Discuss the role of the imagination in the work of one or more Romantic poets. The 19th century witnessed a shift in the perception of literary art‚ particularly poetry. The 18th century conception of art and literature was founded upon reason‚ logic and rationality. Tradition had valued art and literature for its ability to imitate human life. This however arguably took a step back and paved the way for the 19th century view that art and literature was to established on the grounds of pure
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John Donne (1572-1631) is considered the most prominent of all metaphysical poets‚ especially in the seventeenth century. Donne also spent some years as a lawyer‚ and as a preacher‚ earned a reputation for delivering enchanting sermons. Donne‚ as a love poet‚ wrote from personal experience‚ which fact made his poetry more accessible and compelling. His independent spirit was evident in his poems‚ to the point of him being called rebellious. His love poems were a remarkable conglomerate of divinity
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Looking at two or more poems by William Blake consider what makes these works Romantic. “Romanticism... is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.” Blake was born into a state of social change an ‘Age of Revolution’ and his poetry certainly reflected his strong opinion of how society was being oppressed by political and cultural influences. He believed that the
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For Poets by Al Young is an inspiring poem. The narrator speaks to the readers in third person when describing the tone which is hopeful and powerful. The setting is metaphorically relating to being outside and the nature around us. For Poets is based around a metaphor for its literary device. The whole poem is a metaphor that compares the struggles and good times of life to nature. The message of the poem is saying that you should stay happy‚ proud‚ and wise and you can do this by giving it your
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Dead poets society O captain‚ my captain (Walt Whitman) O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack‚ the prize we sought is won; The port is near‚ the bells I hear‚ the people all exulting‚ While follow eyes the steady keel‚ the vessel grim and daring: But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red‚ Where on the deck my Captain lies‚ Fallen cold and dead. O Captain! my Captain! rise up and
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When I first saw Dead Poets Society‚ it was nothing I expected. The film is quite serious and it is without question the best movie I’ve ever seen. It takes place in 1959 at Welton Academy‚ a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings‚ eccentric and inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow"
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Thomas Hardy as a War Poet Thomas Hardy is one of the most famous and prolific British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most people recognize Hardy as an author of novels‚ but he preferred to write poetry. Both his novels and his poetry give a pessimistic view of the world. Subjects for his poetry include nature‚ love‚ and war. Most of his poems on war have tragic themes and present humans as having little control over their destinies. A major theme of Thomas Hardy’s tragic
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No two relationships between an authority and an individual are ever the same‚ but the relationships have a huge impact on both parties in varied ways. As seen in the film “Dead Poets Society”‚ directed by Peter Weir and the picture book “Rose Blanche” by Roberto Innocenti‚ relationships between individuals are fuelled by common interests and beliefs‚ hence‚ having the power to shape the individuals by enriching their shared interests. However‚ the conflicting values between the authority and the
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Throughout the text Pearl Poet uses many plot devices that can be seen in other literary work like films for instance Scooby Doo. The different plot device that were used in both Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Scooby Doo were the beheading game‚ the use of mythical creatures and the use of characters were the protagonist and the antagonist always meet. The beheading game consists of the chopping off someone’s head with an axe. Moreover‚ in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ Sir Gawain cuts the
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’’Dead Poets Society‚’’ which has been rated PG (’’Parental Guidance Suggested’’)‚ would probably bore and confuse very young audiences. Subversive Verse DEAD POETS SOCIETY‚ directed by Peter Weir; written by Tom Schulman; director of photography‚ John Seale; edited by William Anderson; music by Maurice Jarre; production designer‚ Wendy Stites; produced by Steven Haft‚ Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas; released by Touchstone Pictures. At Cinema 1‚ Third Avenue and 60th Street‚ and other theaters
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