Song to the Men of England Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 -- 1822) 1 Men of England‚ wherefore plough For the lords who lay ye low? Wherefore weave with toil and care The rich robes your tyrants wear? 2 Wherefore feed‚ and clothe ‚and save‚ From the cradle to the grave‚ Those ungrateful drones who would Drain your sweat-----nay‚ drink your blood? 3 Wherefore‚Bees of England‚ forge Many a weapon‚ chain‚ and scourge‚ That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil? 4 Have ye
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towards one common goal. For example‚ during the Vietnam war‚ many songs regarding war were created. These songs motivated many people to rise up together in order to oppose war. The song that stood out to me the most would be “I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore” by Phil Ochs. This song moved quickly and poetically as through
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"Grenade" Easy come‚ easy go That’s just how you live‚ oh Take‚ take‚ take it all But you never give Should’ve known you was trouble From the first kiss Had your eyes wide open Why were they open? [Pre-Chorus:] Gave you all I had And you tossed it in the trash You tossed it in the trash‚ you did To give me all your love is all I ever asked ’Cause what you don’t understand is... [Chorus:] I’d catch a grenade for ya Throw my hand on a blade for ya I’d jump in front of a train
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Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Okot p’Bitek worked as anthropologist‚ poet‚ novelist an even footballer which led him to go and being educated in England on law and anthropology and later literature. He differed himself from other African writers who wrote in western styles and in western point of view. He has chosen an African tool to express himself‚ a tool associated with oral tradition of Africa. He called it ’’song’’. He published his works in Acoli language however
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Eavan Boland’s poem "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony
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How will the world end? Will we all burn? Or are we all going to freeze to death? That is the question that is clearly brought up by Robert Frost in his rhetorically titled poem‚ “Fire and Ice”. It is a poem that seems to bring up a fictional debate that has existed throughout the history of the humankind. Frost wrote this poem with only 9 simple worded lines yet very powerful. It is deep‚ cruel‚ and it acknowledges certain kinds of truth. This poem demonstrates how two of the world’s extreme emotions
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Emily Dickinson’s “546” taught me to speak my truth and to speak it again the next day‚ whatever it may be. “To Fill a Gap / Insert the Thing that caused it-” she begins. Those lines inspire me to take charge and act with agency to fill the gaps I see in my community. Dickinson’s poem motivates me to not only dream about change‚ but to take responsibility to change what I want changed. To me‚ those gaps are intolerance and disrespect towards other. And by not taking action‚ I only widen the gaps
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African figures are placed in the context of their often denuded environment‚ while Yellow Houses (the first work by a black artist bought by the Johannesburg Art Gallery)‚ reduces the human presence‚ focusing instead on the environment itself. In Song of the Pick‚ naturalism gives way to severe stylisation: a rank of workers wield picks in unison‚ forming a powerful image of African labour; a white overseer’s figure is dwarfed‚ even threatened‚ by this phalanx of diggers. In 1947‚ Sekoto left for
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Roland essay notes Citation: Prompt: In what ways did Ganelon’s character as a feudal warrior conflict with his role in Christian feudal society? What can those conflicts tell us about the writer’s ideal view of society? Thesis: Ganelon’s traitorous actions against Roland‚ Charlemagne‚ and ultimately God reveal the writer’s ideas of the perfect Christian feudal society. While Roland and Charlemagne serve as archetypes of perfect servants of God‚ Ganelon plays the part of the bad‚ which accentuates
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Name Online English A November 11‚ 2013 Paper Component: Your Explication Middle Paragraphs In the poem “Ballade of Worldly Wealth‚” the author‚ Andrew Lang describes the truth about money and what it meant to people in the 1800s and 1900s. He uses repetition to clearly explain his ideas. Lang believes that money could either be good or it could be evil‚ I guess it all depends in how you use it and appreciate it. The people in this poem are priests‚ soldiers‚ captains etc. The main idea is
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