is Paradise Lost‚ and when we speak of the style of Milton‚ we usually think of the majestic style of this great epic. When Wordsworth wrote: "Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea‚ "he had in his mind the grand style of Paradise Lost. When Tennyson spoke of Milton as being the "God-gifted organ-voice of England‚" he was no doubt referring to the majestic blank verse of Paradise Lost. Essentials of Miltonic Style Since style is the expression of personality‚ we have to find the peculiar quality
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Walt Whitman Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet‚ essayist and journalist. A humanist‚ he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism‚ incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon‚ often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time‚ particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass‚ which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Walt was born in Westhills‚ Long
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“Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson Lord Alfred Tennyson presents to us in the poem “Ulysses” an old sailor‚ a warrior and a king who is in retrospection on his experiences of a lifetime of travel. Ulysses old age and strong will causes him to be restless and unable to be comfortable at home. He chooses a life of travel over his family because that is what he knows best. Because of his faults‚ we identify with his character. As a result‚ Ulysses attempts to go on to face a new but familiar journey
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paints a mental picture in words. Some types of figurative language are the following: Simile: a direct comparison of two things‚ usually employing the words like or as. “He watches from his mountain walls‚ And like a thunderbolt he falls.” (Tennyson) “My heart is like an apple tree whose boughs are bent with thickest fruit.” (Christina Rosseti) Other examples: clouds like fluffy balls of cotton; snowflakes like soft white feathers; a motor purring like a kitten; a lawn like a green carpet; thin
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Love Poem Analysis: Linda Pastan is an American poet of Jewish background. She was born in New York on May 27‚ 1932. Today‚ she lives in Potomac‚ Maryland with her husband Ira Pastan‚ an accomplished physician and researcher. She is known for writing short poems that address topics like family life‚ domesticity‚ motherhood‚ the female experience‚ aging‚ death‚ loss and the fear of loss‚ as well as the fragility of life and relationships. Love poem is a very simple poem yet it has a deep
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Write about some of the ways characters are created in the three texts you have studied. (42 marks) Through the three texts ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ ‘Lamia’ and ‘The lady of Shalott’ by John Keats and Alfred Tennyson respectively‚ we see the different representations of women; ranging from Keats’ hostile and misogynistic representation of women to Tennyson’s sympathetic yet somewhat limited representation of women. In ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ as indicated by the title‚ Keats instantly casts
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reader and how the poem might be perceived by him/her. 2. Growth of Consciousness and Development of Tension 2.1. Initial Isolation Lord Alfred Tennyson’s poem starts out with the total seclusion of the beautiful‚ young Lady of Shalott surrounded by “…four grey walls‚ and four grey towers…”. (Tennyson‚ line 15). She is largely unaware of the world outside and of her own existence as a woman‚ only being able to see shadows of reality‚ which are reflected
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center of village activity. Today‚ every village has its patron saint which is the protection or guiding saint of a person or place. There are feast days which are celebrated through fiestas and the entire island is invited. In 1565 Guam and the other Mariana Islands were claimed by the Spanish Crown Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The Spanish taught the chamorros to cultivate‚ introduced cattle‚ and adopt western-style clothing. Although the Spanish maintained control of Guam and the rest of
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TERRITORIAL CLAIMS BY THE PHILIPPINES 1. Sabah / North Borneo A majority of Filipinos everywhere are wondering what this Sabah claim is all about. The Philippine history books‚ Malaysian’s probably too‚ have not mentioned about the Philippines’ stake on the northern part of the island of Borneo. On the other hand‚ the Malaysians maybe furious that there are a lot of attention now being focused to that part of the Malaysian federation to which they believe was theirs since
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historical documentation of this story including from Catholic priest Diego Luis de San Vitores whose evangelical efforts in the latter half of the 17th century yielded a contemporary predominantly Catholic congregation on Guam and her neighboring Mariana Islands. San Vitores recorded the pilgrimage of ancient Chamorros to the site – Fouha Bay – where Chamorros believe human life originated. Renown anthropologist Laura Thompson noted that: Elsewhere Sanvitores… stated‚ ‘Fuuna [a point on the coast
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