The title of this poem that i am analyzing is “ An Iraqi Evening”. The first thing that comes to my mind when i read this is that it must be just what happens on a normal night in iraq because there was no significance of the evening or anything. It is taking place in a house in Iraq with 2 little boys‚ a little girl and a mother. They are showing that even though there father is not there at the moment that he is still there in there hearts. The reason that i know this is because when they say
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S Eliot positions the reader to understand the complex nature of alienation in his poem The Preludes Through his poem‚ The Preludes‚ T.S Eliot positions the reader to understand the complex nature of alienation and isolation. The Preludes describes the urban environment as a fragmented world where individuals are forced to go through a daily meaningless routine. Isolation and loneliness are discussed in his poem to emphasis the exhaustion that individuals are facing in an urban environment. T.S
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After the Titanic By Derek Mahon In this poem we get a glimpse at how Mahon perceived Ismay to see himself. Lines 1&2 The first two lines speak of the inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic and the effect it had on Ismay. The opinion of the inquiry‚ that Ismay stole the life of a woman or child to whom his seat belonged‚ made Ismay feel unjustly judged as shown in line three‚ “I tell you I sank as far that night as any Hero”. Lines 4-8 These lines show the memories Ismay had of the night
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Based on the passage from The Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe‚ the main word seemed to be “Her.” It was very interesting to go from reading a poem about a woman who was constantly being oppressed and silenced for her gender (“To a Gentleman of Peru”) to go on to read a story about a man being called to worship a woman. Despite the conflict between the Spanish and the Native Americans‚ both cultures had similarities regarding their physical traits as well as their treatment of women
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Eight Puppies Between the thirteenth and fifteenth day The puppies opened their eyes. Suddenly they saw the world‚ anxious with terror and joy. They saw the belly of their mother‚ Saw the door of their house‚ saw a deluge of light‚ saw flowering azaleas. They saw more‚ they saw all‚ The red‚ the black‚ the ash. Scrambling up‚ pawing and clawing More lively than squirrels. They saw the eyes of their mother‚ Heard my rasping cry and my laugh. And I wished I
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Chopin’s piano prelude No. 15 in D flat major (1838) Melody There is a cantabile legato playing‚ singing‚ smooth style melody. Pedal marks are given to ensure the cantabile legato melodic line. The main tune is characterised by a falling motif which gives the effect of falling raindrops. It was common to represent sadness‚ melancholy and grief. Chopin fills in an initial leap by the stepwise ascent up to G flat then a stepwise back down to D flat to complete the phrase. In section B there is
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easily overwhelmed and as a result continually suffered through his life‚ an understanding that is strongly supported by writer Jeanette Winterson. This notion is exemplified by the pessimistic connotations of two of Eliot’s poems‚ ‘The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock’ and ‘Preludes’. Winterson too describes Eliot as a man with sensitive soul‚ one whom is easily overwhelmed whom continually suffered. This closely relates to the understanding that Eliot was indeed easily overwhelmed‚ only differing in
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society. Thomas Stearns Eliot’s poems‚ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock published in 1915‚ and Preludes published in 1917‚ resonate the decay and alienation of Eliot’s characters and civilization. Eliot employs various poetic techniques to challenge the reader to explore social fragmentation of the human psyche and the futility of an industrialization society. Eliot explores seclusion and social fragmentation through the experiences of the persona in his poem‚ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
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beginning‚ a stark juxtaposition against his initial position of joint responsibility. Though this line acts as both a conclusion and a summary of the problem as a whole‚ it clearly takes a different tone. Referring to the woman as "bitch" (when the speaker himself referred to her as "baby girl") drastically changes the tone of the relationship to one of misogyny and anger. This whole verse
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T. S. Eliot – Imagery of Preludes In T. S. Eliot’s poem Preludes he portrays the alienation of the individual from society. His imagery is sharp and clear and he uses many techniques to achieve this. A clear description of what something is‚ can be pictured in the mind by his precise use of imagery. For example‚ the words‚ “…withered leaves”(7) gives a clear image‚ as does‚ ”…dingy shades”(22). The effect is achieved through descriptions of the human influence‚ word choice‚ syntax‚ and rhythm. Eliot
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