‘The real meaning of a poem cannot be summed up by the dictionary definitions of its words.’ This is simply because‚ words and phrases are written very carefully to its best level. Poems like ‘Ode to the West Wind’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ are great examples‚ whose real meaning cannot be defined by the dictionary definitions. Utilizing effective and innovative techniques such as rhetorical figures‚ tropes‚ rhymes and rhyme scheme‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ and other key concepts such as form
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period: 1985 Prose - consists of those written within the common flow of conversation in sentence & paragraphs. Poetry-refers to the those expressions in verse with measure & rhyme line‚ stanza‚ & has a more melodious tone. Type of prose – novels‚ biographies‚ short stories‚ contemporary‚ dramas‚ legends‚ fables‚ essay‚ anecdotes‚ news‚ speeches. Type of lyric poetry 1. Folksong - short poems intended to be sung 2. Sonnets - have a 14 line dealing w/emotion feelings or ideas
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British colonies‚ and was affected deeply. This turned him into a brooding‚ introverted teenager and a misanthropic‚ pessimistic adult. This outlook on life shows clearly in his poetry. Housman believed that people were generally evil‚ and that life conspired against mankind. This is evident not only in his poetry‚ but also in his short stories. For example‚ his story‚ "The Child of Lancashire‚" published in 1893 in The London Gazette‚ is about an child who travels to London‚ where his
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Anglo-Saxon poetry The Anglo-Saxons were the population in Britain partly descended from the Germanic tribes who migrated from continental Europe and settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early fifth century A.D.. The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period of English history after their initial settlement through their creation of the English nation and up to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxons are revered for their literature and poems‚ still treasured
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Plath notes: Why does Sylvia Plath’s poetry have textual integrity (i.e. unity)? * Context – Plath’s and yours * Informed PERSONAL understanding IDEAS * CONSTRUCTION * LANGUAGE FEATURES * SIGNIFICANCE Context: 1. Plath wrote in the early 1960’s 2. Plath suffered from depression and Bi-Polar‚ pervious to her main period of writing‚ she had on one occasion attempted suicide. 3. Plath loves and cares for her children‚ maternal instincts and influence. 4. Plath
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dangerous vineyards. Solar stone‚ pure among the regions Of the world‚ Spain streaked With blood and metal‚ blue and victorious Proletarian Spain‚ made of petals and bullets Unique‚ alive‚ asleep - resounding. 2.POETRY And it was at that age ... Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know‚ I don’t know where it came from‚ from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when‚ no they were not voices‚ they were not words‚ nor silence‚ but from a street I was summoned‚ from the
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Wilfred Owen establishes a sense of conflict in his poetry‚ this is depicted in “Anthem for Doomed Youth” and in “Dulce et Decorum est”. There are a number of themes in Owen’s poems‚ which all relate to the war. The poems focus on the allied soldier’s experiences and the impact the war had on them. The environments that Owen mentions in his poetry include the battlefield in France and the small towns in England. Owen’s poetry has many types of conflicts which include conflicts in the environment
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Oodgeroo’s poem "Time is Running Out" is representative of both her style and thematic concerns. "Colour Bar" likewise expresses these ideas. Some features of her style are rhyme‚ symbolic language and alliteration. Rhyme is represented in both "Time is Running Out" and "Colour Bar". In "Time is Running Out" there is no set rhyme scheme that runs throughout the poem. In the first stanza the rhyme scheme is that every second line rhymes for example‚ spade and trade. In the second and third stanzas
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Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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Symbolism The use of symbols is one of the most striking features of Blake’s poetry. There is hardly any poem written by Blake‚ which does not possess a symbolic meaning‚ besides its apparent or surface meaning. Though most of his poems are written in simple language‚ the fact does not deprive them of a deep meaning. However in order to understand Blake’s poetry at a deeper level‚ we have to know something about the symbols‚ which he makes use of. A.C.BAUGH has remarked ‚ “The mystic movement
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