WB Yeats was born in 1865 in Dublin. His parents were John Butler Yeats‚ a portrait painter‚ and Susan Pollexfen. His family was upper class‚ Protestant and of Anglo-Irish descent. His ancestors were church rectors. The Yeats family had aspirations to maintain its wealth and traditions and this shaped WB Yeats and his poetry. At the age of two‚ Yeats moved with his family to London‚ where they remained for Yeat’s childhood. He developed an affinity with Sligo because he spent a lot of summers with
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Student: Hassan Mohammad Hilles. Instructor: Prof. Dr. Kawther Mahdi Course Title: Modern English and American Poetry Wystan Hugh Auden Wystan Hugh Auden was born in York‚ England‚ in 1907. He moved to Birmingham during childhood and was educated at Christ Church‚ Oxford. As a young man he was influenced by the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost‚ as well as William Blake‚ Emily Dickinson‚ Gerard Manley Hopkins‚ and Old English verse. At Oxford his precocity as a poet was immediately
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Analyses of Audens Funeral blues The poem funeral blues is written by W.H. Auden in 1936 and its main themes are time‚ death and love. The lyrical I in this poem is a love one left behind‚ who describes the funeral of a man‚ the feeling involved and the future ahead. The poem is metrical since it has 4 stanzas with 4 lines each‚ the poem has end rhymes in every 2 lines‚ and the first and third line in every stanza contain the same amount of syllables same goes for the second and fourth line.
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Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ and thank you for the opportunity to discuss my favourite poems by W.H Auden‚ although ‘Lullaby’ was written in the 1940’s‚ Auden is widely considered among the greatest literary figures of the 20th century‚ this must mean something. It is understandable if at this point in time your eyes have just rolled to the back of your head‚ with your head dropping at the thought of listening to another British poem from the same era as every other presentation. But it might
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Throughout the history of British Literature‚ there have always been the themes of loneliness‚ torment or exile. Many times authors speak from their experiences and at times those experiences have to do with misery and discomfort with their lifestyles. In the Renaissance age‚ times were not always happy and people chose to pass on stories generation to generation to reveal their feelings and experiences. Poems made a great impact in easing the pain. In the poems‚ "The Seafarer" and "The Wanderer"
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The Civil Rights Movement was perhaps the most progressive era for Black-Americans in their long-term quest for achieving equality. The movement emerged in the 1950’s and 1960’s after years of socioeconomic injustice and racial prejudice came to a boil. The contributions and sacrifices of leaders during the movement led to enormous strides in closing the racial gap between black and white‚ however leaders prior to the movement should also be accredited with the success. W.E.B Du Bois is an archetype
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To begin with‚ Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois were two important leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. They both had their opposing views on segregation and racism‚ yet they both wanted more rights and equality for African Americans. They both had a great goal that they wanted to meet. However‚ In my opinion‚ W.E.B. DuBois had a greater general idea on how to help African Americans. One of the reasons why I say this is because he was against segregation. Also‚ he founded the Niagara Movement
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of time is their representation of what is to be human Yeats’ poetry has survived over a century due to his depiction of various human states both in himself and those in the world around him. A personal and depressive depiction of humans is seen used in “The wild swans at Coole‚” where Yeats reflects on the final rejection from Maud Gonne whom he was in love with. A juxtaposed human state is seen in “The Second Coming‚” where Yeats depicts the chaotic and destructive nature of humans as a result
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William Butler Yeats On June 13‚ 1865 the erie town of Sandymount‚ Ireland welcomed William Butler Yeats‚ who later becomes a legend in modern English literature. In 1867 his family moved to London‚ but he frequently visited his grandparents in Northern Ireland. There he was immensely influenced by the folklore of the region. Eventually in 1881 his family returned to Dublin. There Yeats studied at the Metropolitan School of Art‚ getting increasingly more focused on literature‚ and later evolving
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This assertion is clearly expressed through ‘September 1‚ 1939’‚ ‘Refugee Blues’ and ‘The Lesson’. Auden’s early poetry‚ influenced by his interest in the Anglo-Saxon language as well as in psychoanalysis‚ was sometimes riddle-like and clinical. Auden was clearly intrigued in discovering how the mind works and the impact it has on society as a whole. ‘The Lesson’ examines the prejudice‚ unacceptance and isolation that an individual may face when differing from normal social boundaries. Taking
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