COURSEWORK ‘Elegy is about mourning for one’s own condition’ Stuart Curran‚ ‘Romantic Elegiac Hybridity’‚ in The Oxford Handbook to Elegy (Oxford‚ 2010)‚ ed. Karen Weisman‚ p. 249 Discuss Curran’s comment in relation to the work of Thomas Gray and Percy Bysshe Shelley. ’One of the major tasks of the work of mourning and of the work of the elegy is to repair the mourner ’s damaged narcissism ’[1]. This quote by literary critic Peter Sacks‚ flourishes from Sigmund Freud ’s model of primary
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“Introduction to Poetry‚” Billy Collins uses metaphors to argue that students who annotate without real engagement detract from their experience of reading literature whereas those who annotate for their own satisfaction become more fulfilled. Collins’ “Marginalia” and “Introduction to Poetry” show the ways writing can be enjoyed when one annotates for one’s own contentment. Collins talks about the various ways he wants students to interact with poems‚ saying in “Introduction to Poetry” that he wants
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Understanding and Appreciating Poetry 1 Note to Teachers Set Poems 2012-2014 Teachers have been speaking about the lack of critical material on some of the literature set pieces (particularly the poems) selected for study at the Caribbean O’Level. Diverse interpretations make an exploration of literary material interesting and expansive. This guide to the study of ‘set’ poems is a response to those who wish to be expansive in their analysis and appreciation. It is not intended to be a model
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"1984" by George Orwell Analysis When two claims contradict one another‚ it is futile and useless in attempting to analogize between the two. George Orwell‚ the author of the novel 1984‚ defines doublethink as "the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously‚ and accepting both of them." It is the idea of genuinely accepting two conflicting ideas‚ which eliminates an individual’s capacity of being able to think or act freely. Dinh‚ the author of both the Patriot Act and
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Shades of Gray Characters Will Page - Will is a twelve year old boy who has brown hair and eyes. He is pretty clever and tries to outwit others. He is very loyal and compassionate. He is very sad and angry. He had lost his whole family due to the Civil War. He is the last surviving member of his immediate family as a result he comes to live with his aunt and uncle. Meg Jones - Meg is a ten year old girl and she is Will’s cousin. Meg is very curious and she is always asking questions
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The bond between an individual and their homeland is always strong even though they may be distant from each other. Grace Nichols’ poem ‘Island Man’ conveys this relationship. The poem emphasises on the immigrant experience‚ the contrast between the two environments‚ and the past and the present. This poem highlights the split in identity that immigrants feel. An individual may leave their homeland‚ but it will always remain within them. In the poem ‘Island Man’‚ the island man fells nostalgic as
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When we read poems‚ we don’t exactly interpret the meaning of it automatically. It takes us a shot‚ or two‚ or three to fully understand the meaning of it or at least have your own interpretation. In the poem In a Station of the Metro‚ written by Ezra Pound‚ one of the themes that are presented is modernization. Nowadays‚ the metro isn’t the place where people want to be because of its lousy appearance‚ the people seem a little odd for others‚ and in other words people don’t like taking it because
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If I tell you I have suffered a loss that has caused agony and despair‚ would you understand? If I announce my joyous experiences‚ would you share in my happiness? Marshall Rosenberg once said‚ “empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person’s pain.” It is through the ability to see the world through the eyes of others. In one of my favorite poems‚ Mother to Son by Langston Hugh‚ a mother reflects on her time of hardship while she passes down words of wisdom to her son. The expressive and
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Death is an inevitable phenomenon. It is something that no human being cannot escape. Some people are frightened of the concept of dying while the others already accepts it like it is their fate. Although‚ Donne‚ Tennyson‚ Thomas and Frost used the concept of death in their poems‚ they portrayed it as powerlessness of death‚ crossing from life to death‚ grief and contentment. “Death be not proud” written by John Donne portrays that death should not be something to be scared. “Death‚ be not
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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