In Edward Zwick’s 1989 drama motion picture named “Glory”‚ Colonel Robert Gould Shaw‚ a veteran of the Battle of Antietam‚ commands the United States’ first all African-American regiment in the Civil War‚ the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. The infantry originally performs menial tasks‚ however soon after is placed in the heat of battle to fight for the Union. The film explores certain themes that were prevalent during the Civil War such as equality‚ human worth and essentiality. As slaves began to
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Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) Language and words prove that we love the Earth‚ “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate‚ half perplex‚ the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) To someone
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“The Road Not Taken”. “Frost spent the years 1912 to 1915 in England‚ where among his acquaintances was the writer Edward Thomas. Thomas and Frost became close friends and took many walks together. After Frost returned to New Hampshire in 1915‚ he sent Thomas an advance copy of "The Road Not Taken”. Frost says that the speaker of the poem was based on his friend Edward Thomas. Thomas was “a person who‚ whichever road he went‚ would be sorry he didn’t go the other”. (WIKIPEDIA). I chose this poem
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Edward Thomas wrote “Rain” during World War I. His use of the image of rain and his word choices create a mood which is somber and dark. All alone in a house‚ the speaker listens to the rain is confronted with thoughts of death. To Thomas‚ death would be a welcome relief from the misery in which he is living. Thomas says “Remembering again that I shall die / And neither hear the rain nor give it thanks / For washing me cleaner that I have been” (Thomas 3-5). To the reader it makes mood clear
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APUSH January 8‚ 2013 Glory Glory is both an awe inspiring and heart wrenching movie about the first all black volunteer company to fight in the civil war. The movie starts off with Col. Robert Gould Shaw leading a company of soldiers in Antietam which suffers heavy losses. Soon he is promoted to Colonel and given command to the 54th Massachusetts volunteer infantry; the first all black regiment. The first volunteer to sign up is an educated black man named Thomas Searles who is also Shaws
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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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as Judy Kendall writes. Thomas explores his fascination with the unimportant in this poem and looks at the connection and merging together of Spring and Winter. Much like his other poetry‚ here‚ Thomas struggles to put his finger on precisely what he means. This is shown by his inability to separate and distinguish between the two seasons. The poem begins with the first two lines focussing on Spring‚ however‚ by following this with two lines focussing on Winter‚ Thomas explodes our first expectations
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moment in the life of Edward Thomas. Another way of looking at this poem is through the eyes of Edward Thomas. Thomas wants us to stop at the next train station of life‚ and he wants us to stick our heads out of the train of life. By doing this Thomas hopes that his readers will be able to experience the little things in life. The author wants us to make sure we don’t miss anything in life as it flashes by us‚ in a sense Thomas doesn’t want us a train stop that one might need to get off and explore
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year’ written by Robert Frost and Edward Thomas are both similar in the idea that they both revolve around encounters. Both poems have many similarities in their presentation and ideas but are also very contrasting. Both have encounters‚ presented in different ways‚ some of the key ideas however remain the same in both. Both poets have very contrasting ideas on what these encounters are and what they represent. Form/Structure The New Year‚ by Edward Thomas‚ is a tightly structured poem which
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described by these description but once again is linked to war. From being in a trench so long‚ war gets “outmoded”‚ War is often glorified or “dignified”‚ all war is “Dark”‚ and the longer war goes on the more vacant or “untenanted” it becomes. But Edward Thomas could quite possibly be describing himself and how he is feels from being in the war. Allusion – “Blenheim oranges” this is an allusion to tell of the location in the poem‚ It was found at Woodstock‚ Oxfordshire near Blenheim in England. And at
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