Chinese Philosophy and Poetry One of the most prevalent beliefs of the Chinese philosophies is that men are born good. People are naturally good unless they fail to develop their feelings and senses. Confucianism teaches that a lack of knowledge can be the cause to evil. In Poem 238‚ a woman named Chiang Yuan gave birth to the human race by sacrificing and praying to God. She bore her child easily because she sought after blessings from God. Confucianism teaches that good things will come to those
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FIGURES OF SPEECH: literary resources used to provide vividness‚ intensity and beauty to poetry and prose.” RESEMBLANCE METAPHOR: transfers attributes from one object to another‚ identifies. The bishop was a pillar of the church (pillar=strength : bishop= strength) He was a very serpent on my path (serpent= evil‚ danger: he=evil‚ danger) SIMILE: compares two things to clarify the meaning of one of them by using “as” or “like” to link them The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
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repetition of sounds. Blank verse: verse without rhyme‚ especially that which uses iambic pentameter. Couplet: a pair of verses that finish a sonnet. They work as one stanza. Free verse: poem with no rhyme or rhythm. Meter: the rhythm of a piece of poetry‚ determined by the number and length of feet in a line. Iambic pentameter: structure in a poem where each line has 5 iambs
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adaptations—from Percy Bysshe Shelley in the nineteenth century through Wallace Stevens and Seamus Heaney in the twentieth century—evokes Dante" (Vendler 74). 1. How does the information contained in this statement aid us in our interpretation of poetry? What does it tell us into utterance? How has a previous equilibrium been unsettled? What is the speaker upset6 about? 2. Division into parts: How many? Where do the breaks come? 3. The climax: How do the other parts fall into place around
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It is important to have metaphors in poetry because the reader can then see what the poet means and feels. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A metaphor helps the writer create a verbal picture that helps the reader to see ideas more clearly. It helps the writer convey his or feeling more strongly. Typically‚ a metaphor asserts that one thing is another or suggests that the one acts like the other in some way. In the poem‚ Swan Song‚ the author
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Poetry Analysis: The Eagle ANALYSIS 1. Title: This poem has a short‚ simple title‚ The Eagle. This title lets us know exactly what the subject of the poem is about. The thought of an Eagle brings the ideals‚ majestic‚ graceful and powerful to mind. The eagle is literal‚ but can also be representative of something or someone else. 2. Tone: The speaker is observing the Eagle from afar. His/Her tone is that of astonishment‚ and awe at the magnificent beauty of the creature 3. Theme: This
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Poetry Essay Each one of the poems offers a unique view upon love. The first poem by Robert Herrick‚ "To the Virgins to make much of Time‚" focuses upon the idea of carpe diem. The poem stresses the idea of marriage while love and flesh are still young and believes this gift of virginity to be a great waste if not given while it is still desirable. Marvell also uses the carpe diem theme to his poem ‘To His Coy Mistress‚’ however with three certain sections within the poem. The first part elaborates
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Jefferson‚ Poetry‚ and Dialogue: A Look into the Influence Behind Jefferson’s Writing of “A Dialogue Between My Head and My Heart” During the earlier stages of my research‚ I danced around with many topics‚ all surrounding Thomas Jefferson and poetry. I thought to write about several scrapbooks of his that have been shelved at U.VA’s library for decades. I thought it would be an intriguing topic‚ when I discovered that a professor at DePaul University‚ Jonathan Gross‚ published the collection
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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 environment‚ “My poetry is very physically located” and his Buddhist ideals which influence his literary style. Gray’s thematic concerns and themes are manifest in all of his poems‚ demonstrating copious readings‚ including psychoanalysis and deconstruction‚ especially palpable
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“Persimmons”: Assimilation‚ & Social Negligence “See through.” Surely‚ most people have experienced this feeling before‚ the feelings of being seen‚ but not truly “seen.” As if every part of their being‚ their roots‚ their culture‚ and history meant nothing and holds no value to anyone but themselves‚ just as the speaker is raised in a bi-lingual‚ bi-culture atmosphere although most of us may be forgotten throughout our lifetime from daily encounters or short terms relationships; semester
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