As a modern poem”The Wasteland” “Eliot’s Waste Land is I think the justification of the ‘movement‚’ of our modern experiment‚ since 1900‚” wrote Ezra Pound shortly after the poem was published in 1922. T.S. Eliot’s poem describes a mood of deep disillusionment stemming both from the collective experience of the first world war and from Eliot’s personal travails. Born in St. Louis‚ Eliot had studied at Harvard‚ the Sorbonne‚ and Oxford before moving to London‚ where he completed his doctoral dissertation
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Conflict can be internal or external‚ as exemplified in “Diving into the Wreck” and “Storm Warnings”. Conflict is the common theme between these two poems. Both of these poems were written by Adrienne Rich. Rich was an American poet and she was also a feminist. She wrote “Diving into the Wreck” during time period where women were still viewed as house wives. Even though some women had jobs‚ they were not giving the same benefits as male coworkers. The external conflict is between the women and the
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“Salome” is a poem written by Juan Calvino. The poem itself has fourteen lines; each being no more than five to six words in length‚ containing three stanzas in total. “Salome” is a ghastly poem which is also very vague‚ but if taken the time to be examined the poem can have multiple meanings. Although‚ the poem ’s historical significance gives you a much deeper perspective. The poem itself cannot be understood in its entirety without looking at its biblical influence. When I first read this poem I had
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Individualism‚ Balance and Nature Hannah Costley Veering away from the conventional attitude‚ fuelled by ideas of individualism and political liberty‚ authors‚ poets‚ intellects and playwrights played a part in the Romantic Movement of 1790-1860. Influenced by the French Revolution and the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin‚ intellectuals and artists strove to breakaway from the scientific mindset and enter a world that glorified natural sublimity and the equilibrium of nature. The movement
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Questions for the poem Daddy 1. Discuss the poet’s use of apostrophe in its direct address to the father figure. How does Plath stage that address as a kind of declaration of independence in the decisive tone with which she at once judges and dismisses the father? The poem Daddy‚ written by Sylvia Plath‚ is a text which reveals to the reader‚ the nature of the persona’s relationship with her father as well as the impact that her father’s death had on her. Being a confessional poem‚ the reader
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gothic novel Frankenstein expresses it is humanity. Throughout the text we are shown example after example of the little things that define humanity: curiosity‚ love‚ and mistakes. The story starts out with one of the most basic instincts of human nature curiosity. Curiosity drives the character of Victor Frankenstein to devote his life to science. He spends hours upon days of his life in the pursuit of knowledge‚ finally coming across his major discovery‚ "After days and nights of incredible labour
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When I was born a girl‚ my mother said‚ "one day‚ she will grow up to be a doctor!" Father said‚ "one day she will grow up to be someone great." Today‚ father has long left for the mysterious afterlife‚ merging into the moist Earth. Mother cries that I had never become her doctor. During the period from 1839-1860‚ Ch’ing China faced the downfall of a dynastic cycle plagued by a dual threat‚ externally from the West and internally from the rebellions within the country. Thus in discussing the
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POEM 328 This essay will examine the importance of imagery in the poem 328‚ compared to other poems written by Emily Dickinson that we have studied in previous weeks. ‘A Bird came down the walk’ is a narrative of Emily watching a bird. This bird symbolises both the truth and inevitability of nature. The poem is similar to ‘Because I could not stop for death’ as they portray death as something natural and a process of evolution. In 710‚ death and Dickinson ride in a carriage together; ‘The Carriage
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revising the poem‚ Do Over‚ I aimed to be clearer and fix some of the disconnection between the stanzas. I made the decision to join the previous stanza 3 and 4 together because the previous line break acts as a transition that separates and disconnects the stanzas. By joining them together there is a better narration and connection on what is going on and I like it better this way now. I also modified some phrasing to be more clear on the allusion to a hour glass in the third stanza. New words such
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ENGLISH NOTES- WILFRED OWEN DISABLED Themes - effect of war on the individual - loss of identity and humanity - multiply this for all seriously injured soldiers Techniques 1. Imagery a) Soldiers present life “ satin a wheeled chair” “ legless‚ sewn short at the elbow” EFFECT- establishes the scene and situation - shocks the reader b) Previous life “ town used to swing so gay” “ carried shoulder-high”
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