Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 (c.1814) is a responsive painting that was intended to honor those who suffered from the occupation of Napoleons army during the Peninsula War in Spain. This large 8in x 9in oil on canvas painting is used to represent the art of Goya‚ and depict the valor of Spanish revolutionary war. The influences on this piece‚ as well as its characteristics and influence on later work will be examined. The painting reflects the turmoil during the time period‚ and contains
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native american poetry. purposes: to be spoken‚ to be performed. oral tradition: when a culture passes down information trough sons and stories instead of through sons and stories instead of through a written language. difficulties of oral tradition. -difficult for future generations to learn much about early native american literary life without written records. -danger of losing ancient culture. -antropologists: realized they needed to write down everything Native Americans could tell them
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Youth and Poetry Poetry by definition is the art of writing that shows more imagination and deep feeling that ordinary speech. Poetry is a set of sensual words with deep meaning‚ but for some reason young people do not appreciate it. Hugh Maclennan states‚ "For without poetry these youths were poor.” He was referring to a group of teenagers he encountered‚ but this statement can be directed to the majority of youths today. Poetry is dead in our lives‚ and without knowing what it is
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To be able to explain the aspects of poetry to you all‚ I thought I would break the mini lesson down into two parts. It will help you understand the differences between a poem and a sonnet‚ and will make it easier to absorb all of the components involved. First we will start with a sonnet. Let’s start by talking about just what a sonnet is. “Before Shakespeare’s day‚ the word “sonnet” meant simply “little song‚” i.e.‚ a short lyric poem” (poetry.about.com‚ 2010). By the 1200’s‚ the sonnet had come
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Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning‚ sound‚ and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme‚ but this is by no means necessary. Poetry is an ancient form that has gone through numerous and drastic reinvention over time. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define. Poetry is sometimes hard to understand but other times it’s
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Nogueira Pêssoa was born in Lisbon‚ Portugal. His father died when Pessoa was five years old‚ and the family moved with his mother’s new husband‚ a consul‚ to Durban‚ South Africa‚ where Pessoa attended an English school. At thirteen Pessoa returned to Portugal for a year-long visit‚ and returned there permanently in 1905. He studied briefly at the University of Lisbon‚ and began to publish criticism‚ prose‚ and poetry soon thereafter while working as a commercial translator. During his life‚ most
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a regular‚ repeated pattern of sounds or movements. Rhyme: a word agreeing with another in terminal sound. Rhyme scheme: the pattern of rhymes used in a poem. Sound devices: elements of literature and poetry that emphasize sound. End rhyme: rhyme of the terminal syllables of lines of poetry. Alliteration: stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. Assonance: resemblance of sounds. Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word
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“Adam & Eve”‚ and “Lucky”‚ Hoagland takes an individual and exposes his disdain towards that particular individual and their behavior. The reader should not just think Hoagland dislikes this person but‚ realize Hoagland uses the individual in his poetry to represent the shortcomings of society. Hoagland does not seem to hate any of the individuals he writes about‚ in his eyes‚ these individuals are just merely the products of the society they live in. In the poem “At the Galleria Shopping Mall”
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The Poetry of Jose Rizal Jose Rizal is the Philippines’ national hero. He was an amazing polymath. One of the fields he excelled in is poetry. While other poets wrote out of sheer creativity‚ Rizal wrote mostly out of fervor for his motherland. Many other poets write or wrote for the fame or to please a patron. He always wrote under duress. He lived during the time of the corrupt colonial Spanish government. This is probably why there is such poignancy in his poetry. It is as though he longs for
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Bibliography: Internet Crossref-it.info (2013). ’A Hymn to God the Father ’ by John Donne from Crossrefit.info. Retrieved from http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Metaphysical-Poetry/ 4/215 ENotes (2013). Synopsis - A Hymn to God the Father by John Donne. Retrieved from http://www.enotes.com/a-hymn-to-god-the-father/enotes-synopsis John Donne‚ provided by Anniina Jenkin (2000‚ January 2). John Donne: A Hymn To God The Father.
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