Istihari Exploring Poetry 1304554 Understanding Six Poets Taking into account As For Poets by Gary Snyder‚ the poem embodies a slew of poetic devices. The central theme of the poem‚ I shall argue throughout this paper‚ construes the entity of environment reflected to the role of poets towards their literary works. In this paper‚ I would like to take a run at exploring the main messages which are brought along the poetry through looking into the symbols employed in the poem and how those
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Although Beowulf is under no obligation to do so‚ he demonstrates his loyalty to Hrothgar by willingly fighting to the death in order to defend the Danes against the evil monster Grendel. Winning victoriously‚ Beowulf proudly displays Grendel’s shoulder and arm by hanging it from Heorot’s rafters for everyone to see. This trophy with "Every nail‚ claw-scale and spur‚ every spike and welt... like barbed steel‚" (lines 983-986) symbolizes the evil that has threatened the harmony of Hrothgar’s retainers
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------------------------------------------------- Comparing the ways the poet presents the relationship in the two poems ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’. The poems ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’ are both poems about the relationship between two or more people. Both poets used some of the same principles but they also use very different structures. Below are some of the examples that I have found. In the poem ‘Hour’ and ‘Nettles’‚ the poet always presents the information by relating most of the words or phrases used
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Compare the way poets present relationships in ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ and ‘The Manhunt’. In Charlotte Mew’s ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ and Simon Armitage’s ‘The Manhunt’‚ difficult relationships are presented by speakers who are dealing with an emotionally closed partner. Both poems explore how relationships are affected by mental health issues. In ‘The Farmer’s Bride’‚ the Farmer marries a girl without getting to know her. As the marriage progresses‚ the wife’s mental illness gradually develops –
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English poetry witnessed the adaptation of two types of conceit: the petrarchan conceit and the metaphysical conceit. This paper sheds lights on the second type of conceit which was mainly employed by John Donne (1572-1631) and the other metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century. This paper is composed of three sections and a conclusion that brings about the findings of the study. Section One: is introductory to metaphysical poetry in general. Its major features‚ major representatives in addition
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Compare the ways the poets portray war in ‘Attack’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ Both ‘Attack’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ portray war negatively‚ revealing the brutality and indignity of death on the battlefield. ‘Attack’ explores the shock and anger during war suggesting the desperation of the soldiers whereas ‘Anthem’ has a calmer approach expressing the melancholic side of war. Siegried Sassoon uses lists and strong adjectives to convey the despair and horror in ‘Attack’ as well as writing
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"Our fearful trip is done;/the ship has weather’d every rack‚ the prize we sought is won" The poem O Captain! My Captain! Written by Walt Whitman starts out by describing what happened at the begging of his eventful journey in which the captain and his sailors went on. In stanza one the captain and his sailors arrive at their destination point when suddenly the captain falls cold and dead‚ just short of his final destination. If I were to judge why he ended up like that I would say the captain
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English literature poetry and comparison links/task The manhunt ‘The manhunt’ is about an injured soldier’s wife who is describing her experience witnessing her husband’s fatal injuries. It is a positive relationship because the wife is feeling the pain of the husband. The poem which has comparisons is ‘In Paris with you’ the theme is common in both‚ of the darker side of love. The author of manhunt chooses to explore this through the idea of a man returning to his wife‚ after a war‚ and therefore
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The Cavalier Poets The term "cavalier poets" is used to denote a group of poets closely associated with the court of Charles I. The best representatives are Robert Herrick‚ Thomas Carew‚ and Richard Lovelace. (Andrew Marvell is sometimes associated with the cavaliers and sometimes with metaphysical poets). They were also known as "sons of Ben" because they spent a lot of time with Ben Jonson‚ after whose poetry they modeled their own. Another influence was John Donne‚ the "father" of metaphysical
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The movie "The Dead Poets Society" is about a group of private school boys in the North East. They encounter a teacher‚ Mr. Keating‚ whom is a little different than most teachers. He wanted to instill the motivation to look past what society was telling them to do rather than teach the normal curriculum. He used Thoreau’s ideas on transcendentalism by showing them to transcend or go beyond the rules that society poses and create their own independence. Mr. Keating succeeded in his efforts by teaching
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