war poetry is the transformation that war brings about in a person. Many poems reveal boys going into war and becoming young men after the experience. Another dominant theme in war poems is about the forgotten soldiers who lost their lives and weren’t remembered. Many poems have been written about war and the feelings evoked by war. Even though a lot of war poetry was written before World War 1‚ the defining war poems were written during or about World War 1. Possibly the main reason for this
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www.engishbiz.co.uk 2003 Steve Campsall How to Read a Poem Poems can sometimes be difficult to get to grips with. But remember that the poet has tried hard to say much using few words. Part of the enjoyment of a poem is the work needed to engage with it and find out what the poet is saying. Don’t always expect to be able to ‘translate’ a poem – many poems have ‘meanings’ that are hard to define precisely‚ but which still seem to strike a powerful chord in our consciousness. Remember that
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achieved great things eventually drift away. But what if soon after their peak of glory they die. Would the memory of them and their glory live on longer? In the lryic poem "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Houseman the narrator shows how dying young and at the peak of your glory is better then living to be forgotten. The setting of the poem is in a town and cemetery in nineteenth-century England during the funeral and burial of a young athlete‚ a runner. The first stanza explains the victory of a boy
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particularly songs. There were many songs that stood out‚ like Patti Smith’s “People have the Power”‚ and many of John Lennon’s songs like “Give Peace a Chance.” However the one song that I eventually picked for this assignment was written and sung by Peter Seeger‚ called “Bring Em Home‚” (found at: http://folkmusic.about.com/od/toptens/tp/Top10Protest.htm). Seeger’s song specifically reflects about the Vietnam War‚ as it references the conflict on multiple occasions throughout the song. Peter Seeger’s
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convey their ideas‚ opinions‚ and express their feelings. Some poems can be understood easily while others seam vague. But whatever they are‚ they all contain some common elements of poetry such as theme‚ figurative language‚ and tone‚ etc. ¡§Constantly risking absurdity and death¡¨ and ¡§betting on the muse¡¨ are two poems which are written by two different poets. By comparing and contrasting these two poems‚ the full beauty of the poems can be greatly appreciated and their theme can be deeply explored
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love‚ where there is sexual chemistry and passion‚ and then there’s also the kind of love you feel for your family or a close friend. Either way its love and its special and we all need it in our lives. The assignment we were given is to analyze love songs from a specific decade. The objective of this is to determine how communication in and about relationships has transformed over the years‚ as well as to show how standards that define good communication and good relationship has changed. The decade
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responses did you have to the song the first time you listened to it? Why do you think you had this response? When listening to the song the first time I experienced hatred and sadness. And I believe that I experienced this due to my connection to the song. Like how I was abandoned by a parent and how my life has been about me fighting with myself. While listening to the song‚ what happened to your appreciation level? Did it increase or decrease? Why? My appreciation for this song individually greatly increased
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was written and sung by Paul McCartney in 1970. It sends its listeners on a roller coaster of emotions because of the range of tempo and beat in its songs. Some songs are sad or calming while others are more upbeat and happy. The album is pretty mediocre musically with some of the songs sounding more musically appealing than others. Overall‚ their songs are definitely poetic and and have good intent in their meanings. The bands instruments include John Lennon on guitar‚ Paul McCartney on bass‚ George
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“Adam’s Song” was produced by Blink-182 and was released in 1999. “Adam’s Song” was a part of the Enema of the State album. This song was extremely different from most songs Blink-182 made. The tempo is much slower and the lyrics are considered much more depressing. Most songs produced by Blink-182 were up-beat and the lyrics did not touch on such sensitive topics. This song does a good job of using the instruments to create the sense of sadness and hope‚ and uses the lyrics to explain how someone
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Case 9: Song 1. Shortly after 9/11‚ with a slow economy and new –found fears of air travel‚ most airlines were losing tons of money and several major airlines went bankrupt. Despite this‚ some low-price‚ low-cost airlines‚ such as Southwest and JetBlue still managed to make profits. Delta took notice of this and after three years of the company losing billions of dollars they decided to try something radically different by creating a separately branded airline called Song. To compete with traditional
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