The two poems are about love. One portrays a very distant marriage‚ the other portrays a very committed marriage. Both poems are of Welch relevance. Gillian Clarke and Paul Henry were both born in Wales. I am going to begin with the poem "Overheard in County Sligo." The first line of the poem :"I married a man from County Roscommon" suggests they have a distant relationship in the way she says "a man" and does not give him a name. He may not mean much to her. The second line has the phrase "Back
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Seafarer and The Wife’s Lament Exile When you are forced out of your own life‚ put in exile‚ banished; loneliness can take over your very being. The poems The Seafarer and The Wife’s Lament is encoded with a mournful and forlorn mood. All the way through these poems immense passion is expressed about the exile of individuals. They show the battle of how being sentenced to destitute can change your view on life‚ and makes you value the little things‚ which is something worth learning for
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Mission Improbable‚ we learn that he loves calamities and enjoys the sociology behind how people prepare for them which range from natural disasters to man-made disasters. Clarke illustrates his theme of
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Of the four poets that spoke‚ the one that caught my attention was Gillian Wegener. Wegener’s introduction was interesting as it seemed to only offer little insight into her poetry‚ but instead alerted the audience of her jobs as a mother‚ teacher‚ and poet while living in the city of Modesto. However‚ once she began to
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The first chapter in Retellings by M.B. Clarke and A.G. Clarke discussed many versions of stories. I read different styles of Cinderella. By reading different examples of story is beneficial because the audience can see how the tone varies from story to story. Whenever a story is retold‚ there are always connections from both stories even if they seem completely different at first. The biography of Margaret Atwood along with a few poems of hers‚ helped me discover her flow of writing. The poem that
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In the book Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn‚ she talks about an alcoholic newspaper writer. She grew up in a small town called Wind Gap‚ but left to get away from empty streets‚ and her self-harm prone mother to become a writer in a Big City newspaper. After two girls go missing back
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ANZAC Parade (or Distant Fields)‚ written by Rhian Gallagher‚ and Lament (lament is known for being a sad song or poem) for the Country Soldiers (written by Les Murray) are both similar and diverse. Both poems carry the Australian landscape as a backdrop. Both poems use words that you can envision in your mind. I like how Gallagher uses contrasting words and repetition. The use of paradox’s in Murray’s poem makes it very remarkable‚ because naming opposites can make the poem feel sort of ironic
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Of the three poems The Seafarer‚ The Wanderer‚ and The Wife’s Lament‚ The Seafarer is the best poem. The Seafarer is about a man working at sea. The author describes his sadness about working at the sea in the cold. In The Seafarer the author describes his sadness about his situation makes this the best poem. I can really imagine what he describes. The purpose of the Seafarer is to tell his story about his need for money. He describes that he misses the way life used to be. His focus shifts to how
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“It was a sign of growing up‚ when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.” ― Roddy Doyle (page 278) This quote is from Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is about a 10-year-old boy named Patrick Clarke‚ but everyone calls him Paddy. This books ’ setting is in 1968 ’s Dublin‚ Ireland. At the beginning of the book‚ Paddy is a cruel boy; he enjoys the Three Stooges‚ Geronimo‚ Father Damien and the Lepers‚ and also his favorite soccer player George Best. Paddy
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The Anglo-Saxons are the people who gave us the first masterpieces of English literature. ”The Seafarer‚” “The Wanderer‚” and “The Wife’s Lament” all came from the Exeter Book. The Exeter Book originally belong to the Leofric era ( reference ).The leofric era was from (c.958-1028).The first bishop of exeter had donated the exeter book to the exeter cathedral library. The three poems are similar in style and content. “The Seafarer” is about men who made a living on a boat. The people had to leave
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