In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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EARLY RENAISSANCE POETRY: THE POEMS Source Text: Ferguson‚ Margaret‚ et al (eds). The Norton Anthology of Poetry. Fifth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton‚ 2005. 1 Thomas Wyatt 1503 – 1542 The Long Love That in My Thought Doth Harbor1 The long˚ love‚ that in my thought doth harbour‚˚ enduring/lodge And in mine heart doth keep his residence‚ Into my face presseth with bold pretence‚ And therein campeth‚ spreading his banner.2 She that me learneth˚
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Study questions for The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser cx101127鍾樂瑤 1. Who are Gloriana (Book 1‚ Stanza 4‚ Canto 1‚ stanza 3)? Please discuss Gloriana as an allegorical figure? Gloriana‚ the Faerie Queene‚ an idealized portrait of Queen Elizabeth. Although she does not appear in the extant portion of the poem‚ many of the knights set out on their quests from her court‚ and they often praise her virtue and splendor. 2. Who is Una? What kind of lady is she? Please discuss Una as an allegorical figure
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Sonnet 116 “Let me not to marriage” This Poem by William Shakespeare talks about the immortal beauty of his beloved against the destruction caused by time. In the first line of the poem he propagates the union between two minds which is another different representation of love. In this poem Shakespeare talks about true love which in the poem is treated as a centre which the poet and his poetry orbit. “ It is an ever fixed mark” ‚ He refers to the solidity and steadfastness and the permanent centre
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possible by the work of his immediate predecessors‚ Sidney and Spenser. <br> <br>Shakespeare’s sonnets are intensely personal and are records of his hopes and fears‚ love and friendships‚ infatuations and disillusions that in turn acquire a universal quality through their intensity. <br> <br>The vogue of the sonnet in the Elizabethan age was brief but was very intense. Sir Thomas Wyatt and The Earl of Surrey brought the Petrarchan sonnet to England and with that an admiration for lyrical poetry. This
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Bibliography: A+E Television Networks‚ LLC. “Franz Liszt.” A+E Networks‚ 2012. http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467. Fuller‚ John. The Sonnet: Italian Sonnet‚ 1. London: Methuen & Co‚ 1972. Grout‚ Donald Jay. A History of Western Music: The Nineteenth Century: Romanticism; Vocal music‚ 660. New York: Norton‚ 1988. Hamilton‚ Kenneth. The Cambridge Companion to Liszt‚ 135 – 137. Edited by Kenneth
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Unusual Relationships in Shakespeare ’s Sonnets Shakespeare probably wrote his first sonnet around in 1590s‚ which was his contribution to his generation for over fifty years. Sonnets became a fashion in that time period and many people had craze for his sonnets (Hyland 125). Some of the major questions can arouse by reading sonnets like‚ what is a Sonnet? Is it a poem? Does it tell a story? As we read the sonnets‚ we find that the sonnets expresses true feelings of love‚ frustrations‚ as
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CONSTRUCTING “NON-IDENTITY” AND “GLOCALIZATION” IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD IN SALMAN RUSHDIE’S SHALIMAR THE CLOWN ABDELAZIZ EL AMRANI* Abstract. The present paper attempts to address the issue of “nonidentity” and “glocalization” in the post-9/11 context in Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown. In other words‚ we are going to investigate the representation of and the relationship between the distant and the close‚ the local and the global‚ and the foreign and the exotic in the post-9/11 world‚ through
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The Anglo-Saxon Sonnet: Rewriting a Shakespeare’s Sonnet “130” Through the Eyes of the Author of Beowulf My woman’s sight-seers shine like the sun; Her kiss-givers grant a great fiery glow; Her bone-house is a rare beast made to stun; The hairs on her head hang as soft as snow. Like a pollen-producer gleams garnet‚ Her cheeks blush‚ blinding any early man; Unlike a slimy serpent’s foul sweat‚ Her scent smells of fresh gold‚ or better than. Her voice flows like the whale-road‚ that I’m
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Title Page William Shakespeare “Sonnet 18” And Edna St. Vincent Millay “Sonnet 30” Caleb Jolly English 10 April 25‚ 2011 Outline William Shakespeare I. Author Information 1. Was born on April 23‚ 1564 in Stratford 2. Third child‚ attended free grammar school in Stratford II. Literature Background 1. 1609 2. It was written to be a theme of Sonnet 15-17 III. Literature Analysis 1. Is a theme Edna St. Vincent Millay IV. Author Information
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