Kayla-Marie Thomas AP Lit 7 “The Flea” by John Donne Task 3: Go At ‘Em Poem Response 1. Do you really expect me to look at this flea? 2. And compare it biting us to you and me? 3. I don’t care if we were both bit‚ I’m not in the mood. 4. I don’t care if it consumed both of our bloods. 5. You really need to step your game up‚ fool. 6. You can’t use bugs to get in my pants‚ that ain’t cool. 7. This flea doesn’t need to persuade me to bite me‚ it is insignificant‚ 8. You cannot compare
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poetry of John Donne presents unexpected perspectives on human experience.” Discuss with reference to at least three poems. The use of unorthodox poetic imagery conveys equally unconventional notions of the human experience in Donne’s poetry. Through static images and exaggerated similes‚ satirical or humorous effects are expressed as each poem provides an insight into divergent facets of human existence. Established ideas are challenged by largely innocuous lines of reasoning‚ as Donne employs spurious
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such calmness by developing the ways in which the two share a holy love‚ both sexual and spiritual in nature. Donne’s celebration of earthly love in this way has often been referred to as the "religion of love‚" a key feature of many other famous Donne poems‚ such as "The Canonization" and The Ecstasy. Donne treats their love as sacred‚ elevated above that of ordinary earthly lovers. He argues that because of the confidence their love gives them‚ they are strong enough to endure a temporary separation
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France note the important ethical dimension to the story‚ which opens new paths of interpretation. In “Marie de France‚ Ethicist: Questioning Courtly Love in Laustic” by K. Sarah-Jane Murray the author discusses the multiple explicit references in the Laustic to the Holy Bible. For example‚ in line 23 of the tale the author clearly states that the knight loves his neighbor’s wife‚ which ties into the Tenth Commandment. Next the author makes a suggestion against the Ninth Commandment‚ when the wife
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Unchartered Territory: A Discussion of Originality in the Works of 17th Century Poets John Donne and John Milton In a century that produced some of the English language’s greatest authors‚ poets John Donne and John Milton have emerged as two of the most significant. They both possess a deep intelligence and Orthodox Christianity from which flows their poetry of 17th century England. Little else‚ however‚ marks their work as similar. Milton’s use of ancient form and method associates him with
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“Meditation 17”‚ a text by John Donne‚ uses metaphors to develop the central idea that all people are connected. To convey this‚ Donne uses two metaphors to establish the concept of unity with every person in the world. The first metaphor describes how the church is universal and people are connected through it. He states‚ “the church is catholic‚ universal‚ so are all her actions” (488). This forms the idea that every person is connected‚ with depicting the church as connected to all people. The
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Explore how the poet conveys his intimate experience of love in this poem First Love’ by John Clare is a poem written about unrequited love‚ and how love can die. To show this‚ the poet used poetic techniques‚ such as metaphors‚ contrast and images; however the tone and the pattern of syllables in the stanzas also played a major part. The first stanza has 8 syllables in each line‚ which expresses an optimistic feeling‚ showing that his life is full. The second one‚ though has a pattern of
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anthology of thoughts on First Love by John Clare‚ brainstormed version‚ not classified. The poem “First Love” is about John Clare falling in love for the first time. The poet explains what happens to him when he falls in love for the first time‚ and how his world and perspective view changes. He tells us what happened to him when he fell in love by saying “I ne’er was struck before that hour with love so sudden and so sweet” which suggests that he has fallen in love at first sight. He also conveys
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Love in all its forms‚ from blessed matrimony to crippling betrayal‚ has been the poet’s canvas‚ marred by violent‚ disconnected‚ bold strokes‚ with a lot of detail but no form. How can one define something that is so unique for the individual beholder‚ and yet common themes run deep and have become metaphors more easily attributed and immediately understood than the word ‘love’ itself. The first point of note is the familiarity of the language used by John Clare in the nineteenth century
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First Love by John Clare This expressible poetry by a man‚ who has deep feelings for the one his soul loves‚ has more meaning hidden between the lines if the reader will take the time to savor it. The first two lines are simple enough. It was the very first time he ever felt a love go as deep as his soul as soon as he saw her face. It was love at first sight for him. He felt as though he could not move‚ breathe‚ and then she looked at him and nothing else in his life mattered anymore but
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