Shakespeare both instill a figurative idea of immortality throughout the course of time long after the writers have passed on. Shakespeare plants his beauty within the lines of the poem after his lover’s physical beauty deteriorates with time. Spencer‚ however‚ keeps the memory and love for a woman. Although both poems are about two different subjects‚ the main theme that connects them is that they immortalize two non-physical ideas. The hope of every writer is to have their work famous and studied
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“On the Pulse of Morning” was a poem that was read at Bill Clinton’s inauguration ceremony in January‚ 1993 by Maya Angelou which focused on the fact that human beings are more similar than they are different even though they look different. This poem is also about growth‚ freedom‚ and evolution which uses contrasting elements that appeal the eternal to measure change against history. Maya Angelou uses many metaphors that represent history’s past. For example‚ she starts off with “A Rock‚ A River
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Response to “The Book of Songs” #2 While “Air of the States” depicted the thoughts of the ordinary‚ minor and major odes have poems that portray the views of nobility and rulers. The Minor Odes is mainly written by aristocratic people‚ and The Major Odes has the words of the kings and rulers. Divided by decades‚ the poems tend to talk more about broader themes. Readers can find those implications from the specific examples shown in the poems. The poem “What Plant Is Not Faded?” is the last
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In Rainbow Rowell’s‚ Eleanor and Park‚ the main antagonist‚ Richie‚ is Eleanor’s stepfather. “He’s the kind of bad that tries to kill anything good”‚ says Eleanor‚ as she describes him to Park (Rowell 55). The author depicts him as a careless alcoholic‚ who creates an atmosphere of constant fear even without his physical presence. He has a short temper and is violent a lot‚ especially when he is drunk. There are many situations in which the family is more concerned about his happiness than their
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There are umpteen “novels” which figure in the “must read” lists of books on the city of Delhi- among which Nayantara Sahgal’s This Time of Morning occupies a pre-eminent position. It belongs to the period of the birth of the nation India and yet another re-birth of the city of Delhi as its capital. Marked by violence and dislocation of the partition on the one hand‚ and establishment of government machinery and national culture on the other‚ study of this period is indispensible to any exploration
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Song of Lawino: Cultural Duality and Universality Song of Lawino by Okot p’Bitek centers on the main narrator Lawino’s plea towards her husband‚ Ocol‚ who shuns his old Acholi background for Westernization. Lawino implores Ocol not to abandon his heritage but rather accept both Acholi and Western cultures; as noted‚ cultural duality serves as the prime theme in Song of Lawino. Through the character of Lawino‚ p’Bitek conveys his message that Acholi and Western cultures could be fused in the era
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Trace how Blake’s thought develops from his poem ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’ together- “I have no name: I am but two days old.” What shall I call thee? “I happy am‚ Joy is my name.” Sweet Joy befall thee!” ’ The good character as well as the bad abstractions such as virtues and vices is framed up in symbols to elaborate their suggestiveness and implications. Blake’s symbology is too large and complex to be given in brief. His symbols help to express
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of the Brook My book report is about a very good book. It is called Song of the Brook. Song of the Brook is a Christian fiction book. Matilda Nordtvedt writes it. The book has 124 pages‚ and I have read this entire book. The main characters are Hilda‚ Lois‚ Baby Sigurd‚ John‚ and Hilda ’s Mama; Magda‚ her Papa; Robert‚ Ole‚ Bertha‚ Thora‚ and Bestefar. The story begins with Hilda ’s family on a train on their way to Washington State. They were leaving their home in Minnesota to move to Washington
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Morning The sun rose in a hurry‚ as if trying to make up for setting so early the evening before‚ bouncing into the sky line like a great fiery yo-yo and sending what was left of the moon packing. The sky‚ with blatant disregard for the overuse of alliteration‚ was a brilliantly bright baby blue‚ and perched picturesquely on the leafty branches of the trees in the park below‚ birds sang. A bit like Britney Spears without the eye candy. Another wish of mine is granted. Morning‚ after all is
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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