Josh Finley March 5th‚ 2015 The Beat Generation cannot be adequately characterized by a single theme or philosophy. Their influences came from a wide array of personalized experiences immersed in historical and political revolutions and communicated through individual creativity. The literary work of Beat writers inspired a generation of “hipsters” to attempt elusion of a “square” lifestyle fixated on conformity and conventionalism‚ for which‚ in the Beat’s opinion‚ was ultimately contributing
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Analysis of Imagery "Beat! Beat! Drums!" The Civil War had a major impact on the people of America through the years of 1861 to 1865. Walt Whitman‚ a poet and Northerner of this time‚ wanted to capture the people’s reactions of the war after finding out it was not going to end as quickly as they had anticipated. Whitman illustrated how the people‚ especially Northerners‚ changed throughout this conflict; he achieved this by using countless images in his poem‚ "Beat! Beat! Drums!" The main focus
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description of a certain object. In the poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe‚ there is a theme of certain doom. This means atmosphere of the poem is very dark. Three examples in the poem that show this theme are the rhyme scheme‚ the word choice/repetition‚ and the raven itself throughout the poem. The rhyme scheme in The Raven helps to further create the atmosphere of doom. Throughout the poem‚ Poe uses a scheme of ABCBBB in the lines of the stanzas. The rhyming in the second‚ fourth‚ fifth‚ and sixth lines
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these ideas. Some features of her style are rhyme‚ symbolic language and alliteration. Rhyme is represented in both "Time is Running Out" and "Colour Bar". In "Time is Running Out" there is no set rhyme scheme that runs throughout the poem. In the first stanza the rhyme scheme is that every second line rhymes for example‚ spade and trade. In the second and third stanzas there is no rhyme scheme although in the third stanza there are lines that rhyme but there is no set pattern. "Colour
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Origin: India and Middle East Dates to 12th Century Written in couplets with repeating word at the end of each couplet A-A‚ B-A‚ C-A‚ D-A‚ etc. GRIOT CALL AND RESPONSE Origin: Western Africa (Mostly Benin) Oral Tradition Numerous lines‚ No rhyme scheme‚
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The Beat Goes On The Beat generation of the mid twentieth century produced a culture that had a lasting effect on generations to come. In the decades following the 1950s‚ the Beats successors‚ or ‘spawn’‚ ranged from authors to musicians. These artists were greatly influenced by the Beat’s writings and performances‚ as well as by spending time with the very Beats themselves. Bob Dylan‚ a spawn‚ credited much of his early work to his readings of the Beats and his relationship with Allen Ginsberg
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Beats and Their Poetry The "Beat Movement" in modern literature has become an important period in the history of literature and society in America. By incorporating influences such as jazz‚ art‚ literature‚ philosophy and religion‚ the beat writers created a new and prophetic vision of modern life and changed the way a generation of people saw the world. That generation has aged and its representative voices are slowly becoming lost to eternity‚ but the message is alive and well. The Beats have
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sung but melodiously said. Poetry has elements that are used to cross the limits of everyday spoken words. One author that uses these elements to unveil her eerie thoughts is Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson used personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ slant rhyme‚ and dashes to express her dark and light side of death and sorrow in “I heard a fly buzz.” In I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ she uses personification to define her aspect of death. “And breaths were gathering firm/For the last onset –when the
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Rhyme scheme A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. and therefore‚ it is the pattern of end rhymes or lines. Bid me to weep‚ and I will weep While I have eyes to see; And having none‚ and yet I will keep A heart to weep for thee. A B A B Technical Tips for Reading Sonnets and Early Modern Poetry A rhyme scheme is the
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tPowered by TestMagic www.TestMagic.com www.sentencecorrection.com About this document 760 GMAT!! These notes were compiled by Spiderman‚ a member of the TestMagic Forum and the Sentence Correction forum. The vast majority of these notes were compiled from the various postings of the TestMagic Forum members‚ including explanations made by Erin‚ but some notes were taken from other sources‚ including “Spidey’s” own notes. A large part of the document was copied from www.testmagic.com
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