This paper focuses on the metaphysical interpretation of kindred notions of Yoruba tribal arts. The region of West Africa that today includes the countries of Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo is the land of the Yoruba people‚ whose art is an essential and integral element in their way of life (see image 1 for the Map of Yorubaland‚ showing major towns). The Yoruba are among the oldest and most influential of all African cultures and today make up one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups. More than 25 million
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The poem opens up with the sense of a lost love. At first glance‚ the structure appears to be regular with six stanzas‚ each stanza consisting of four lines. However‚ on closer reading the structure seemed a bit unique as the first letter in every line is capitalized. This makes each line significant and becomes worthy of greater attention‚ so that the audience could understand each line clearly. One of the main stylistic aspect that is used by the poet is the rhyme scheme. Throughout the poem the
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describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of the poem? (Think about the lover’s frame of mind?) An Investigation into Porphyria’s Murder Remember: • This poem is a dramatic monologue. •
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Pablo Neruda and Laura Esquivel: Using Literary Techniques to Portray Transcendence Humanity has forever been intrigued by the bewildering power of love. Artist of all types‚ writers‚ painters‚ singers‚ philosophers‚ have attempted to explain the origin of love and why it is such an important part of our human lives. Looking at two important works like Pablo Neruda’s 20 Love Poems and a Song of Despair and Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate‚ the authors choose to depict stories of true
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Because of society’s standards today‚ a lot of people feel the need to change themselves. No one likes being made fun of and no one wants to be an outcast. Many directors portray the feeling of loneliness in their films‚ Tim Burton being one of them. Edward Scissorhands‚ a movie directed by Burton‚ is a prime example of this. What seemed like a perfect world suddenly took a turn right as an unusual character named Edward happened to come along. Edward was the outcast who just wanted to be like everyone
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“Though he did the least‚ as the days passed‚ it was he who faded the most. Louie and Phil’s optimism‚ and Mac’s hopelessness‚ were becoming self-fulfilling” (Hillenbrand 155). These two sentences came from a passage in a biography called Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand whose book revolves around the life of one man: Louie Zamperini. A boy who grew up despised by his town‚ who later grew to love him because of his passion for running‚ which would later get him to the Olympics in Germany where he would
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A Kitchen Poem Now the land shawls itself in gloom. The mountain puts enchantment on. I sit in this plain-spoken room‚ and soon the cares of day are gone: crows‚ starlings‚ eelworm‚ codlin moth‚ all nature’s murderous hosts are sweeping from thought upon night’s tide like froth. Now tired with light my son is sleeping. Too great with child to sit at ease beside the window stands my wife dreaming herself away from these four walls to scintillating life‚ where brats and all thier
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The title of the poem ‘Whatif’ refers to the fears and paranoia questions we have at night‚ as we are more vulnerable. The poet combines the words ‘what’ and ‘if’ in a childlike manner. The main theme of the poem is ‘fears of a child’. In almost every line the poet adds a new fear. He mentions numerous childish fears like the feel of failing at school‚ being bullied‚ growing green chest hair and teeth not growing straight. He also mentions fears that a human at any age can relate to such as the fear
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For Laura Ingalls Wilder‚ her childhood meant growing up on the prairie and moving west with her pioneer family on covered wagon. When she was older‚ Laura remembered her days in covered wagon‚ and wrote a series about her childhood life. In it‚ she tells all that happened to her when she was moving west into new land. Did you know that when you come to a river when traveling on covered wagon‚ you have to move it through the water like a boat? There were many challenges in to traveling in that way
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Within the poem “In The Secular Night”‚ Margaret Atwood invokes a morose‚ and careless‚ and ultimately bitter character through a life of loneliness and isolation. Throughout the poem‚ the protagonist‚ seemingly a woman‚ seems to have a cloud of misery revolving around her‚ she feels “deserted” and - at “two-thirty” in the morning - feels herself start to relive a specific night of her adolescence in which she first felt lonely. The night she “lit a cigarette”‚ “cried for a while” and ultimately
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