Elizabeth Bishop poses interesting questions delivered by means of a unique style. Do you agree? Focus on themes and stylistic features. In my opinion‚ Elizabeth Bishop has a unique style of asking interesting questions. Bishop invites us along on the journey with her. She does this by her “painterly eye” which she has been praised for. In her poems she takes the ordinary and turns it into the extraordinary. As a reader‚ I wonder why she goes into so much detail. There is a story behind each of
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My speech Good afternoon year 12 class. My name is Tendai Manara. Today l am going to discuss how William Wordsworth poems are still relevant to today‘s through his themes of return to nature and primitivism.William Wordsworth was known as one of the great poet that ever lived. He was a profound romantic poet of the late 17th century and early 18th century. Throughout his life he wrote numerous poems that captived and moved people of the late 17th and 18th century. Examples of his great work
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Sonnet 69 was written by Pablo Neruda in the 20th century. As I was reading the original sonnet‚ I was filled with inner joy and love. The original sonnet brings profound feelings‚ flashbacks‚ and makes you and the sonnet feel as if one. However‚ the translation of sonnet 69 does not. It is rather dull and brings no sense of joy. In sonnet 69‚ the type of figurative language that is being used is hyperbole; which helps create emphasis. In Stanza 2‚ the line “like the red beginning
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Compare and Contrast ‘First Ice’ and ‘Manwatching’ The two poems I am going to compare and contrast are ‘First Ice’ by Andrei Vosnesky and ‘Manwatching’ by Georgia Garrett. The first obvious difference between the poems is that ‘First Ice’ is written by a man and ‘Manwatching’ is written by a woman. However‚ both poets seem to adopt a female persona. ‘First Ice’ is about “a girl” who has broken up with someone for the “first time” by phone call. The girl was planning to go out to a party with
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Ramatou Traore ENH 211- Miller October 13‚ 2014 Importance Of Fruits The two poems I’ve decided to write on is This is just to say by William Carlos Williams and Meditation on a Grapefruit by Craig Arnold. The first poem This Is just to say By William Carlos is unique and different in a way because the poet writes the poem as if it were a note left by a husband for his wife. Being when you write a note for your significant other to see ‚ you’ll assume that is it’s the first thing that they see
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Iambic Pentameter in My Last Duchess The poem I am choosing is Robert Brownings “My Last Duchess”. This is an amazing 56 line poem where Browning uses prosody to connect to how he feels emotionally. The poem is a dramatic monologue where he reveals his love situation and much more. The Duke’s desire for control control is made evident by the structure of the poem. He uses the iambic pentameter to show his control over the monologue. The poem consists of 28 rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter
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Nettles by Vernon Scannell The poem ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell revolves around a father’s perspective on an accident involving his son‚ through which the poet explores a father-son relationship‚ wherein the father tries to protect his son from the various difficulties in life. However‚ despite his efforts to shield his son from these problems‚ they will be a constant threat in life. The boy here is a metaphor for the army‚ with the nettles being an extended metaphor of recurring war. The combined
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Diction Sentence Examples Diction of classical figuration. This helps to improve diction‚ organize what they want to say and focus on the main points of interest. Poetic diction describes the range of language used in poems. The decision to use an archaic diction might thus be thought a central part of spenser’s particularly protestant poetics. The decision to use an archaic diction might thus be thought a central part of spenser’s particularly protestant poetics. The choir had very good diction
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Journey of Life to Heaven “Uphill” by Christina Rossetti is about the journey of life‚ or death‚ to heaven. The poem is an exchange of a series of brief and succinct questions and answers between two speakers: an inquiring traveler who asks many questions about the journey of life or death in which she is heading to (heaven)‚ and an ex-traveler or guide who has taken that path before answering with a assured‚ and perfectly calm tone. In the poem‚ the poet uses difference devices such as quatrain
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Not Waving But Drowning (Poetry Analysis) In the poem by Stevie Smith‚ Not Waving But Drowning there are a number of elements that are intriguing and to the reader. The poem is mostly spoken from a narrative point of view‚ but it may infer a first person perspective because it centers on a man who is apparently misunderstood by those around him‚ including the speaker that recalls the tragic scene. The poem paints a conflicting image of a man that has fallen to the sea because despite his
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