carefully judged use of language aids the reader to uncover the intensity of feeling in her poetry.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above statement? Support your answer with reference to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop on your course. Elizabeth Bishop’s use of language in her poems has allowed readers to grasp a better understanding of feeling in her poetry. During the beginning of Bishop’s career‚ she was often referred to as a ‘miniaturist’. Her concentration on
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Not only from woman to woman‚ but from poet to poet‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning felt a connection of reverence and utmost admiration with self-titled George Sand. Barrett Browning went to the lengths of seemingly serenading Sand in her two poems “To George Sand: A Desire” and “To George Sand: A Recognition.” In “To George Sand: A Desire‚” Barret Browning addresses Sand as “Thou large-brained woman and large hearted man‚” (line 1). Sand‚ whose identity as a woman was kept a secret in order to avoid
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Elizabeth Tudor‚ who later became Elizabeth I or England‚ was born on September 7‚ 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the second daughter of King Henry VII‚ a ruler engrossed with the requirement of a male heir. Her mother was Anne Boleyn‚ the second of Henry’s six wives. When Elizabeth was merely two years old‚ her father‚ in desperation of a male heir and upset had Anne executed. Queen Elizabeth I became the ruler of England at the age of twenty-five. Her coronation took place on January 15
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Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester‚ Massachusetts in 1911. Bishop endured a tough childhood‚ with the death of her farther and the commitment of her mother to a mental asylum‚ where she was forced to move with her grandparents. As Bishop grew older she became independently wealthy and traveled the world writing poetry along the way. During this time‚ Bishop wrote the poem‚ “The Fish‚” one of her most famous poems. This poem describes the actions that a speaker takes after catching a big fish
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these are only some of the things that feminists have fought for. In addition‚ average women are not the only ones fighting for their rights. Along with them are celebrities‚ human activists‚ political‚ and historical figures that also strive to see a day where a woman’s rights are equal to the typical white man’s rights. As Susan B. Anthony‚ a woman’s rights activist once said‚ “The day may be approaching when the whole world will recognize woman as the equal of man”.
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Frankenstein’s relationship with Elizabeth has a clear parallel to his monster’s desire for companionship. Despite Frankenstein’s seemingly love-struck diction‚ he has always viewed Elizabeth as property. When he is first introduced to her she is called a "petty present"‚ a phrase which he "interpreted…literally". (43) This mentality that Elizabeth is Victor’s property sticks with him into adulthood‚ and when he eagerly looks forward to the day he "might claim Elizabeth" (134) her role in their relationship
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Elizabeth Bowen lived in Ireland in the beginning of her life and she stayed at her family house during the summer months. Her time in Ireland during the development of the national independence movement helped to inspire her writing. Bowen writes about how the domestic life in Ireland and England is shattered by war and by the breakup of the British empire. In her early stories‚ the experiences of her father’s downfall and the loss within her family were used by Bowen in her writing. In The Last
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Elizabeth Short known like “The Black Dahlia” was a lovely young lady born on July 29‚ 1924 in Boston Massachusetts. The third of five daughters their parents were Cleo and Phoebe Short. Cloe left and Phoebe had to be a solo parent. Cloe abandoned the family when she was five. By the age of fifteen she had already dreamed of being an actress and made it one of her goals. She would always wear all black. She quit school on her sophomore year. Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles at the age of
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an abolitionist and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott led the first national woman’s rights convention in the United States. They wrote the Declaration of Sentiments to “demand civil liberties for women and to right the wrongs of society” (Johnson 386). This inspired many women to challenge the barriers that limited their opportunities‚ because for the first time in history‚ they are not afraid to speak up. For this
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Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861 The poet begins by saying “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways‚” by which she starts off with a rhetorical question‚ because there is no ‘reason’ for love. Rather than using “why” she enforces this meaning. But then she goes on saying that she will count the ways‚ which is a contradiction against her first line. In the rest of the poem she is explaining how much she loves. In the second line she says “I love thee to the depth & breath &
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