Context On the afternoon of August 15‚ 778‚ the rear guard of Charlemagne’s army was massacred at Roncesvals‚ in the mountains between France and Spain. Einhard‚ Charlemagne’s contemporary biographer‚ sets forth the incident as follows in his Life of Charlemagne: While the war with the Saxons was being fought incessantly and almost continuously‚ [Charlemagne] stationed garrisons at suitable places along the frontier and attacked Spain with the largest military force he could muster; he crossed
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Because Blake addresses the theme of generation most directly and fully in his illuminated books‚ it is important to consider here the principles guiding the interpretation of his art. Blake’s illustrations for The Divine Comedy are particularly revealing of Blake’s view of his own art‚ revealing how for him art and text were at all times part of a continuous whole. Several of Blake’s less finished illustrations for Dante’s epic have text written within and around them never intended for inclusion
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Beasts of England’ compared to ‘Comrade Napoleon’ The song "Beasts of England" and the poem "Comrade Napoleon" are both meant to serve a particular political purpose among the animals‚ but they have very different‚ even opposite‚ perspectives on the way Animal/ Manor Farm is depicted. “Beasts of England” is the anthem of the rebellion‚ a symbol of change‚ a battle cry for the animals on Manor Farm. Introduced to the farm by Old Major‚ it was desired to leave the dictatorship of Mr Jones and start
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The “Song of Deborah” is one of the most famous songs in Jewish history. The song‚ sung by two of the heros of the story‚ Deborah and her husband Barak‚ begins by praising Hashem. It states Hashem’s name “Adoni” five times in the first four lines of the song‚ mentioning some cherry picked miracles he had performed. For instance it mentions the earth quaking and the heavens opening up. After the introductory praise of Hashem‚ the state of the Jewish people is examined. It says that deliverance had
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In the poem Song of Lawino racism reared its ugly head in a rather ridiculous form‚ some people might argue that any form of racism is ridiculous‚ which is very understandable‚ but in this particular situation in my opinion it is worst than the segregation in America throughout the early part of the century 20th century. It’s called self hatred‚ self hatred is a very uncommon form of racism and it can appear in any ethnic group but its black self hatred that manifest it self in this poem‚ as Lawino’s
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Poems 2/HS305 The Harp Of India Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Why doth the breeze sigh over thee in vain? Silence hath bound thee with her fatal chain; Neglected‚ mute‚ and desolate art thou‚ Like ruined monument on desert plain: O! many a hand more worthy far than mine Once thy harmonious chords to sweetness gave‚ And many a wreath for them did Fame entwine Of flowers still blooming on the
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The poem that I picked is called Wanderer’s song. This poem is from a famous Chinese poet called Meng Jiao‚ and it is talking about his mom’s love. The setting takes place in ancient China‚ where there was no sewing machine that can make clothes before the industrial revolution. Most of the clothes that the Chinese had at that time were store bought from tailors‚ but the most common source of clothes that they owned were from their mom‚ who would sew their clothing. Jiao really emphasizes the hard
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The song of the spectators The main idea is to be a spectator instead of an participator. Which means that you should not be someone who participate to accomplish something or that you just should like record events instead of being a part of one. To be a spectator can be good sometimes. In a fight the spectator would probably like "look the other way" and not try to dominate anything. The poem says that "we recognize that we survive by being separate. It is only the participant that dies"
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Trace how Blake’s thought develops from his poem ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’ together- “I have no name: I am but two days old.” What shall I call thee? “I happy am‚ Joy is my name.” Sweet Joy befall thee!” ’ The good character as well as the bad abstractions such as virtues and vices is framed up in symbols to elaborate their suggestiveness and implications. Blake’s symbology is too large and complex to be given in brief. His symbols help to express
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