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    Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the significance in‚ ’The Fisherman’ In your answer explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems you have studied by Yeats. Yeats aspired to compose poetry for the Irish elite‚ whom he considered would venerate his literature. Unfortunately that wasn’t the case- Yeats expresses his frustration on how the public means have become materialistic‚ and one-dimensional. How the pureness of Ireland is being

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    Discuss ways in which Yeats presents memories in ‘Broken Dreams’ Main 3 themes= memory-old growing memory- associated with negetivity memory-beautiful- Maud Maud Gonne= pinnacle of his memory ‘you are more beautiful than anyone’ ‘And yet your body had a flaw / Your small hands were not beautiful’ – her flaw were what separated her from the angelic persona of an angel but it was this very flaw that made her perfect- hence the reason she was such an overpowering part of his memory- unforgettable.

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    Broken Dreams was published in 1917 after Yeats’ last proposal to Maude Gonne‚ he was 52 years old when it was published. Around the time this poem was published‚ women couldn’t vote‚ there were no jobs for women‚ women were less equal and the suffragette movement was going on. Yeats in the poem is talking about Maude‚ she was a woman he loved she didn’t love him back. The poem is quite aloof and cool‚ it’s almost like he’s giving a lecture. Yeats mentions the women’s flaws in every stanza‚ he

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    contrasts the idea of the poem as the airman knows he is going to die‚ ‘I know I shall meet my fate’ and therefore the calmness of the poem and the calmness of the airman is seen as peculiar as other people in this situation would be more panicked which is why the airman stands out as he keeps his mind at ease and reflects on his life. The airman who is thought to be Major Robert Gregory shows that he thinks that the war does not make sense to him at all and does not care who wins the war or who loses

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    “Empty as sky‚ with every other sound No ceasing‚ calls there ghosts from their abode” Discuss ways in which Thomas presents memory in ‘Aspens’. In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas that you have studied. Memory is presented as either a way of life or a community of change‚ as demonstrated in ‘Aspens’‚ ‘Old Man’‚ ‘Aldestrop’. He does this through the variety of techniques such as change in form

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    In the poem ‘The Fisherman’ W.B Yeats presents his frustrations on how the Irish people have become‚ materialistic‚ greedy and one-dimensional‚ and how Ireland was full of creativity and culture‚ but is now being polluted by the lack of attention towards the art and creativity‚ leading towards this damaged Irish society. Yeats begins by using a symbolic image of a fisherman‚ and writes the poem for his own personal ideal audience. He opens the poem using a first person narrative‚ mixed with a simple

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    * A poor fisherman casts his net four times‚ out of custom * First cast: caught a dead ass * Second cast: jar full of sand * Third cast: found potsherds‚ bones‚ and broken bottles * Forth cast: found a silver box‚ containing‚ Afrits‚ the genie * The fisherman is portrayed as a god fearing individual. Out of respect for his god‚ he bestows a form of blessing before and after he casts his net. * The moral of the story is what you do upon others‚ others will do upon you. ("Spare me‚ so god may

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    Discuss 3 ways in which creolization has impacted the development of Caribbean art forms. Creolization is the coming together of new-comers and cultural strangers in a subordinate society. Creolization has highly influenced the development of Caribbean Art form in quite a few ways; Caribbean literature‚ fashion and music‚ all due to the colonial experience. Creolisation has played a major role in the evolution of music into several subgenres and fusions. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that

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    What need you‚ being come to sense‚ But fumble in a greasy till And add the halfpence to the pence And prayer to shivering prayer‚ until You have dried the marrow from the bone; For men were born to pray and save; Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ It’s with O’Leary in the grave. Yet they were of a different kind‚ The names that stilled your childish play‚ They have gone about the world like wind‚ But little time had they to pray For whom the hangman’s rope was spun‚ And what‚ God help

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    William Butler Yeats/Irish history. Yeats’ parents‚ Susan Pollexfen and John Butler Yeats‚ offered Yeats kinship with various Anglo-Irish Protestant families who are mentioned in his work. Normally‚ Yeats would have been expected to identify with his Protestant tradition—which represented a powerful minority among Ireland’s predominantly Roman Catholic population—but he did not. Indeed‚ he was separated from both historical traditions available to him in Ireland—from the Roman Catholics‚ because

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