writings of this period…it is rarely noble or devine‚ and marriage does not of itself bring life’s ‘real satisfactions’” (71)‚ Philips writes about love in “A Married State” but does not believe it is a positive factor in life. Philips believes that marriage is the road to damnation for women‚ but wives know how to hide their suffering well‚ as she expresses in the poem: “A married state affords but little ease: / The best of husbands are so hard to please. / This in the wives’ careful faces you may spell
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The following anthology travels through different time periods and proves that mental illness has been a problem throughout history. The next nine poems will describe the way mental illness impacts lives‚ whether through personal struggles or the influence other peoples has on a person. While the poems in certain time periods are not necessarily about the effects of mental illness they show how the use of poetry has been an outlet for people for centuries. People are constantly affected by other
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The bedroom poems of the 18th century was a new piece of literature introduced to me. I like how these poems were so detailed and made you cringe from the sights that were being portrayed. Both Behn and Rochester were two extremely strong poets who use sexual encounters to display gender and power roles among both men and women in the 18th century. In this close reading I will use “The Disappointment” by Behn and “The Imperfect Enjoyment” by Rochester to analyze the ideal of power. “The Disappointment”
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music theory into my skull. I believe this helped my compose a melody for this poem. As I was reading this poem‚ my first impression was‚ "How am I supposed to make a melody out of this?". However‚ upon reading this poem‚ I got a feel of what this poem means. This poem is about a Blue Heron‚ a bird‚ that is looking is looking for food in November. As I was reading the poem‚ I decided to focus on the first half of the poem for my melody. Picturing a Blue Heron walking through the cold ponds in November
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When we hear about death we imagine something scary‚ such as The Grim Reaper. In our minds The Grim Reaper is a tall‚ dark figure who’s wasting no time on bringing you along with him. However in the poem I’m going to talk about in this paper views death in a different perspective. In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ the speaker describes death as a gentleman‚ and how he took her on a nonstop journey. Besides death being talked about as a person‚ the speaker also goes through
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War poems such as ‘Disabled’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ represent how human conflict is conveyed by illustrating the experiences and memories of war. Wilfred Owens poems illustrate how the atrocities of war can be a significant force on the outcomes of how human conflict is conveyed in his poetry. This is achieved by using a variety of poetic techniques. War can affect an individual in a multidimensional manner‚ affecting their perspective towards life and creating human conflict. In the poem
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Emily Dickinson uses plain words to great effect‚ such as in the poem‚ "The Brain - is wider than the Sky". The poem compares and contrasts the human brain with the sky‚ the sea‚ and God. This poem is manageable enough for the casual reader to understand‚ and yet opens up ideas for the sophisticated reader to explore. In the following paragraphs I will analyze Dickinson’s poem‚ line for line‚ and explain the theme of the poem‚ which is the relationship between the human mind and the external
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Called Life While poems laced with metaphors can be hard to understand‚ reading into them deeper can create an even more beautiful story to be told. Adrienne Rich had a deeper story to tell through her poem “Diving into the Wreck.” Her story was more than scuba diving; it was a story of life and self-discovery while she remained ominous and mysterious; Rich hid behind her metaphors. Upon first reading “Diving into the Wreck” the auditor would not immediately perceive or assume it is about life experiences
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The poem Australia by A.D Hope is a juxtaposition of people’s or societies view of Australia‚ versus the patriotic stance of the writer. It also shows how A.D Hope is trying to convey his perspective on the identity of Australia. A.D Hope reveals his discontentment and scathing tone on Australia’s identity through his descriptive imagery‚ “a Nation of trees‚ drab green and desolate grey‚” where the sombre and bleak nature of Australia is divulged through the derogative language‚ “drab” and “desolate
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tone‚ which has the tone of the poem spilt out across the words written down which holds an encoding. The encoding or message is what the poet truly wants to get across to you from the particular speaker or mask they are behind. In the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ he masks himself with the face of a father reaching out to his son. He characterizes what would make the ideal person‚ making them seem almost holy‚ if they could accomplish all tasks addressed in the poem. Evidently‚ Kipling tries to rely
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