1800 IN PUTS FORWARD WORDSWORTH’S THEORY OF POETIC DICTION Wordsworth’s purpose‚ as he tells in the Preface was‚ “to choose incidents and situations from common life”‚ and quite naturally‚ he also intended to use‚ “a selection of language‚ really used by men”. He was to deal with humble and rustic life and so he should also use the language of the rustics‚ farmers‚ shepherds who were to be the subjects of his poetry. The language of these men was to be used but it was to be purified of all that is painful
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Robert Burns Poetic Analysis Robert Burns is considered one of the most influential writers in the eighteenth century. Burns is regarded as a pre-Romantic poet‚ which can be seen through his writing that elaborated on his sensitivity through nature‚ religious practice‚ and traditional culture during his time. Coming from a humble background made him the voice of the common Scottish man. Robert Burns was born in Scotland during a tempestuous time. There were several transitions that impacted the
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Alliteration was used in the intro verse of the song (People‚ proud‚ citizens‚ country‚ stripes‚ stars) to emphasis the words‚ creating a rhyme to allow the audience to remember those words and symbolism is used to symbolize American flag. Anapestic pentameter ‚ two unstressed syllables followed up by a stressed syllable. “Stripes and stars” creates an imagery of American flag and patriotism. Eminem uses sarcasm to describes American should be proud but in the later of the song‚ it is clearly conveyed
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Anthem‚ written by Ayn Rand in 1937‚ takes place in an ominous future. In a time when society becomes the great “We” and deprives men of their identities‚ knowledge‚ and freedom‚ one man stands alone. Equality 7-2521 had the audacity to go against the rules of the City Council. The story of Equality’s courage is similar to that of the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When God gave Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden he gave them one simple rule: “Thou shall not eat of the tree of knowledge
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our minds‚ which perceive the life of the people who had no choice but to live through the winds. Her vison of her insane neighbor with a machete represented the madness the winds really caused to the town. Didion also utilized another literary technique‚ symbolism‚ to identify the “meek little wives” because it showed that the husbands were usually the powerful ones in the relationship instead of the other way around. The winds seemed to have transferred power to the wives‚ even with intentions
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“The Relationship of Aristotle’s Poetics to Modern Dramatic Tragedy as Exhibited in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie” Aristotle’s poetics were created by Aristotle himself and they were a literary work of his dramatic theory. “The Glass Menagerie” is a play written by‚ Tennessee Williams‚ that exemplifies Aristotle’s opinion of poetry being an imitation of life or a mythos. It is also a tragedy because it follows Aristotle’s poetic guidelines. Aristotle said in order
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believe whatever I want to believe and allows me to walk out those beliefs without restraint. Veterans alive or fallen have fought for these privileges and fought for our rights and our freedoms to explore all of these liberties. In our national anthem‚ it says “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We live freely in this land because of the brave souls that fought for it. There are a multitude of veterans everywhere and in many families‚ they deserve our gratitude and respect because
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WRACK TECHNIQUES Note book is a mixture of fact‚ fiction and speculation. Your task as reader is to discover the truth. Bradley makes use of historical incidents and real people. He also draws inspiration from other texts. This is called intertextuality. For example he draws on Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness to explore the darkness in man’s heart. His character Kurt parallels Conrad’s Kurtz. He also quotes from Ondaatje p.37 to develop his idea about maps “whose portraits have nothing to do with
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The Cop and the Anthem by O. Henry shows the journey of how Soapy finally ends up in the comfort of the Blackwell jail. Underneath the storytelling‚ O. Henry portrays the unfortunate reality of the New York during this time period. From the onset of the story‚ there is a very formal and elaborate approach in which O. Henry describes Soapy’s preparation for the winter. We are introduced to the controversial idea that Soapy has of spending his winter in the comfort and safety of the jail rather than
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Anthem to Dead Youth What passing bells for you who die in herds? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns! - Only the stuttering rifles’ rattled words Can patter out your hasty orisons No chants for you‚ nor balms‚ nor wreaths‚ nor bells‚ Nor any voice of mourning‚ save the choirs‚ And long-drawn sighs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for you from sad shires. What candles may we hold to speed you all? Not in the hands of boys‚ but in their eyes Shall shine the holy lights of long
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