AN ODE To Autumn Summary Keats’s speaker opens his first stanza by addressing Autumn‚ describing its abundance and its intimacy with the sun‚ with whom Autumn ripens fruits and causes the late flowers to bloom. In the second stanza‚ the speaker describes the figure of Autumn as a female goddess‚ often seen sitting on the granary floor‚ her hair “soft-lifted” by the wind‚ and often seen sleeping in the fields or watching a cider-press squeezing the juice from apples. In the third stanza‚ the speaker
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Shakespeare’s soliloquy To Be‚ or Not to Be displays Hamlet’s inner thoughts‚ as he contemplates suicide. Keats predicted he would die young from tuberculosis‚ like his brother‚ and never experience his greatest desires- fame and “high romance”. In the end‚ Keats reconciled with his fear of death‚ and accepted his predicament “till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.” Hamlet’s monologue reveals his troubled mind‚ torn between revenge
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Daniella Pashuk January 23‚ 2015 Whyte and Keats Comparison Essay Poetry has a very large border of rules‚ making many completely different yet amazing poems like these two. “When I Have Fears” and “I’ve Always Lived Across the Street” are perfect examples of two quite different poems that share small‚ and slightly hard to notice similarities. Although both poems are in majority different‚ further inspection revealed some interesting similarities. Both pieces
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Peter Shiu 36 minute timed write As adapted from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow‚ Longfellow states‚ “Time has a doomsday book‚ on whose pages he is continually recording illustrious names. But as often as a new name is written there‚ an old one disappears. Only a few stand in illuminated characters never to be effaced.” Parallel to this belief‚ it is to my belief that some heroes would be forgotten‚ while some heroes would be remembered forever‚ depending on the extent of his or her good deeds
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investigating three different poems/sonnets; La Belle Dame Sans Merci written by John Keats‚ Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning and last but not least Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. All of these have very different aspects and views‚ this is what makes them so interesting to compare because of the wide contrast involving the three poems. La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a ballad written by an English poet‚ John Keats. John Keats lived between the years 1795 – 1821‚ his life cut short by tuberculosis. By this
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emotions about this inescapable part of life. Shakespeare who wrote ‘Sonnet 116’ believes in love being forever lasting and that no matter how hard love can be you will continue to love that person forever. However‚ in a contrasting view to this‚ Keats who wrote ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ believes that love can ruin you and describes elements of loss and pain which no one can escape. Firstly‚ ‘Sonnet 116’ is a classic love sonnet consisting of 14 lines with three stanzas. Sonnets are frequently
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good relationship. As you can see after I talked about our time‚ I move a little to showing Keat that I was with her. In our counseling session we should be aware of don’t using “problem”. As an example I use “How may I help you?” except “What’s your problem?” Client: I just came from the exam center‚ and I’m concern‚ WHY my name is not register? Counselor: Oh‚.... Non verbal reflection for showing Keat that I mention to her completely. Client: I will have come up again on Monday. Waste a lot
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Art Forgeries When one enters into an art museum‚ one would expect all of the pieces of art to be that of the original. However‚ when an art lover does not know the difference between an original from a forgery‚ then they may have been fooled by both the museum and by the forger. No one can really look at a painting and distinctly know whether it is a forged piece of work or an original piece of work. Art forgeries may seem like an artist copying a well-known artists work‚ but it depends on how
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How do the poets compare the theme of Love? In the poems “Sonnet 116” and “Sonnet 130” written by William Shakespeare‚ “La Belle Dams sans Merci: A Ballad” by John Keats‚ “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning‚ “A Mother in a Refugee Camp” written by Chinua Achebe and “Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy‚ all have one main feature in common‚ they are about love. Albeit these poems are about love‚ they were written in different time periods‚ ranging from 1609 to 1993. I have decided to analyse these poem
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direct speech‚ this reflects a complicated attitude to the reader as we have a biased opinion of the female. Also‚ not having direct speech from ’La Belle’ adds to the mysterious-ness of female characters in Keats’ poetry. A male contrast in this poem is quite important‚ as in many of Keats’ poetry. The knight claims possession over the female. He creates garlands and bracelets for which could be used to enclose and trap her. ’I made a garland for her head‚ And bracelets too‚ and fragrant zone’
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