POETRY POEM. N. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS WRITTEN OR SPOKEN‚ TRADITIONALLY A RHYTHMICAL COMPOSITION‚ SOMETIMES RHYMED‚ EXPRESSING EXPERIENCES‚ IDEAS‚ OR EMOTIONS IN A STYLE MORE CONCENTRATED‚ IMAGINATIVE‚ AND POWERFUL THAN THAT OF ORDINARY SPEECH OR PROSE: SOME POEMS ARE IN METER‚ SOME IN FREE VERSE. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. – ROBERT FROST PROSE…words in their best order. POETRY…the best words in the best order. – SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with
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How does Eliot’s poetry reflect the themes of self pity and isolation? T.S. Eliot’s poetry reflects the themes of self pity and isolation through his varying personas in hit poetry. Isolation is a common theme throughout time as we deem it necessary to find similarities in others to distinguish ourselves and as a result individuals are excluded. Similarly self pity is evident throughout time but is the manifestation of isolation due to an individual’s inability to maintain mental stability. Though
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The Analysis of Seven Meaning by Geoffrey Leech in A Poetry My 20 Lines For My Broken Heart Godspower Oshodin The windows of my heart is shut and disdained‚ My memories in reminisce of how it was pained. The open shutter of love‚ is now closed Moments like before will never be tossed. Love has spanked my heart to pain‚ As I write this poem with no poetic gain. My hand can no longer touch your beautiful face‚ The one I love have given me a long space. My hands fidget‚ as I exhaust
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Introduction: Poetry is a way to express opinions and ideas and this can often be more effectively achieved through song. Analysing a poem or song lyrics involves explaining the subject matter‚ identifying and discussing the impact of using poetic devices and commenting on the mood created. Analysis: The Hero – Siegfried Sassoon ‘The Hero’ by Siegfried Sassoon tells a story of an officer who is sent to inform and console a mother of a fallen soldier‚ her son. The poem is split into three
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FUNERAL BLUES by W. H. Auden Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone‚ Prevent the dogs from barking with a juicy bone‚ Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead‚ Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚ Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North‚ My South‚ my East and West‚ My working week and my Sunday rest
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Desires Joseph von Eichendorff is seen as one of the most famous poets of the German romanticism. Eichendorff composed many poems about his desires‚ the romantic world of joy‚ the simple intimacy‚ and the experience of nature as a way to God to create a mental antithesis to his violent affected military life. In this manner‚ his poem “Moonlight Night”‚ written in 1837‚ reflects his desires and his closeness to nature and to God. The speaker of the poem describes his feelings and impressions of
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4. Poetry Table of Contents: 4.1. What Is Poetry? ................................................................................... 142 4.1.1. Outward Indications .......................................................................... 142 4.2. Types of Poetry ................................................................................... 144 4.2.1. Lyric Poetry ......................................................................................... 144 4.2.2. Narrative Poetry .....
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a priestess of Dionysius. For his insult‚ he was torn apart by the Bacchanalians. His father prayed for him to be restored‚ but the gods instead changed him into a flower (orchid). Thereby exposing his "testicles" (nakedness and shame) forever. ANALYSIS OF POEM: "Orchids" I leave this house Box pieces of the five-week life I’ve gathered. This connotes a broken/divided/fragmented/disjointed/separated existence‚ perhaps a relationship. The house is symbolic of the persona’s desire/quest for security
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uses. We can say that her poems actually manifest her obsession with death and immortality‚ and how the loss of the desire to live causes death. She offers a creative and different perspective on the death and its effects on others‚ but also writing poetry about death was her way to cope with the loss of her beloved ones since she lost her mother‚ father‚ great number of friends and her nephew‚ and all that death around her affected her mind deeply. We also might presume that she had the great desire
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Classical Chinese Poetry Re-Created as English Poetry1 Roslyn Joy Ricci Centre for Asian Studies University of Adelaide Introduction The well-known Robert Frost2 witticism that poetry is what disappears in translation ’ is only valid if poetic translation aims to produce a perfect re-creation of the original‚ ’3 however‚ I suggest that successful translators re-create poetry in another language as opposed to translating it into a second language.4 The aim of re-creating poetry is to attempt
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