Weddings and Funerals Weddings and funerals have many similarities and differences. Weddings and funerals are both emotional in some way. They’re also similar in that they both gather family and friends together. Weddings and funerals are different in that one is celebrating the union of two people‚ and the other is mourning the loss of someone. Weddings have many emotions that go along with them. Most of the emotions that are associated with wedding are joyful and excited. Funerals also
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For my funeral‚ I would like everyone I know to come to it. Also I would very appreciate it if no one cries or is sad. I would just like it if they share my memories instead of mourning over them. I don’t mind if my funeral is not that fancy‚ because I will not be there to see it‚ but I sure don’t want the mood of the funeral very melancholy. I would also like people to dress in white‚ as per our Indian culture. I do not want to be buried underground and just rot away‚ but I would like it very much
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piece of it as a cemetery for the soldiers who gave their lives defending our nation. It was wise to dedicate Cemetery Hill to the soldiers‚ and yet it really wasn’t in their to do that to set apart that section as sacred. The brave soldiers who fought in the battle had already done that more than the gathered people ever could‚ simply by fighting for freedom there. No one will remember what is being said here but rather what will be remembered is what the soldiers did there. So instead of dedicating
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atypical metaphor of a dog and a bone. To exemplify the way he feels his life has ended‚ he then uses metaphors associated with a funeral: Silence the pianos and with a muffled drum Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. To show the end of happiness and the start of mourning‚ the writer includes the silencing of the pianos and then low thudding drums used at funeral to describe the phenomenal sadness he feels now the relationship is over. He includes the metaphor coffin to either represent his
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II February 1‚ 2012 Funeral Blues Explication In W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues”‚he uses a sort of calm or sorrowful tone. The woman in this poem says‚ “Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚”(1) She is wanting to give respect to the dead. She says to get rid of the noises that may be distracting from the process of mourning. Auden creates a mood or sense of respectfulness. The first stanza is stating to get rid of the regular things that a funeral is about and get on with it
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In the poem “Funeral Blues‚” W.H. Auden’s choice of diction allows the reader a greater understanding of the intensity and depth of feeling experienced upon the loss of a loved one. Likewise‚ the symbolism used by the poet pulls us into the actual world of the grief stricken as he searches for ways to mourn this passing. Auden’s choice of diction here was used to drawn the reader into the emotional disrepair felt by the afflicted. He shortens sentences and uses comparisons to the destruction left
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in the War In the poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” a short eulogy is presented at a funeral for an unidentified soldier. When providing details about the citizens life‚ the speaker instead uses impersonal facts and government based statistics‚ rather than intimate components about who the soldier was personally. The author also displays the tone of the poem as lighthearted‚ making the speaker seem untroubled about the death of the soldier. In W.H Auden’s poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” the author uses his
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Funeral Blues Summary Stanza 1 Lines 1-2 Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone‚ The song begins with a series of harsh commands : stop the clocks! Cut off the telephones! The speaker sounds forceful and even angry. These seem like physical representations of time and communication to us. He wants everything to just stop. In the next line‚ he ask for silence. He wants dogs to stop barking too. On the other hand‚ the speaker is addressing an audience
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identity‚ throughout her time as a soldier. However‚ malaria cases were too dangerous not to be admitted into a hospital‚ so she was determined to desert rather than have her sex found out. She later returned to female clothing and rejoined the war as a female nurse. Edmonds’s duties as a soldier ranged from that of a male nurse to the regiment’s postmaster‚ and finally a mail carrier. In addition to duties as a nurse‚ which included burying the dead soldiers‚ she picked up a gun and participated
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In the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W. H. Auden‚ a sad and depressing atmosphere is created as the poem tells a story of the man’s grief. The poet’s use of language‚ word choice and sentence structure makes the mood in this poem suitable for the message it is getting across. In this poem the author’s feelings are expressed along with the use of rhythm and rhyme. In this poem‚ the writer uses regular verse and traditional pattern of rhythm and rhyme to give impact to his unexpected imagery of the end
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