War is presented in various ways in literature with each writer presenting it in their own unique way due to influences in their social and historical background e.g. Owen wrote poems about war as he was experiencing it. One of the factors on whether a piece‚ be it a poem or a play or a novel‚ was positive or negative towards war all depended on the writer’s attitude towards war e.g. Jessie Pope’s “Who’s For The Game?” is all about her trying to convince men it was all a bit of fun to join the war
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preoccupation with love‚ or by the idealizing of love or one’s beloved. In the three poems I have chosen – “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” by William Shakespeare‚ “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats and “Piano” by D.H. Lawrence‚ the poets use a variety of linguistic and literary devices‚ as well as explore different themes and imagery‚ to present love from a “romantic” perspective. The “romance” portrayed in the three poems may be distinct to each other‚ but is without a doubt something
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1) Daddy by Sylvia Plath You do not do‚ you do not do Any more‚ black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty years‚ poor and white‚ Barely daring to breathe or Achoo. Daddy‚ I have had to kill you. You dies before I had time— Marble-heavy‚ a bag full of God‚ Ghastly statue with one grey toe Big as a Frisco seal And a head in the freakish Atlantic Where it pours bean green over blue In the waters off beautiful Nauset. I used to pray to recover you. Ach‚ du. In the
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Dulce Et Decorum Est was written by Wilfred Owen during World War I and is a war poem focusing on the horrors of war; the conditions of the soldiers‚ the wars impact on those whom remain alive and war not being glorious. Owen‚ a soldier of WWI and who had experienced the pain‚ loss of lives‚ and extreme conditions of war‚ lives to recount this poem to a wide range of audience in the format of a rhyme scheme abab‚ cdcd‚ efef‚ ghgh and so on. Owen’s use of modern diction and anti-war belief suggests
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Thomas Hardy in his poem ’The Voice’ deals with the theme of the consequences of grief and loss. He addresses this theme by means of examining his own feelings at his wife’s death‚ his wish to relive the past‚ his wish to be reunited with her and his feelings of despair and hopelessness at what life has become for him without her. To convey his theme to the reader‚ Hardy uses a range of language and literary devices such as juxtaposition‚ varied line length‚ sound devices‚ imagery‚ connotation‚ word
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In prayer before birth‚ Louis Macneice uses a baby to convey his thoughts and emotions on the current state of the world. Macneice wishes to emphasize how harsh and ruthless the world is‚ and how it can strip away a young unborn baby of its innocence. By cleverly combining uses of structure‚ rhyme scheme and rhetorical techniques Macneice effectively conveys the pain and suffering which occurs in society today. The poem is set out like an appeal‚ a cry for help. The title itself‚ using the word
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creations and because of the inextricable link between Wordsworth the man and Wordsworth the poet‚ the poems discussed in this paper have been separated into three sections. The first section will deal with poems from the Lyrical Ballads. The second section explores Wordsworth’s Sonnets. While the last section will deal with the "Ecclesiastical Sketches‚" as they have been referred to by critics and poets the like. In his famous poem "The Rainbow‚" Wordsworth grandly proclaims that‚ "the Child is
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The doctor-patient relationship is central to the practice of medicine and is essential for the delivery of high-quality health care in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. A patient must have confidence in the competence of their doctor and must feel that they can confide in him or her. Doctor- patient relationship is reflects in these stories by patients always seeking him out and him always taking care of them regardless if he gets compensated or not. Doctor Williams always seems to put
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Dear Editor I was shocked to read the comments used to describe teenagers in the Daily Mail article. The article informs the reader that young teenage girls are caked in a lot of makeup .I don’t think that they should be criticized because it is the girls choses of what they want to wear if that is not enough we are also told about ‘one panda eyed teenager’ . One alarming point made by you is that girls are described as’ Walking talking dolls’ and one ‘panda eyed teenagers’. I feel that this
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‘Aurora Leigh’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Home-thoughts‚ from Abroad’ by Robert Browning both portray the land they love and prize and show how important it is to the individual‚ in different ways. The former poem‚ written in 1856‚ during the Victorian feminist era‚ where Barrett Browning takes on the persona of Aurora Leigh (although slightly auto-biographical) as a dramatic monologue‚ tells a story about different views about the world and nature. It is very clear by the way she
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