1. Seeking justice‚ Hamlet’s One would claim that revenge is not justified in the modern society. Morally‚ to some people‚ it never is while to others‚ it is the only moral thing one can do. Nonetheless‚ one can still view it as more than just revenge. That said‚ it is difficult to condemn Hamlet’s longing for revenge. In the recent times‚ if someone murders your father‚ one may count on the justice system to take revenge on their behalf. It may not‚ however‚ feel as good as compared to taking
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* NAME: Sylvia Plath * OCCUPATION: Academic‚ Editor‚ Author‚ Poet * BIRTH DATE: October 27‚ 1932 * DEATH DATE: February 11‚ 1963 * EDUCATION: Smith College‚ Cambridge University * PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston‚ Massachusetts * PLACE OF DEATH: London‚ England Sylvia Plath was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on October 27‚ 1932. Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes‚ although the two later split. The depressive Plath committed suicide in 1963‚ garnering accolades after
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In this essay I am going to be analysing how Wilfred Owen uses language to convey the horror and pity of war in‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est”. Owen wrote‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est” in October 1917. The poem describes the soldiers returning from the front for a period of rest. They are all exhausted and look ragged. They hear the gas shells trying to find their range but are too lethargic to worry about them. Then suddenly the enemy find their range and the shells hit them. One man fails to fit his gas mask
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‘Death of a Naturalist’ by Seamus Heaney and ‘Field Mouse’ by Gillian Clarke both explore the theme of nature. Compare both poems and their treatment of this them and then compare them to two poems in the pre- 1914 collection. (‘The Eagle’‚ Tennyson and ‘Patrolling Barnegat’‚ Whitman) ‘Death of a naturalist’ is a poem about the views‚ of a little boy‚ on nature. It begins positive as he likes the frogspawn; ‘best of all was the warm thick slobber of frogspawn’. However as he grows he believes that
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continues even when it is not shared‚ when it is no longer a "common factor." True love‚ that is‚ is both unconditional and eternal. The first line acts as an introduction for the poem and is followed by the main content of the sonnet. Shakespeare uses enjambment in the second line to create a sense of acceleration and move the reader away from the opening and into the depths of the poem. The persona goes on to say that true love will endure all obstacles‚ as is evident in the line‚ “or alters when it alteration
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“slap” when talking about “the tears (that) slap my torn face” insinuates the idea that he is in physical pain‚ that the emotional pain he feels is is so strong that he physically hurts. In the first stanza‚ we find out about his mothers death. Enjambment is used to speed up the pace of the poem‚ and show how quickly someone’s whole live can change‚ like in the phrase“In the moment it takes a life to pass/ from waking to sleeping” The phrase “from waking to sleeping” highlights the opposites in what
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4/25/13 Emmett Till Poem #12 Indian pipe‚ bloodroot. White as moonbeams In this sonnet overall explained the lack of conscienceness people had in the 1950s and 1960s. Nelson compares the innocence of nature to the corrupt moralities of humans. The author used words like bloody‚ monsters‚ and killed to create a gloomy and dark mood. The tone is somber. The sonnet is not a Shakespearean sonnet because the rhyme scheme is a-a-b-b-c-c-b-d-e-f-d-e-f. I didn’t find any illusions but there are a lot
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horses working on a field become a lasting memory that he then pines for as he becomes older. In the first stanza he says “those lumbering horses in the steady plough‚ on the bare field- ”‚ this is the first description we get on the horses he uses enjambment comparing the ‘lumbering’ horses to a ‘bare field’‚ and this makes us realise that like the line‚ the feelings the poet is describing are still on going. Also‚ by using words such as ‘bare’ and ‘steady’ the horses seem uniform and bland‚ which
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Viloria‚ Kuhlyn B. BSMT2B There is no frigate like a book There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away‚ Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! Emily Dickinson Explanations: Lines 1-2 There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away * To start us off‚ the speaker compares a book to a frigate‚ or a big ship. * What to ships do? They take us
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Peter Skrzynecki Peter Skrzynecki explores his perceptions and ideas of belonging in the anthology of poems from “Immigrant chronicle”. The concept of belonging is conveyed through the represent action of people‚ relationship‚ ideas‚ place‚ events and societies. In the text responders may experience and understand all the facts of belonging or not belonging‚ this awareness may be influenced by the different ways perspectives are created through the voice of Peter Skrzynecki. The language techniques
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