correspond in sound. The poet also uses a good example of satire. When he writes “Be still sad heart! and cease repining/Thy fate is the common fate of all” (12/13) he makes fun of how humans always feel... The poem The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the story of an older man who is having one of many depressing days. He is depressed because his youth is lost‚ yet he continues to dwell on the past instead of looking to the future. Eventually he realizes that everyone has sorrowful moments
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checklist in your notebook or on your computer and mark off the items as you complete them. Checklist: Ancient Ideas What Makes a Classic? The Arts Tutorial: It’s All Greek to Me Read "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats Graphic Organizer: “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats Note Cards: Specific Devices in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" Comprehension: Diction‚ Imagery‚ and a Controlling Image Making Connections: Themes and Meanings of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" Timeless Tales Galleria: Major Characters
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ODE TO AUTUMN John Keats This poem‚ an ode‚ is the last of Keats’ odes. In it‚ the poet exhibits a rich mood of serenity by describing autumn as a season of mellow fruitfulness – a season of ripeness and fulfillment. This ode is known for its remarkable sensuous beauty that is crafted by employment of several visual‚ tactile and auditory imageries together with the personification of autumn as a woman engaged in various autumnal activities. In the first stanza‚ the poet has described the
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and ball” 3. Became lame and unable to walk 4. Due to being lame he was able to read many books and this is when he got his some stories B. Education 1. Attended Bowdoin College 2. Became classmate with Longfellow and President F. Pierce 3. Refused to take public speaking C. Career 1. Chosen as the American Adviser at Liverpool England 2. Was given the position as a Surveyor in 1846 D. Achievements 1. Anonymously‚ Hawthorne’s
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life and his future‚ he carelessly confuses popular teen fiction with reality. He thinks that the world revolves around him‚ his “sin of self love possessed all [his] mind and all his soul every part”‚ as Shakespeare put it in his Sonnet 62. Henry Longfellow declared that the best path for a young person‚ in A Psalm of Life‚ is to “learn to labor and to wait.” This is the most important thing one can learn at this stage in life. In the same way‚ Bill Watterson‚ in a comic‚ depicts how children are
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We are all familiar with the proverb ‘Hitch your wagon to a star.’ The logic behind it is simple. If we do not aspire for something great‚ we shall not strive for it and consequently lead a life of ignominy. The autobiographies of all great men reveal‚ that each of them very early in childhood had a dream‚ a vision of what they intended to do or become. This is distinctively apart from daydreaming‚ for in the words of William Shakespeare “Ambition should be made of sterner stuff’. Thus it is not
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Cited: Deleuze‚ Gilles and Felix Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Trans. Brian Massumi. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P‚ 1987. Print. Keats‚ John. “Letter 32: To George and Thomas Keats.” The Letters of John Keats. Ed. Maurice Buxton Forman. London: Oxford UP‚ 1952. 69-72. Print. James‚ William. Writings 1878 – 1899: Psychology: Briefer Course‚ The Will to Believe‚ Talks to Teachers and to Students‚ Essays. New York:
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3. CRITICAL APPRECIATION Its Faultless Construction This is the most faultless of Keats’s odes in point of construction. The first stanza gives us the bounty of Autumn‚ the second describes the occupations of the season‚ and the last dwells upon its sounds. Indeed‚ the poem is a complete and concrete picture of Autumn‚ “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. Its Sensuousness The bounty of Autumn has been described with all its sensuous appeal. The vines suggesting grapes‚ the apples‚ the
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Renaissance Theatre vs Today’s Modern Theatre As society grows‚ theatre is forced to evolve to meet the needs of its audience. During the Renaissance‚ theatre would convey it stories using low-budget and every day materials; this was mainly due to society being from a less technology driven time in history. Today‚ society has not only evolved into a wealthier one‚ but a society with growing technologies allowing theatre to pull out all the stops‚ conveying its stories in a more elaborate
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Paul Revere‚ one of the most recognisable names from the American Revolution‚ was the man who warned American soldiers of the incoming British invasion may not have been as courageous as you might suspect from someone fighting the British. Paul Revere was a colonist in Massachusetts Bay during the time of the American Revolution. Paul was a Son of Liberty and because of that‚ and probably his skill skill at horse riding‚ Paul was chosen to warn the colonists and the British force that would be attacking
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