Flies‚ used irony to tell his story of a group of young British boys stranded on a deserted island. The readers can clearly spot the irony in the dialogue and Ralph‚ one of the main character‚ is also aware of the irony in his situation. The irony in the novel forces the readers to step aside and think about the hidden meanings the author is trying to express. <br> <br>The first example of irony occurred in chapter two. Jack says to the group of young‚ impressionable
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To start it off‚ this has actually been an English class that I will encourage other to pick from and why I say this is because is not like any ordinary English class. Your class actually has a meaning every topic we had discuss about examples from global warming‚ food industry problems‚ community‚ diversity we learn from this topic and each and one of us have different opinion. The topic that impact me the most to be more aware about was the global warming one‚ why? Because there’s many things out
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