that the word ’I’ and no other pronouns apart from ’they’ to describe the daffodils is used in the poem suggests that the first person is on their own- there is no-one else with them. Just this simple pronoun announces the theme of loneliness in William Wordsworth’s poem. The very first sentence also introduces the theme of loneliness: ’I wandered lonely as a cloud.’ Here this simile reminds us of how empty a sky is‚ and therefore how empty the person is. There is a part of them that is not fulfilled-
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my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds‚ unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire! I will not cease from mental fight‚ Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand‚ Till we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land. The poem by William Blake that is generally known as “Jerusalem” is probably the best known of his works‚ although it was not given that title by its author. Blake did write a poem called “Jerusalem”‚ but it is one of his immensely long “Prophetic Books”‚ written between
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In the short story Gaston by William Saroyan uses the bug‚ Gaston‚ and the peach to symbolize the girl’s father. In the story there is a girl whose parents are divorced and during the story she is with her dad. Her mom is also so rich and her dad is poor. The girl’s dad buys a kilo of peaches and within the peaches‚ there is a bad peach with a a bug. They continue to have a conversation about Gaston and the girl soon wants a peach with a bug inside of it. The father leaves to go get more peaches
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It was September 14‚ 1958. Marcel Williams grew up in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ not the safest city‚ who was a sophomore in Mumford High School. Marcel grew up in a poor family with only his mother and two sisters‚ so he was always helping out and running errands‚ therefore he learned to stick up for himself and responsibility. He worked at a 7-11 near his house which was the only income in his family because his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and his two sisters were two young to work. Marcel didn’t
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William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He belonged to the Protestant‚ Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic‚ political‚ social‚ and cultural life of Ireland since at least the end of the seventeenth century. Most members of this minority considered themselves English people who merely happened to have been born in Ireland‚ but Yeats was staunch in affirming his Irish nationality. Although he lived in London for fourteen
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When a conversation involving William Shakespeare arises‚ it is almost certain that one of his two‚ arguably‚ most famous lines are mentioned; “Romeo‚ Romeo‚ where for art tho Romeo? and “To be or not to be‚ that is the question” (CITATION). Over Shakespeare’s life‚ he wrote countless means of literature‚ some better known than others‚ but each using traditional forms of literary techniques to some degree. Within his 18th Sonnet‚ “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Shakespeare strategically
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Article by Simon Williams It’s not often that doing something for the good of your business is directly in line with doing something positive for the environment‚ but cutting energy use fits both bills. If you can reduce the amount of energy expended in your business‚ costs will drop in direct proportion. There are plenty of ways to reduce energy use‚ of course‚ but here we’re particularly concerned with energy used in IT. This is a significant section of business energy use. According to government
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William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. After losing both his parents by the age of 10‚ Maugham was raised by a paternal uncle who was emotionally cold. Not wanting to become a lawyer like other men in his family‚ Maugham eventually trained and qualified as a doctor. The first run of his first novel‚ Liza of Lambeth (1897)‚ sold out so rapidly that
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Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem‚ “The Prelude”‚ William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of nature. Wordsworth describes this experience of his through his voyage in a boat which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. Through use of suspenseful diction‚ dramatic personification‚ and descriptive syntax‚ Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of nature and how he views it with certain trepidation after he encounters a “towering”
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TRAFODWCH YMATEB Y BEIRDD I RHYFELA AR DARLUN A GAWN O RYFEL YN EU GERDDI. CYFEIRIWCH AT GERDDI O LEIA DAU O’R BEIRDD GAN DRAFOD EU CYNWYS A’U HARDDULL. Yn y traethawd yma mi fyddaf yn trafod cerddi Waldo Williams‚ Gerallt Lloyd Owen‚ Ceri Wyn Jones ac Iwan Llwyd. Gobeithiaf cymharu holl gerddi’r beirdd yn ymwneud a rhyfel a thrafod eu cynnwys a’u harddull a sut mae’r beirdd yn teimlo ynglyn a rhyfel. Mae’r gerdd ‘Y sgerbwd milwr’ gan Gerallt Lloyd Owen yn son am golledion rhyfel ac am y tro
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