Born in 1945‚ Robert Gray is an Australian poet renowned for his imagistic style‚ drawing strength from his fastidious concern for the precision of language and a meticulous contemplation of physical existence. Gray’s works are unconventional in structure‚ and prevalent throughout his poems are the recurring themes of humanism‚ consumerism and naturalism‚ peppered with allusions to personal experiences. Gray’s thematic concerns arise from his personal context‚ alongside his love of the Australian
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Cobain‚ Vincent Van Gogh and David Foster Wallace struggled with deep depression and mental illness all their lives‚ their works and pursuits continuously exacerbating their state of mind‚ until they ultimately decided that suicide was the only option. Robert Frost was also affected by the darkness of depression. But he‚ through his constant communion with the thing he writes so much about‚ was able to overcome it. The poems "Dust of Snow" and "Stopping
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The Laboratory’ ’The Laboratory’ by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue that tells the story of a woman’s plot to murder her romantic rival. The form in which Browning has written this poem subtly reveal aspects of the female speaker whilst allowing the reader to make their own personal judgement on her behaviour and character‚ which would commonly be that she is a jealous‚ obsessed‚ blood-thirsty and sadistic woman. The speaker in the poem demonstrates signs of insanity and instability
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In Robert Burns’s “To a Mouse”‚ the narrator sympathizes and takes notice of a little mouse. In this work‚ the mouse is a part of the outside world‚ while the narrator is a part of the inside world; however‚ they are both “fellow mortals” (Burns 12). The person’s identifying with the mouse and elevating it to the level of a human being signifies that the “inside world” and the “outside world” exist together and truly are not two separate “worlds.” The mouse is able to create an inside world within
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The artwork that I have chosen to critique is by an American artist named Robert Motherwell‚ (1915 -1991). The particular piece I have chosen is called "Open" # 150 in black and cream 1970 acrylic on canvas 69 x 204 1/4 inches at the Modern Museum. This artwork is a symmetrical balanced abstract painting that is about 41 years old and is horizontal in its organization and is made up of one neutral color cream rectangle inside at the top of one large intense black color rectangle. Counting a total
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“To the Virgins‚ to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick. In the opening stanza‚ the poet articulates the carpe diem tenet that urges one to "Seize the Day." The gathering of roses is a metaphor for living life to the fullest. The image of roses suggests a number of things: roses symbolize sensuality and the fulfillment of earthly pleasures; as vegetation‚ they are tied to the cycles of nature and represent change and the transience of life. Like the "virgins‚" the roses are buds‚ fresh‚ youthful
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Compare and contrast Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and Birches’. The poetry of Robert Frost often embraces themes of nature. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and Birches’ are not exceptions. Frost shows the relationship between nature and humans in both poems. In the poem Birches’‚ the narrator sees trees whose branches have been bent by ice storms. However‚ he favors a vision of branches that are bent as a result of boys swinging on them‚ just as he did when he was young
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Title: Choice Book Report I."Heroes" II. Robert Cormier III. Laurel-Leaf Books‚ 1998 IV. Personal library V. Pages: 135 pages VI. Fiction VII. Fiction is something told or written that is not fact: something made up. 2. A made up story about real or imaginary persons or events. VIII. Summary: A. Setting-The setting of "Heroes" is in a small town called Frenchtown. It is set in the early 1940s during the Second World War. Everyone knows each other in this town because it is so small. There
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in Lebanon‚ The Reagan Administration secretly began to sell weapons to Iran. This went against an American ban on arms sales to Iran‚ which had been in affect since the embassy had been seized. (Corrigan 40-41) These deals were arranged through Robert McFarlane‚ who was the head of the National Security Council. One of McFarlane’s main staff members was Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. McFarlane gave North the responsibility of handling the details of the deal and told him not to send
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Intro Shakespeare and Browning both present the theme of desire through their central characters. Lady Macbeth (and Macbeth) is motivated by the desire for ambition and authority in ‘Macbeth’ whilst in the Browning monologues; the monologists are driven by the desire of power and control in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and revenge in ‘The laboratory’. All of which seem to have fatal conclusions as a result of each of their desires. As the texts were produced over 400years ago‚ audiences may have found the
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