Ron Koertge When my English teacher told us that we had to analyze a poem I was excited to start. Once I started looking at all of the one hundred and one poems‚ I disliked a lot of them‚ when I first stumbled upon the title I thought that the title was way to long and the poem would be boring. When I finally read it‚ I mentally scolded myself for judging the poem by its title. The title is always an important part of the poem and if someone is looking at a list of titles before actually reading
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friendships‚ witnessing groundbreaking events‚ or reading phenomenal books for the first time. One could even say‚ the journey to obtain self-awareness ends only when you die. In “The Knowing” by Connie Fife‚ she describes the common instances that can lead to self-awareness. By incorporating‚ detailed literary devices‚ Fife is able to develop the journey to self-awareness in life. Thus‚ throughout the poem‚ Fife utilizes personification to establish the idea that knowledge is obtained through a
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The Bait - DIDLS Analysis The Bait‚ a poem written by metaphysical poet‚ John Donne‚ during the early seventeenth century‚ tells the story of a woman whose physical attractiveness and coquettish behaviour prove destructive as they succeed in ruining her chances of finding a pure and meaningful relationship. This poem is recounted from the point of view of a man whom‚ amongst many other men‚ has pursued this woman and become emotionally hurt in the process as he finds her actions‚ in response to
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EXPLICATING A POEM [pic]In order to explicate or give a detailed literary analysis of a poem‚ it is useful to ask the following questions. You do not necessarily have to follow this order. 1. What is the literal sense of the poem? • Can it be broken down into sentences? • What is the meaning of each sentence? • How could the poem be paraphrased: restated in prose form? • In what ways is the poem different from a prose paraphrase? 2. What is the diction of
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poetry techniques to convey a sense of urban alienation throughout this poem. These techniques include description and imagery‚ contrast and irony‚ rhetorical questions and rhyming. These also reflect the spirit of the early twentieth century. Straight from the introduction of the poem‚ Eliot already starts to utilise imagery to describe the emotions and themes that the poem conveys. The line ‘Like a patient etherised upon a table’ suggests that there is something wrong with the evening‚ almost
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Sometimes I feel sad and sometimes I feel blue but whenever I see you‚ im as happy as can be for you bring a smile upon my face and a feeling of joy within my heart your like my sunshine in the morning and my stars that glow at night your like the wave in the ocean the cool breeze in the wind like the call of the birds in the morning dew like the sound of beauty in the night you see these thing are beauty and that’s how i feel whenever your near for it was the passion and desire for
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India‚ once the golden bird has witnessed many changes and has a rich history of producing great leaders. Political scenario in India has changed with every new era. From time to time it has been ruled by many rulers like Rajputs‚ Cholas‚ Pandas‚ Lodhis‚ Mughals‚ Britishers etc. Lastly we have been ruled by Britishers in which we have seen lots of movements happening in India and in this some great leaders were born like Mahatma Gandhi‚ Pt. Jawahar lal Nehru‚ Moulana Azad ‚ Bhagat singh ‚ Neta Subhash
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Grimm starts his tale by portraying the image of how women‚ especially younger girls‚ should act. “Examples include the grandmother’s love for the girl‚ the mother’s feeling of responsibility for the grandmother‚ and the girl’s love for her grandmother” (Shavit 330). All of these views show how loving all of the female characters are‚ revealing Grimm’s views of how women behavior should be. Grimm has his readers imagine Little Red by describing how “if you set eyes on her‚ you could not but love
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I once used to write a blog. I started it because everyone around me was using them so I felt like I should start writing a blog too. I liked writing blogs very much because it was so easy for me to write a blog. I also liked looking at people’s blogs because I could know people’s real feelings. There are many benefits about blogging such as it is easy write a blog and it helps people communicate easily. First‚ the reason why I think writing a blog is easy is because I can write a log any way
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Comparing and contrasting Text A and B In the poem To Autumn‚ it celebrates the rebounding nature. The symbolic aspects of life‚ in preparation for death; Keats was devoted to poetry due to personal problems. In contrast of the extract‚ it’s about celebrating and sharing with people about the markets in Italy about the exotic vegetables; he’s excited and wants to communicate with the reader. Both texts are describing what they see like e.g. plumps‚ hazel shells‚ vegetables‚ and a sense of bountifulness
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