Comparative Analysis Paper-Poetry Poetry often addresses the struggles of life and workplace themes. The language and content used by the author may often convey his or her experiences and how well this is done is dependent upon the poetic techniques used to produce an emotional response or mood of the reader. Three poems have been selected‚ Ruth Collins poem “The Song of the Factory Worker‚” Jim Daniels poem “The Factory Jungle‚” and Patricia Doblers’ poem “The Rope” to compare the poetic techniques
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Notes on Epic Poetry An epic or heroic poem falls into one of two patterns‚ both established by Homer: the structure (and allegory to life) may be either war or journey‚ and the hero may be on a quest (as Odysseus is) or pursuing conquest (as Achilles is). Features of legend building evident in epic include the following: 1. the hero’s near-invulnerability (Achilles’ heel‚ the spot on Seigfried’s back); 2. the hero’s fighting without conventional weapons (as in Beowulf’s wrestling Grendel); 3
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Poetry Response to Wallflowers by Donna Vorreyer This poem makes me think of my favorite book called The Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It is the story of a boy named Charlie and his not-so-average life. The story is written as letters to someone he has never met‚ but heard was a good shoulder to lean on. This book is my favorite because I can really relate to Charlie. Speaking of Charlie‚ that is my puppy’s name. He is a chihuahua and dachshund mix. He is my best friend and is
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Emily Dickerson’s poetry often has similar discussion points. In a few of her poems‚ "Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚" "I Died For Beauty‚" and "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died‚" she discusses death. However‚ while death would normally be considered a negative subject‚ she tends to take it from different perspectives. In one instance‚ Emily Dickerson tends to speak of death as merely another journey. She also speaks of death in a good way as long as the reason is just. And lastly she describes
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Yocef oughlici poetry While was drafting the: «Anthology of the Algerian modern poetry » translated into Arabic I have selected for the poet Youcef Oughlici two poems from his collection: «Pains of a willow in the seasons of storms»; The two poems were:«Disappointment» and «triumph»‚ and after the publication of his second collection of poems entitled:« Taghribat Djaafar Ettiar». And after reading it I was fascinated by his flash poems so that I decided to add some of them to the mentioned
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Chinese Philosophy and Poetry One of the most prevalent beliefs of the Chinese philosophies is that men are born good. People are naturally good unless they fail to develop their feelings and senses. Confucianism teaches that a lack of knowledge can be the cause to evil. In Poem 238‚ a woman named Chiang Yuan gave birth to the human race by sacrificing and praying to God. She bore her child easily because she sought after blessings from God. Confucianism teaches that good things will come to those
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FIGURES OF SPEECH: literary resources used to provide vividness‚ intensity and beauty to poetry and prose.” RESEMBLANCE METAPHOR: transfers attributes from one object to another‚ identifies. The bishop was a pillar of the church (pillar=strength : bishop= strength) He was a very serpent on my path (serpent= evil‚ danger: he=evil‚ danger) SIMILE: compares two things to clarify the meaning of one of them by using “as” or “like” to link them The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
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Outline I. Introduction A. Christina Rossetti wasn’t the type to marry and rejecting her engagements and other lovers. She was a nineteenth century poet in England. B. 1848 Rossetti was engaged to James Collision‚ but ended the engagement after he reverted to Roman Catholicism thus showing how much she was faithful to her religion. She also rejects two other men‚ Charles Cayley and John Brett. Both of these rejections to lovers are connected to her poems “Goblin Market” and
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repetition of sounds. Blank verse: verse without rhyme‚ especially that which uses iambic pentameter. Couplet: a pair of verses that finish a sonnet. They work as one stanza. Free verse: poem with no rhyme or rhythm. Meter: the rhythm of a piece of poetry‚ determined by the number and length of feet in a line. Iambic pentameter: structure in a poem where each line has 5 iambs
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It is important to have metaphors in poetry because the reader can then see what the poet means and feels. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A metaphor helps the writer create a verbal picture that helps the reader to see ideas more clearly. It helps the writer convey his or feeling more strongly. Typically‚ a metaphor asserts that one thing is another or suggests that the one acts like the other in some way. In the poem‚ Swan Song‚ the author
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