Literature in its purest form has the remarkable ability to transport us to the time and place that it is set. It can even give us insight into the time period the literary artists lived in and how it affected their works. Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress‚” set in the 1650’s‚ has an overarching theme of mortality‚ in that one must make the most of what little time they have alive. Similarly‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind‚” set in the early 1800’s‚ has a mortality theme‚ although
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Instead‚ he stays on the green planet where no petty human emotion can bother him again. “Empires” is a story of finding out where you really belong‚ albeit in a different sort of way. The idea originally came to Le Guin when she was reading “To His Coy Mistress”‚ by Andrew Marvell. The poem contains the line‚ “My
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Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning and To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell both share the sense of dramatics and intense feelings in their poems. Through the images and metaphors throughout both works‚ we can compare and contrast the underlying meaning of Browning and Marvell’s poems. What is love? According to His Coy Mistress‚ Marvell explains love as a sexual relationship. He claims his promise to compliment her and admire her beauty for his “vegetable (flourishing) love should grow/vaster
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Figures of Speech [ Examples ] 1. Metaphor ❖ "But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") ❖ "Love is an alchemist that can transmute poison into food--and a spaniel that prefers even punishment from one hand to caresses from another." (Charles Colton‚ Lacon) 2. Simile ❖ "Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong." (slogan of Pan-American Coffee Bureau)
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Name_______________________________________ BLOOD DIAMONDS Use this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqQjIzIbiY 1. What are “blood” diamonds used for? Why is their trade hard to stop? Diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses The trade is hard to stop because they are illegally smuggled and passed off as real when they get over to the us.a handful of diamonds can be enough money to fund a terrorist group. 2. Which countries are
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Journal Article Review Revolutionary Black Nationalism: The Black Panther Party takes an in-depth look into the Black Panther Party as a specific example for revolutionary nationalism and analyzes thoroughly the positive contributions they made as well as the negative aspects of the party. Jessica C. Harris‚ who was obsessed with the history of the party‚ did research and wrote the paper. This journal (pages from 409-421) is from The Journal of Negro History‚ Vol. 86‚ No. 3. (Summer‚ 2001)
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make sure of time” has the theme of Carpe Diem in its connotation. The author tries to persuade the reader to live life to fullest and not to waste time in things that are not important. Robert talks about the concept of time and uses nature to get his point across. In the contrary to the poem “ Song” written by Sir John Suckling. First of all‚ the poem starts of by expressing that time is and will pass by. For example he mentions in the first stanza lines three to five “Old Time is still a-flying;And
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classroom. Carpe diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever‚ and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine‚ a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell‚ carpe diem is the underlying theme that ties them together‚ yet there are still a few key differences throughout each of these two poems that shows two very different perspectives on how one goes about seizing their
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Bruce Weigl approach to writing is captivating and pure. In the first poem What Saves Us Weigl writes about a young man who is preparing to deploy to Vietnam. The first half of the poem is entirely about the main character’s desire to have sex with his presumed girlfriend. “The next morning I would leave for the war.…. I thought to myself that I would not die never having
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Donne utilizes the insect as an exemplification to express how his beloved has refused him of something he believes to be so insignificant. His persistency becomes more incontrovertible when Donne (1633) states “And in this flea our two bloods mingled be;” (line 4) elucidating a validity in the speaker’s eyes through the creation of a new bond that has
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