Literature II Research Paper & Journal Table of Context a. Research Paper ………………………………………………………………………………. 2 b. Poems 1. Sir Patrick Spens ………………………………………………………………………… 6 2. Amazing Grace ………………………………………………………………………..… 9 3. Shakespeare Sonnet 55 ………………………………………………………………… 11 4. The Relic ……………………………………………………………………………..… 12 5. The Flea ………………………………………………………………………………... 14 6. The Anniverserie ……………………………………………………………………….. 16 7. The Canonization ………………………………………………………………………. 18 8. Batter
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studied this year to use in your response. ------------------------------------------------- Example: ------------------------------------------------- Discuss how the theme of ‘childhood’ or ‘war’ is expressed in two of the works you have studied. (You might discuss the theme of childhood in a poem and a novel you have studied this year) 1. Think about important themes that appear in each of the texts that you have studied this year. 2. Consider significant characters and their role
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Shakespeare Sonnet 17 Analysis M. Malahi 10/24/11 English Honors “Who will believe my verse in time to come”‚ Shakespeare is already setting a disparaging yet urgent tone. “If it were fill’d with your most high deserts?”‚ he is worried that in the future no one believes his poetry if he writes what he truly sees and feels of his subject. Shakespeare is concerned that he needs to get his point across using whatever means he must to insure belief in his work and future generations of
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What is war? is it the heroic act that we have always been told? Or have pretty lies misguided our judgement? I’m going to expose the truths of war to you‚ through the use of Wilfred Owens poetry. Owens poetry gives insights into the futility‚ realities and the extent of human suffering within warfare. Shattering the idea of heroism while educating the public on the truths of war. This is heavily shown throughout Owens poetry through an array of literary techniques. Yet today I will only focus on
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Sonnet Summary line by line Do not stand at my grave and weep by Mary Elizabeth Frye 1. Do not stand at my grave and weep 2. I am not there; 3. I do not sleep. It is like the persona is someone who has passed away and is speaking to her loved ones. She doesn’t feel it is right for them to stand and weep at her grave because it is just a body and not her anymore and even though she is dead and buried her spirit lives on. She hasn’t left completely 4. I am a thousand winds that blow‚ 5. I am the
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The poem that was chosen was “Stone” by Charles Simic. Charles Simic argues that it is better to be as simple as a stone‚ than being energetic and some other kind of creature or object that has action in its life. The narrator is telling us that his idea of perfection or tranquility is being a stone‚ lying there‚ doing nothing for eternity. He prefers this over being something like a tiger or something with action. In the beginning of the poem‚ Charles Simic says the he would go straight to doing
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He Had Such Quiet Eyes By: Bibsy Soenharjo 3.1 SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM The poem is about a woman who has been deceived to think that she was loved by a man with ‘quiet eyes’. She suffers for this and only learns on hindsight not to trust or give in to men who seek women only for pleasure. The poet gives an advice on being able to recognise what is true and what is not‚ when a person is truly friendly and when he is not. You may lose in the game of love and give your heart away‚ but knowing the truth
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First the Land Was Ours Yellow M 260 The Family Man Yellow M 61 Life-Cycle Blue L 86 Doctor to Patient Blue L 231 Prison Alphabet Blue L 150 Reflections on a Benevolent Dictatorship 1. What opinion is Dawe expressing through this poem? That dictatorship is bad 2. What is the character reflecting about? The character is reflecting about a benevolent dictatorship‚ and how it resembles people who are incapable and live in a mental home. And about all the bad things that had Happened
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| | our Casuarina Tree is a poem published in 1881 by Toru Dutt‚ an Indian poet. Its a perfect example of craftsmanship.In this poemToru Dutt celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree and remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The poem begins with the description of the tree. The poet says that the creeper has wound itself round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina Tree‚ like
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Although WW I and WW II poems have the same theme‚ which is war‚ we can see how they have many differences. To begin with‚ all WWI poems seem to focus on the battles of the war itself and the horrifying experiences the soldiers have to cope with. WWII poems have a more deep approach‚ they have a more psychological point of view and usually the poems are set before or after a battle. In these poems the battlefield is not the main focus of the poem‚ but the feeling or ideas of the speaker itself. Another
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