Studies in Poetry 5 August 2013 The Power of Poetry Poetry can be cathartic for both the writer and the reader. The art expression in poetry allows the writer to heal continually over time. The reader gets to experience Ms. Clifton’s life chronologically through her poetry. We get to feel full-circle the wounds‚ the scab‚ the debridement and finally the healing that happens after one exposes truths. Ms. McCallum shows a contrast approach to her past by taking a mythical route. Instead of
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philosophical ideas that consume and yet somehow create an understanding of it. “The Road Not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost‚ and “O Captain! My Captain”‚ by Walt Whitman‚ utilized metaphors‚ thought-provoking ideas‚ and a personalized‚ relatable style of poetry to illustrate their overall point. “The Road Not Taken” and “O Captain! My Captain!” made use of metaphors to bring out their underlying meaning in their poems. Robert Frost used a fork in the road as a metaphor about choosing paths‚ or coming to
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Poetry has always been the language of the soul of Nagaland. At its most beautiful it mirrors the joy‚ the glory and the peace that the soul of man can fathom. At its darkest‚ at its most barren it proclaims the desolation of the soul. Nagaland Poets cannot tell the story of Nagaland and the conflict that has been her lot‚ and therefore use poetry as a medium to convey the same. For the story of Nagaland is the story of the Naga soul on a long‚ lonely journey of pain‚ loss and bereavement‚ a silent
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To be able to explain the aspects of poetry to you all‚ I thought I would break the mini lesson down into two parts. It will help you understand the differences between a poem and a sonnet‚ and will make it easier to absorb all of the components involved. First we will start with a sonnet. Let’s start by talking about just what a sonnet is. “Before Shakespeare’s day‚ the word “sonnet” meant simply “little song‚” i.e.‚ a short lyric poem” (poetry.about.com‚ 2010). By the 1200’s‚ the sonnet had come
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Neoclassical poetry as such‚ did not have any concerted body of principles and methodology. The prominent writers shared a common view based on their response to the various ancients. They concurred regarding the concision‚ elegance and wit of their classical forerunners. Their poetry matched the intelligence of Horace’s Verse‚ beset energy of Juvenal’s Satire and the heroic raise of Homer’s Epic. Their theory of literature was shaped by a composite classical influence and which Aristotle and Horace
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Environmental poetry expresses emotions and ideas about the surroundings and conditions to the readers and listeners. Three different landscapes are illustrated‚ by poets of different eras‚ with the use of sensual imagery‚ sound techniques and allusions. Robert Gray presents a post apocalyptic future of the impact of cities‚ through the didactic poem “Flames and Dangling Wire”. A subjective view of the environment is conveyed in “William Street”‚ Kenneth Slessor reveals that beauty lies within. In
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Literary Background—Trends in the Victorian NovelWhen we speak of the Victorian novel we do not mean that there was a conscious school of the English novel‚ with a consciously common style and subject-matter‚ a school which began creating with the reign of Queen Victoria and which came to an end with the end of that reign. The English are too individualistic for such conformity. However‚ there can be no denying the fact that the English novel during second half of the nineteenth century‚ with the
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In “Bullying as True Drama‚” writers Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick describe how adults need to listen more to the dialect of young people during discussions of bullying. Upon hearing the story of a 14-year old boy committing suicide after being mercilessly bullied‚ they felt compelled to write the article for the New York Times in 2011. Their desire was to communicate toward concerned adults the differences between their thoughts and the teenagers. By sharing their research‚ they wanted adults
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In the play‚ ‘The Crucible‚’ written by Arthur Millar‚ conflict is the cornerstone around which the text is moulded. Although most of the conflicts are external‚ there are also examples of severe internal conflict‚ as can be seen in Millar’s protagonist character‚ John Proctor. Mary Warren‚ Proctor’s servant-girl‚ is also a victim of internal conflict within the play. Proctor‚ in addition‚ is involved in external conflict too‚ between him and Judge Danforth‚ him and Elizabeth Proctor‚ and him and
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native american poetry. purposes: to be spoken‚ to be performed. oral tradition: when a culture passes down information trough sons and stories instead of through sons and stories instead of through a written language. difficulties of oral tradition. -difficult for future generations to learn much about early native american literary life without written records. -danger of losing ancient culture. -antropologists: realized they needed to write down everything Native Americans could tell them
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