You have been asked to choose at least 3 poems of Adrienne Rich’s for an anthology. What poems would you choose and why? I’ve studied Rich’s poetry for my Leaving Certificate and have really enjoyed learning them. In my opinion‚ Rich is fine poet and I strongly recommend ’Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’‚ ’Living in Sin’ and ’Diving into the Wreck’ to be included for this anthology. I chose these poems since they are personally my favourites. However‚ I also
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Compare how language is used to explore ideas and feelings in ‘Checking out me History’ and one other poem from the Anthology. Checking out me History is a poem about a Caribbean man’s frustration at the teaching of history- he believes that he is only taught about white historical figures and argues that some important black icons are neglected. He argues for more freedom to learn about icons from other cultures- reflecting multi-cultural society more accurately. Singh Song is a poem
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An exploration of how different poets treat parent and child relationships with reference to three poems from the anthology and three others The memories of childhood are different for every one of us. Some are joyful‚ some are heartbreaking. The poems‚ ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp’ by Chinua Achebe‚ ‘Piano’ by D.H. Lawrence and ‘Poem at Thirty-Nine’ by Alice Walker‚ all show a different parent and child relationships but at the same time come down to one aspect‚ love and care. The other three
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The anthology ‘The World’s Wife’ is a collection of poems written by Carol Ann Duffy in which the writer takes on the persona of a range of characters; these being real‚ fictional‚ mythical and biblical. The wives in the collection may be of long suffering‚ but they are not victims. Duffy tackles controversial issues and her women are by no means victorious‚ but she shows the women as they are; not the stereotypical feministic view but angry‚ sardonic‚ impatient women. Duffy seeks to highlight the
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Both Titus Andronicus and Grandpa’s soup serve the purpose of entertaining the reader in juxtaposing ways. Titus Andronicus is illustrative of the alarming horror that certain types of cooking and food reinforce‚ whereas Grandpa’s soup is representative of the warmth and affection that certain types of food and cooking can bring. Themes portrayed in these texts such as death‚ mortality‚ celebration‚ desperation‚ love and hate are looked at from completely different angles through the literary techniques
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A study in to the way war affects the soldiers fighting in them in terms of mental and physical health with reference to Pat Barkers “Regeneration”‚ Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” and Penguins anthology “Poems of the Great War 1914-1918. The First World War lasted between 1914 and 1918 and saw the death of nearly twenty million people (including civilians) and the casualties were even higher. Many were left wounded for life as they lost their limbs‚ sight or mind and they would never
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Simon Lee the Old Huntsman is a poem which occurs in Lyrical Ballads and was written in 1798‚ belonging‚ thus‚ temporally to the Romantic period (1780-1830). Romantic writing is commonly identified with some key elements‚ which concern imagination‚ nature‚ symbolism and myth (although there have been writers of this period who were not as ‘mainstream’). William Wordsworth has been characterised as a canonical author of Romantic Poetry in that his work is highly attached to the notion of Nature and
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person who offers satisfies them this need as “mother”. In addition‚ all their language and image of the world in this stage are acquired through the mother. The essay‚ “Revolution in Poetic Language”‚ written by Julia Kristeva‚ selected in The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism says “In this way the drives‚ which are ‘energy’ charges as well as ‘psychical’ marks‚ articulate what we call a chora: a nonexpressive totality formed by the drives and their stases in a motility that is as full of movement
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It Jazz‚ The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. 2‚ W W Norton & Co Inc‚ New York‚ 2005‚ pp. 2361-2372. Sikorska Liliana‚ An Outline History of English Literature‚ Wydawnictwo Poznańskie‚ Poznań‚ 2002‚ p. 377 -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. Sikorska Liliana‚ An Outline History of English Literature‚ Wydawnictwo Poznańskie‚ Poznań‚ 2002‚ p. 377 [ 2 ] [ 3 ]. Rhys Jean‚ Let Them Call It Jazz‚ The Norton Anthology of English Literature‚ Vol. 2‚ W W Norton & Co Inc‚ New
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The Classic of Poetry is a collection of old Chinese literature that has been rewritten and renamed into the Book of Songs/Odes. (“Norton Anthology of World Literature” 812) This collection of poems seemed to become popular around the beginning of Confucianism. Confucianism is the concept of centering one’s life or work on authority figures‚ family‚ and friends. The expression of Confucianism is best seen in the work of Tu Fu. Confucianism is wide spread throughout the Classic of Poetry.
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