During the romantic era London was a place of beauty with underlying darkness. Both William Blake and William Wordsworth address this in their poems “London” and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. The poems are eight years apart and both written in London. Europe was going through its Industrial Revolution during this time. These poets see London in opposite Ways; using metaphors‚ personification‚ and imagery both poets show their points of views. Blake for the people’s sorrow and Wordsworth for
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When the poem starts‚ the narrator urges the drums and bugles to play their music loudly and powerful‚ so it bursts through doors and windows into schools and churches. He even urges the instruments to disturb newlyweds and farmers. Then‚ as if on repeat‚ he once again urges the drums and bugles to play‚ except he describes their sound hoping it will reach across the city. He wants it to keep people up at night and keep them from working during the day. If people chose to ignore it and carry on with
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A soldier’s suffering holds no refrain from anyone‚ no matter what title or identity they have. In both the worlds of soldiers in those in the poem entitled “losses” by Randall Jarrell and at Devon school in “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles‚ there are several relationships that they share. Both center around the lives of soldiers and soon to be soldiers during the cruel time of the second World War which was happening in Europe. Jarrell experiments with multiple identity in the combination of several
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1.0 Introduction ‘War does not determine who is right – only who is left.’ Bertrand Russell War never ends quietly; while the battlefield tells the most immediate brutal stories‚ it is the aftermath that shows the greatest tragedy. The Vietnam War is not an exception; it resulted in countless damages‚ the worst being the psychological trauma suffered by its participants. This therefore becomes a recurring subject explored by many Vietnam War authors‚ who wrote of an experience they lived first hand
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This poetical study will define the theme of social deviancy‚ taboo sexuality‚ and the quest for beauty through the dualistic meaning of “spleen and ideal” in The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire. In these poems‚ Baudelaire is attempting to find beauty in the most malignant and ugly aspects of life. The first section of the book entitled “Spleen and Ideal” defines the ugliness of death‚ disease‚ and other malignant aspects of life in the “spleen”‚ and the way that the “ideal” attempts to extract
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Description: The Third of May 1808 is a painting originated by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The painting displays an execution of masses of Spanish countrymen by French soldiers. There are 8 visual soldiers‚ with their faces turned away from the viewer‚ aiming guns at a group of Spanish countrymen extremely close. There is a central figure Spanish man with his arms stretched out‚ on his knees. He is wearing a white shirt and yellow mustard pants. The central figure is surrounded by about
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Discuss the ways in which Thomas presents the effects of war in “Gone‚ gone again”. In your answer‚ explore the effects of language‚ imagery and verse form‚ and consider how this poem relates to other poems by Thomas you have studied. Throughout the poem the most prominent theme that Thomas includes are the references to the war. In fourth stanza “and when the war began” is a direct reference to the war‚ due to the context of the verses around it‚ the reference seems to be written quite bluntly
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details to create vivid images and provide a deeper understanding of the events and characters for the readers. This helps connect the reader to the message the author is trying to express through the text. The specifically chosen words‚ descriptive language‚ and details come together to enhance the reading experience and keeps the readers engaged in the
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Poets: Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke Poem: Dulce Et Decorum Est The soldier Similarities: - Theme - Period Theme: - War Period: - During World War 1 Differences: - Point of view - Style - Tone - Structure - Choice of Words - Description/Literary Techniques - Pace - Message to public - Impact towards humanity Point of view: - Negative towards war - Thinks that war is horrible and cruel as throughout the poem Owen makes disgusting remarks and descriptions of the war - War
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Short Writing 4 The presentation of war in the poems written by Odin and Alfred Lord Tennyson compared to poems written by Wilfred Owen is vastly different. Both shed vastly different light on the subject of one dying for his country. The main fundamental ideological difference of the two given poems by Odin and Tennyson is that they believe when one dies in war‚ they should be honored and celebrated‚ and it should be considered a glorious death‚ while Wilfred Owen believes a death in war is
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