“A Poison Tree” by William Blake‚ “The Flea” by John Donne‚ and “ A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman‚ all three very differing poems‚ yet all have one major common connection. They use nature as a comparing factor for their outstanding themes. William uses the metaphor of an apple tree to capture his theme of unspoken anger‚ John uses a flea as a metaphor for love and sex‚ and Walt depicts the soul through the use of imagery of a spider spitting its web. The use of nature in a comparison
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In "The Sun Rising‚" by John Donne‚ there are many metaphysical characteristics. These characteristics are made up primarily of paradoxes and conceits. The theme also contributes to these metaphysical characteristics. The paradoxes are spread out thought the entire poem. The first is "Why dost thou thus‚ / Through windows and through curtains‚ call on us" (line 2-3). This is because the sun doesn’t call on anyone; this is also personification because the sun is given speech‚ a characteristic of
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The age of technology has introduced technological answers to many of our oldest and toughest problems. Fleas are no exception. Electronic flea collars may be the newest weapon in the war on pet fleas. For hundreds of years man and his best friend have been battling these tiny‚ unwelcome pests - and in many cases‚ losing. It is important that we consider new technology like the electronic dog collar to help us in this battle‚ because pets are a necessity that can never be replaced by technology.
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romantic and highly ornamented poetry devoted to the exploration of the human feelings‚ there was also a group of bold poets in the 17th Century who took their words to a rather analytical side of the abstracts aspects of life. John Donne‚ one of Metaphysical Poetry’s main figures‚ stands out for his choice of simple words to approach more complex themes of life. In ‘‘Holy Sonnet 10’’‚ Donne brings Death to human level in which he strongly criticizes it for being inferior to other mortal pleasures.
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The Metaphysical Pizza as Sliced by Plato and Aristotle Plato and Aristotle were Greek philosophers who lived within the third and fourth century BC. Thought Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ they each had very different ideas or theories on how life is or Metaphysics. Plato theorized that reality was outside of our physical world and outside of most humans understanding‚ while Aristotle theorized that this physical world was the only world and the only reality. Plato looked for a universal
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Poems‚ which are short entry writings that express strong emotions and feelings‚ are meant to be soothing to someone’s ears. However‚ in some cases‚ the poems are not so calming. “Whoso List to Hunt” by Sir Thomas Wyatt‚ and “The Flea” written by John Donne‚ are two pieces of poetry that were written in a way that are not so pleasant to the ear. The poems were written nearly a year apart. Even in a year’s time‚ poets did not change the way that they describe love and feelings for someone‚ and in
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time the invisible flea robot explosion spot inside the forest. After it exploded the fragments scattered on the dirt‚ one of the invisible objects kicked the circuit-board forward where no other objects or watchers knew. Just before every jumping or hopping its metal toe-cap kicked the circuit-board on the dirt precisely to shoot it afar‚ then the invisible robot flea landed near to the circuit-board and did another accurate kicking before another jumping. So all the way the flea robot liked a football
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Power of the Metaphysical Conceit . / / ABSTRACT The conceit originally means a concept or an image. It is in general a figure of speech that presents striking parallel between two different things or situations. The history of English poetry witnessed the adaptation of two types of conceit: the petrarchan conceit and the metaphysical conceit. This paper sheds lights on the second type of conceit which was mainly employed by John Donne (1572-1631) and the other metaphysical poets of the
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One counter argument that I would like to present for my position is John Locke’s metaphysical theory. According to Locke personal identity does not involve the body at all‚ the person could be classified purely by his soul. If this is true‚ then Locke suggests that the person could be transferred between multiple bodies by only his soul. In one of Locke’s essay he states that personal identity would follow the thoughts themselves‚ and not the thinking substance. Therefore‚ he believes that our identity
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Before I try to explain what I think the song (forty-six & 2 by TOOL) means‚ it is necessary for you to know several metaphysical concepts. I got almost all of this information on this page from a book the band recommended on their 1994 newsletter called Nothing in This Book is True‚ but It’s Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frissell. The fine piece of literature explains that human beings are entering the next dimension or "Christ Consciousness" in which they will have 46 and 2 chromosomes. (Currently
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