Pedro Salinas has a reputation of one of the great love poets of his time. In his poem ‘La voz a ti debida’ he explores a deeper meaning of love by comparing appearance with reality and the superficial with the transcendent. This particular poem is one part of a trilogy of love poems written by the author between 1933-1939. All three were well received. The other two poems ‘Razon de amor’ and ‘Largo lamento’ describe the reason for love and the pain of separation‚ whereas the first focuses on the
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Comparing Country and City Life Some people think that city life has more benefits than country life; however‚ some people agree that country life is a “real life”. Like hearing natures music‚ or seeing sights of the land and its natural beauty. Even though city living and country living might have their similarities‚ a broader perspective shows that they both have some differences in conveniences‚ life conditions‚ and people’s characteristics. The first similarity is convenience. Most people
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In this essay‚ I would like to discuss one of Robert Browning’s more unsettling poems‚ "Porphyria’s Lover." The poem is a dramatic monologue of sorts‚ though different from Browning’s most famous dramatic monologue‚ "My Last Duchess." In contrast to "My Last Duchess" in which the Duke regales a Count’s envoy with tales of his former duchess‚ Porphyria’s lover is not addressing any other living person. Of course‚ this makes the monologue of Porphyria’s lover all the more dramatic. In keeping with
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vehemently against his father giving up on life‚ he then also describes death as “that good night” which may mean he sympathises on some level with his father’s fatalistic attitude. This idea is also supported by the fact that Thomas in real life rarely had any money and was a heavy drinker‚ something that eventually led to his death in 1953. So it could be the case that in the end Dylan Thomas did go gentle into that good night‚ or maybe it was his own way to rage against the dying of the light
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Question : What is a dramatic monologue? Which of the two‚ in your opinion‚ is the stronger dramatic monologue in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” or Browning’s “My Last Duchess”? Answer : Traditionally dramatic monologue is a lyrical poem in the form of speech spoken by a single man. It is dramatic because it begins abruptly and in the development of its thought it takes several sudden turns which impart dramatic dimension to the poem. In a dramatic monologue the single speaker reveals his thoughts in the
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning presents ideas of exploitation and liberty in her poetry. Before this paper proceeds in examining how she achieves this goal‚ the terms “exploitation” and “liberty” will first be discerned. This paper will use Tilly’s (2000) definition of exploitation which “occurs when persons who control a resource a) enlist the effort of others in production of value by means of that resource‚ but b) exclude the others from the full value added by their effort." For the term “liberty”
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Therocitus… Erotic Desire: Comedy or Tragedy? The bucolic world‚ first described in Theocritus’ idylls‚ shepherd-poets sing and play their ‘pan pipes’‚ share folklores‚ and woo beautiful nymphs all while tend to their flocks. In two of his short poems‚ Idyll 1 and Idyll 11‚ Theocritus tell two very different stories about an unrequited love. In Idyll 1 "Thrsis’ Lament for Daphnis” Thrysis sings ‘the sufferings of Daphnis’‚ a most earnest story of a bucolic hero‚ who‚ as the poem would tell‚ pined
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“My Last Duchess” When reading “My Last Duchess” at first it was quite confusing. The narrator doesn’t finish his thoughts at the ending of every line which kept me guessing and trying to piece it all together. After reading it the third time I finally came to understand exactly what he was trying to say. The narrator was a troubled powerful man who was showing off a piece of art to another man‚ but little did he know at first what exactly that painting meant. First‚ I would like to describe a little
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Egyptian Love Poems and Their Universal Message Love transcends time and culture. Literary works throughout all of history tell stories of love that depict the meaning of love within those societies. In Sumerian culture‚ love stories revolved around sacred marriages and sexual acts that produced fertility of the land and people‚ whereas the Egyptian poems are secular and used more for entertainment and pleasure. The foundation of Egyptian love songs was the relationship and interaction between lovers
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The Laboratory is a poem which is set in the 18th century and is about a jealous woman who thinks her husband is cheating on her so she asks a chemist to make poison so she can kill her lover’s mistress. The main themes throughout this poem are love‚ hate and jealousy which eventually lead to death. Lady Macbeth is a play which was written in the 17th century and is about a deeply ambitious women who lusts for power and status‚ her ambition is shown by immediate determination for Macbeth to be king
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