CHAPTER ONE THE POETIC ART OF NARRATION 1.1 A Historical Perspective Narrative‚ as a generally conceived term‚ is the type of literary composition which recounts a single event‚ a tale‚ or a story constituting a series of events usually told in chronological order. However‚ in some types of narrative works‚ the focus is on the nature of the plot itself regardless of the criterion of ordering the events according to a preconceived plan based on chronological structure (Abrams and Harpham
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when I read T.S. Elliot’s poetry is that the wants people to use their brains and think about things‚ to learn constantly. When I read " The Hollow Men‚" a part of me wanted to prove him wrong‚ that I am not going to end my life with a whimper‚ but a bang. Perhaps this was the effect he was looking for.
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PROS VS POETRY PART I Prose version: A woman stands on a mountain top with the cold seeping into her body. She looks on the valley below as the wind whips around her. She cannot leave to go to the peaceful beauty below. In the valley‚ the sun shines from behind the clouds causing flowers to bloom. A breeze sends quivers through the leaves of trees. The water gurgles in a brook. All the woman can do is cry. Poetry version The Woman on the Peak
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Terms Used in Poetry Types of Poems: 1. Ballad: A slow popular song typically about love‚ narrated‚ any light‚ simple song especially about romantic events. 2. Elegy: a sad poem or song: a poem or song that expresses sorrow for someone/Something who is dead 3. Epic: telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures\ 4. Epitaph: something written or said in memory of a dead person; especially: words written on a gravestone 5. Idyl: a simple poem or other piece of writing that
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West Indian poetry germinated its seed in the eighteenth century. The art form in the beginnings though vibrant‚ had been nearly impossible to discover. Caribbean poetry was influenced by slavery and the British system having supreme authority over the people of the West Indies. Accustom to the written form‚ there is also an oral element to West Indian poetry. This can be seen in‚ traditional folk songs‚ sankeys‚ calypsos‚ hymns‚ chants‚ and reggae songs. This analysis deals with the work of two
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Modernist Poetry: Effectiveness When it comes to opinions everyone has one. Saying that Modernist poetry has no specific structure or form and therefore means it is not as ‘effective’‚ is like myself saying curry is spicy‚ sweet and doesn’t fit in with my taste buds and therefore curry is the worst seasoning. Poetry is far too complex to reduce to a simple “effective” or “not effective” dichotomy. To object to an opinion maybe you need to understand where they are coming from. Taking a look
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E212: British Literature since 1760 Romantic and Victorian Characteristics‚ by Al Drake Alfred Drake. Office: 423 UH | W 12-1 | ajdrake@ajdrake.com Home | Syllabus | Policies Characteristics of the Romantic and Victorian Eras in England‚ 1783-1830 British Society and Politics 1) The French Revolution‚ 1789-1814. Romantic poets and others in England at first embrace the democratic uprising‚ but later react against it when the French engage in extreme violence and try to "export" their revolution
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Her career started to take off when she decided she wanted to be a poet‚ she spent so much time doing poetry when finally people started to notice it. Phillis married John peters a freed slave. They had three children‚ two miserably dying at a young age from sickness and hunger. Sadly John peters was taken to jail for not paying taxes and had to leave Phillis
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Themes‚ Motifs and Symbols Themes The Relationship Between Art and Politics Yeats believed that art and politics were intrinsically linked and used his writing to express his attitudes toward Irish politics‚ as well as to educate his readers about Irish cultural history. From an early age‚ Yeats felt a deep connection to Ireland and his national identity‚ and he thought that British rule negatively impacted Irish politics and social life. His early compilation of folklore sought to teach a literary
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Lyrical Ballads‚ and the objects originally proposed--Preface to the second edition--The ensuing controversy‚ its causes and acrimony--Philosophic definitions of a Poem and Poetry with scholia. During the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours‚ our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry‚ the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature‚ and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours
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