As a modern poem”The Wasteland” “Eliot’s Waste Land is I think the justification of the ‘movement‚’ of our modern experiment‚ since 1900‚” wrote Ezra Pound shortly after the poem was published in 1922. T.S. Eliot’s poem describes a mood of deep disillusionment stemming both from the collective experience of the first world war and from Eliot’s personal travails. Born in St. Louis‚ Eliot had studied at Harvard‚ the Sorbonne‚ and Oxford before moving to London‚ where he completed his doctoral dissertation
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relationships. Robert Browining‚ a great Victorian poet‚ wrote two pre-1940 poems‚ ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Prophyrias lover’‚ they are both examples of domineering me or individuals who end up killing their former lovers. The main theme which the poems are centred around is madness. ‘The Ballad’ on the other hand has an unknown poet‚ this could be as a result of it being passed down from one generation to another. All the three poems deal with the distorted image and status of women‚ and how this had an
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believe that they are the highest species and that everything follows. Due to that belief‚ they think that every thing should be handed to them and that they should not try hard enough in what they choose to accomplish. In Slaughterhouse-five written by Kurt Vonnegut in 1969 focuses on the life of a man born in New York. This man goes by the name of Billy Pilgrim and at the age of 19 is drafted into World War II‚ after his years of being a prisoner of war he is captured by aliens‚ the Tralfamadorians and
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Analysis of a Poem When You are Old‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically‚ Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more frequently
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Poem at 39 and Piano Poem at 39 is about a woman describing the relationship with her father. She first talks about how she misses him but the poet portrays a subtle sense of dislike and resentment. She says he was tired when she was born ‘How I miss my father I wish he had not been so tired when I was born. This makes her feel like she is not wanted as she has so many other siblings. A child that age would feel very bad if her father did not give it their love and attention and as they get older
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describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of the poem? (Think about the lover’s frame of mind?) An Investigation into Porphyria’s Murder Remember: • This poem is a dramatic monologue. •
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Jordan Friedman Mrs. Kashmer English Period: 4 5-29-13 Writing to Compare Literary Works The following poems set a great example of imagery. The poet’s use of imagery adds to the meaning of each poem. Imagery describes a poem’s true meaning with the five senses. The images of blackberries help me understand the poet’s ideas within the words because of its vivid details. The visual images in line two have a clear picture of blackberry bushes filled with berries. Each adjective is like berry after
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is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories. Vonnegut is best known for his black humor and he is remembered as a major satirist. His stories contain a boatload of irony and dark humor; they are also not afraid to get into more serious topics. They frequently involve a “twist” at the end that surprises the reader. Vonnegut’s “twists” clarify meaning‚ alters predictions and causes us to have a different perspective than usual. The story “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s book
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Analysis of Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" is a poem presenting two speakers‚ one female and one male‚ who are playing the game "La Migra" which means "border patrol agents". Mora creates a snapshot of the dangers of living near the Mexican border through the narrators ’ "game". The poem is written with childish language‚ but includes ambiguity of whether the players are children approaching a disturbingly mature theme or whether they ’re adults trying to minimize the stress of
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Glonmore” and “A Vision” Both poems were written during the same period‚ during the twentieth century. Simon Hermitage presents a vision as a contrast between with a real life‚ a polluted world and a dream of an unrealistic giving a vision to the readers of a perfect world which cannot be realistic. In the same similarities‚ “The Blackbird of Glanmore”‚ Seamus Heany wants to share with us hiss sadness after his brother’ s death . Although Armitage’s line to introduce his poem‚ he uses oxymoron “The future
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