Have Fears” and “Mezzo Cammin” by John Keats and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow respectively‚ have similar themes such as the inevitability of death and the fear of living unfulfilled and inadequate lives. John Keats fears that he will live a life of inadequacy and fail to accomplish all of his dreams‚ but he understands that his goals are miniscule in the larger scope of life. Conversely‚ Longfellow maintains a morbid view of death and of the future itself‚ while Keats is more captivated by the human
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Truth versus Immortality in John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” In John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn‚” the speaker admires the immortality and excitement of life depicted on an urn‚ before realizing that the truth of life and mortality is preferable to static eternal existence. The speaker suggests that the young figures depicted on the urn are frozen in time forever‚ and therefore will eternally be young‚ carefree‚ and beautiful. It’s suggested that such immortality is inferior to mortal existence
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Disney’s version of “The Ants and the Grasshopper”‚ Walt Disney presents a one-sided view of the grasshopper as carefree and reliant on others. As the ants prepare for winter‚ the grasshopper sings‚ Shirley Temple’s hit “The World Owes Me a Living”‚ while he prances and taps his foot. When the grasshopper notices how hard the ants are working‚ the grasshopper laughs. Although the grasshopper is extremely blissful‚ he is carefree. For instance‚ the grasshopper precedes to call one of the ants over
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did one against South Africa. At stage they were looking very comfortable with 267-1 on the scoreboard but within no time they were on the ground defending 296. Which is by no means is a difficult score to chase down in current scenario of one day cricket. Still they again looked competitive and lost fighting. I am not questioning India’s strength with the bat. A mere fact which could be of little concern is that in most of their WC matches this season they haven’t taken a single wicket in first
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y 13 June 1999 THEY WERE rightly hailed as heroes 16 months ago. They were determined‚ they were bold‚ they were lucky. It was a combination which enabled England Under-19s to become the only (male) cricket team from this country to win a World Cup. It was natural to hope that they would all swiftly mature into adult players of similar achievement‚ obvious that they would not‚ at least in every case‚ and pertinent to muse on their progress in the days following England’s elimination from the World
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Grasshopper Jungle By: Andrew Smith A raunchy and bizarre story of two boys trying to discover themselves in a world filled with giant grasshoppers. The Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith is a fantastic horror/science fiction book. The Grasshopper Jungle had me on the edge of my seat at all the right times. This is the story of Austin Szerba a punk rock and history junky and Robby Brees a very confused teenage boy‚ best friends who are out to discover who they are. Austin and Robby both live in
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Cricket Tongue Mother tongue by Amy Tan begins by explaining herself as a writer. How she feel in love with the English language‚ how it has had in impact with all her emotions‚ the way she thinks‚ and the way she sees things. Not to long ago she recently discovered of the variations of English’s that she uses. When she talked to a large group of people she spoke to them in a language that her mother was not familiar with. With the group she would talk to them with complex English but with her
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Review of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats The "Ode on a Grecian Urn" portrays what Keats sees on the urn himself‚ only his view of what is going on. The urn‚ passed down through many centuries portrays the image that everything that is going on on the urn is frozen. In the first stanza‚ the speaker‚ standing before an ancient Grecian urn uses apostrophe when he speaks to the urn as if it is alive. The speaker describes the pictures as if they are frozen in time. It is the "still unravish’d
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Poems used: John Keats’ ’On the Sonnet’ 1848 If by dull rhymes our English must be chained‚ And‚ like Andromeda‚ the Sonnet sweet Fettered‚ in spite of painéd loveliness; Let us find out‚ if we must be constrained‚ Sandals more interwoven and complete To fit the naked foot of poesy; Let us inspect the lyre‚ and weigh the stress Of every chord‚ and see what may be gained By ear industrious‚ and attention meet; Misers of sound and syllable‚ no less Than Midas of his coinage‚
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When I have Fears is a poem written by John Keats. In this poem Keats expresses his feeling of fear about the possibility of die young and the consequences that this fact would suppose‚ and how he realizes about the real situation. The title indicates that Keats did not consider himself inmortal‚ he knew that even though he acomplish his goal of write all his thoughts‚ one of the fears he feels. The poem is a sonnet structured following the Shakespearean model with three quatrains and a couplet
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