when I read T.S. Elliot’s poetry is that the wants people to use their brains and think about things‚ to learn constantly. When I read " The Hollow Men‚" a part of me wanted to prove him wrong‚ that I am not going to end my life with a whimper‚ but a bang. Perhaps this was the effect he was looking for.
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POEM: "ORCHIDS" POET: HAZEL SIMMONS-McDONALD (St. Lucian-born) FACTS: Ø Orchids are currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. Ø The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species‚ and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. Ø All orchids are perennial (persistent) herbs and lack any permanent woody structure. The leaves of most orchids are perennial‚ that is‚ they live for several
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Lapp Thursday the 9th of April 2009 Feminism is defined as the theory of the political‚ economic‚ and social equality of the sexes. Eavan Boland and Anne sexton share more than just their love of poetry‚ they both incorporated female struggles and feminist ideas into their poetry. In a close reading of the poems Her Kind‚ by Anne Sexton and Anorexic‚ by Eavan Boland‚ the themes and the overall feel and struggles of the characters in both poems are very similar; they both use historical
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PROS VS POETRY PART I Prose version: A woman stands on a mountain top with the cold seeping into her body. She looks on the valley below as the wind whips around her. She cannot leave to go to the peaceful beauty below. In the valley‚ the sun shines from behind the clouds causing flowers to bloom. A breeze sends quivers through the leaves of trees. The water gurgles in a brook. All the woman can do is cry. Poetry version The Woman on the Peak
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Terms Used in Poetry Types of Poems: 1. Ballad: A slow popular song typically about love‚ narrated‚ any light‚ simple song especially about romantic events. 2. Elegy: a sad poem or song: a poem or song that expresses sorrow for someone/Something who is dead 3. Epic: telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures\ 4. Epitaph: something written or said in memory of a dead person; especially: words written on a gravestone 5. Idyl: a simple poem or other piece of writing that
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Modernist Poetry: Effectiveness When it comes to opinions everyone has one. Saying that Modernist poetry has no specific structure or form and therefore means it is not as ‘effective’‚ is like myself saying curry is spicy‚ sweet and doesn’t fit in with my taste buds and therefore curry is the worst seasoning. Poetry is far too complex to reduce to a simple “effective” or “not effective” dichotomy. To object to an opinion maybe you need to understand where they are coming from. Taking a look
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Her career started to take off when she decided she wanted to be a poet‚ she spent so much time doing poetry when finally people started to notice it. Phillis married John peters a freed slave. They had three children‚ two miserably dying at a young age from sickness and hunger. Sadly John peters was taken to jail for not paying taxes and had to leave Phillis
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Themes‚ Motifs and Symbols Themes The Relationship Between Art and Politics Yeats believed that art and politics were intrinsically linked and used his writing to express his attitudes toward Irish politics‚ as well as to educate his readers about Irish cultural history. From an early age‚ Yeats felt a deep connection to Ireland and his national identity‚ and he thought that British rule negatively impacted Irish politics and social life. His early compilation of folklore sought to teach a literary
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Lyrical Ballads‚ and the objects originally proposed--Preface to the second edition--The ensuing controversy‚ its causes and acrimony--Philosophic definitions of a Poem and Poetry with scholia. During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours‚ our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry‚ the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature‚ and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours
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Poetry Analysis Stage 1 English Poetry arouses great emotions in people. How have four poems “aroused emotions” in you? What have you learnt about war and the emotions associated with it? War is a part of our world and has been since the beginning of time. Through war‚ men have been given the opportunity to fight for freedom‚ for their country and for their beliefs. Young men have marched into an abyss‚ some never to return again. They have faced death on a daily basis and the way in which some
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